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Best wide angle lens on the market

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van_roon
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just looking into buying a wide angle lens for the upcoming season and im stuck between getting a rokinon 14 mm or a sigma 10-20...which is better
Oct 7 2013 8:19AM
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Forcillo
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Have you looked at the Tokina 11-16?
Oct 7 2013 8:44AM
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Laurent.
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Get a Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 instead.

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Oct 7 2013 12:10PM
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eheath
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Budget?
Oct 7 2013 1:57PM
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chris.G
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Agreed on the Tokina. I've seen the most people using this, and I like it too. If you have a higher budget, you could look at Canons L series, like the 8-15mm fisheye or 14mm wide angle but they are $1,500 and $2,400. So its hard to beat Tokina's wide angle for only $500.

Look it up on Amazon or B&H and check out the customer images - they're all pretty sharp.
Oct 7 2013 3:21PM
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Laurent.
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What's crop vs FF?
Oct 7 2013 3:41PM
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chris.G
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Crop vs FF (Full-Frame) refers to the sensor of the camera. So a t2i, t3i, 60d, and 7d have crop sensors and the 5d has a full frame sensor. Full frame gets more in the shot than a cropped sensor.
Oct 8 2013 12:00AM
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No.Quarter
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Are you feeling okay Lawrence?
Oct 8 2013 12:18AM
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Laurent.
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No.
Oct 8 2013 1:26AM
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van_roon
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ive looked at the tokina too, seems like a decent lens
Oct 8 2013 9:11AM
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Kervyn
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I love my sigma 10-20. however I'm not an expert
Oct 8 2013 12:51PM
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