Which Ultra Wide Lens?

Druids need to review the available information before any potential action is taken. It’s one of our behavioral guidelines. Yet realize this. All the available information may be put out by vested interests, liars or nincompoops. So the available information may not be any count. Jeez Louise!

Also, the available information may be dangerous if absorbed too fast. Like here’s an artist’s conception of an average photo buff who studied up on the available information regarding ultra wides too fast. Not a pretty sight.

Yet Crumby has now slowly studied all the available information regarding ultra wide lenses for Canon 1.6 crop mount and survived. So for the heck of it, let’s say ultra wide runs to 12mm at the wide end. If you multiply 12mm by 1.6 and then add the result, 7.2, to 12, you get 19.2mm. That, 19.2, is the same difference on a 35mm for those who care. Makes one wonder why Canon chose 1.6 instead of 1.5 or 2.0 like everyone else. Hmm. Crumby actually believes that the 1.6 multiplier is a good sign or indicator that Canon engineers know how to do arithmetic better than all the competing camera engineers.

At this very nonce, there is a whole troop of ultra wide lenses available for Canon crop 1.6 mount, 12mm or wider on the wide side. Crumby shall endeavor to list all of the ones that zoom.

Canon 10-22mm, f 3.5-4.5
Tamron 10-24mm, f 3.5-4.5
Tokina 11-16mm, f2.8
Tokina 12-24mm, f4
Sigma 10-20mm, f4.5-5.6
Sigma 10-20mm, f3.5
Sigma 8-16mm, f4.5-5.6

Seven is a great many to pick from. But obviously, if you are after Ultra Wide, there is a clear winner here. Yes. It’s the final entry above. That numero octo or 8 means you can frame a plentitude even close up. Say you need a pig shot. Pigs may be big and fat, but no problem if you have the Sigma 8-16 Ultra Wide. The same goes for taking a picture of an octopus. The Sigma 8-16 is uniquely designed for octopus photography. What about spiders? How many legs have spiders normally got? Do spiders ever spread those eight legs out Ultra Wide? Course they do.

In an earlier post Crumby implied that he was fixing to go for the Canon 10-22. But that was before he discovered the amazing capabilities of the Sigma Ultra Wide 8. Now Crumby has decided on the Sigma instead.

But what about the other options. What if you don’t require photos of big fat pigs, octopi and spiders. Let’s say you need to take a picture of a poorly lit comfort station interior. In that event, you might consider the Tokina 11-16. The Super Fast Tokina let’s in the most light. But there again, it may not be sufficiently, Ultra Wide, to include the entire stygian interior of that particular comfort station.

How about if you are yourself an imbecile and you consequently feel like your ultra wide lens needs to zoom all the ways out to 24mm? Well then, both the Tamron 10-24 and the Tokina 12-24 have you covered.

What if you are poorly funded? Well then. The Tokina 12-24, the Tamron 10-24 and the Sigma 10-20 f4.5-5.5 can all be had new for under $500. You pay your money and you take your chances. But that’s always true, no matter.

How about used? Well then. The leper lens vendor is rubbing up the wares, jest fer ye. Ha-ha-ha!!!!

Ooo! My new used lens has some dead skin or something on it.