Good wide for a 10D

Keith Loh · January 24th, 2006, 01:18 PM

Cool. I see that that 10-20 Sigma is available in one of my local stores. I'll be sure to try it out.

Meryem Ersoz · January 24th, 2006, 01:33 PM

ooo, you got the 10-20, i have lens envy!

i'm pretty happy with my fisheye, though. it's pretty easy to de-fish and have really nice wide angles. 15mm cropped is pretty dang wide, i bet that 10mm look is huge!

Keith Loh · January 25th, 2006, 09:06 PM

I tried the Sigma 10-20 this afternoon and it was very nice and responsive. It had a version of the Canon USM so it focussed fast (of course it didn't have a big range to work with). I totally want it. However I don't have $650 to spend so I'll have to wait until next month if I want to pick it up.

Jeff Miller · February 8th, 2006, 09:31 PM

Meryem: The 10mm is so big it can be disorienting sometimes :} Today I was posing objects right in front of the camera while using the finder, and I kept reaching far past where the stuff really was. I still want to get a fisheye some day but until then this thing is just stupid wide.

Meryem Ersoz · February 8th, 2006, 09:53 PM

that's interesting. but i can't tell if you are happy or complaining about "stupid wide." is that stupid as in giddy woo-hoo or stupid as in stupid? is the lens marked at 15mm? i find that the sigma 15mm fisheye is just about right with my rebel. it's great for landscapes and things like bridges and RR tracks. more might be overkill. there's an 8mm out there which could probably take a shot of the back of my neck!

i love lens experiments.

Jeff Miller · February 8th, 2006, 10:04 PM

Hehe, sorry :} I'm happy, the lens just has a crazy amount of view, there is some distortion, but I'm often surprised how little it really effects the picture. I don't even bother fixing it in post, someday I'll try it out of neglect.

"My Porsche is stupid fast. I had to put a 747 windscreen on in case off bug spatter"

Just think, somewhere, there has to be a 1mm. That's probably like, antelope-vision...

January 24th, 2006, 01:18 PM	#16
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	Cool. I see that that 10-20 Sigma is available in one of my local stores. I'll be sure to try it out. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

January 25th, 2006, 09:06 PM	#18
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	I tried the Sigma 10-20 this afternoon and it was very nice and responsive. It had a version of the Canon USM so it focussed fast (of course it didn't have a big range to work with). I totally want it. However I don't have $650 to spend so I'll have to wait until next month if I want to pick it up. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

February 8th, 2006, 09:31 PM	#19
Jeff Miller Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 227	Meryem: The 10mm is so big it can be disorienting sometimes :} Today I was posing objects right in front of the camera while using the finder, and I kept reaching far past where the stuff really was. I still want to get a fisheye some day but until then this thing is just stupid wide. __________________ (insert long list of expensive stuff)

February 8th, 2006, 10:04 PM	#21
Jeff Miller Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 227	Hehe, sorry :} I'm happy, the lens just has a crazy amount of view, there is some distortion, but I'm often surprised how little it really effects the picture. I don't even bother fixing it in post, someday I'll try it out of neglect. "My Porsche is stupid fast. I had to put a 747 windscreen on in case off bug spatter" Just think, somewhere, there has to be a 1mm. That's probably like, antelope-vision... __________________ (insert long list of expensive stuff)

January 24th, 2006, 01:33 PM	#17
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	ooo, you got the 10-20, i have lens envy! i'm pretty happy with my fisheye, though. it's pretty easy to de-fish and have really nice wide angles. 15mm cropped is pretty dang wide, i bet that 10mm look is huge!

February 8th, 2006, 09:53 PM	#20
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	that's interesting. but i can't tell if you are happy or complaining about "stupid wide." is that stupid as in giddy woo-hoo or stupid as in stupid? is the lens marked at 15mm? i find that the sigma 15mm fisheye is just about right with my rebel. it's great for landscapes and things like bridges and RR tracks. more might be overkill. there's an 8mm out there which could probably take a shot of the back of my neck! i love lens experiments.