OK I have had the Sigma 15-30mm, the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 and currently the
Canon 17-40mm f/4L.
The Sigma can be had cheap, works on full frame but has horrible purple
flare if the sun is anywhere near the frame. ( ~$300) Forget about filters.
The Tokina is superb on cropped frame, works but not well at 15-16mm on full
frame, is almost immune to flare and is sharp. ($600). You can use filters
but they will vignette at the wider settings.
The Canon 17-40mm works on full frame, is fairly resistant to flare, is and
is very sharp. I have not used a filter on it yet but they do work from what
I've heard (77mm)
The Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II is the best of all. Very good on full frame and
very sharp. Takes 82mm filters which are darned expensive. It is very pricey
--$1500. The I version is somewhere around or below the 17-40mm in IQ.
My recommendation is the Canon 17-40 or the Tokina 11-16 on cropped frame,
for full frame the 17-40 or 16-35 II if you can afford it.
BK
"In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than
reality."
----- Alfred Stieglitz
J Bryan Krämer North Florida, USA
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:16, pdesmidt tds.net <pdesmidt@tds.net> wrote:
> I'm a professional assistant photographer, and I work with a number of
> pros.
> The consensus among those I work with is that while Canon usually makes
> very
> good equipment, their wide zooms are often not very good. In a number of
> cases third party lenses are superior. As a result, check out the 12-24mm
> F4Tokina AT-X AF Pro DX II and the Tokina AF 11-16mm F2.8 At-x 116 Pro DX.
> I have an earlier version of the 12-24, and it's a very good lens.
>
> Canon's wide non-zoom lenses are very good. I just got to look at 17mm
> tilt/shift, and it's impressive looking. The pro who owns it is very
> impressed. You'd want to be very careful with the super-curved front
> element. It looks like the front element of a Metrogon.
>
>
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