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Solid wide angle lens under 450$?

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GuacamoleMane
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Christmas is coming up and i need to determine the best wide angle lens for my t3i to ask for. My parents probably won't spend over 450$ and any thing less than that would be GREAT (ideally around 300$). I have looked at the sigma 10-20mm, the rokinon 14mm and a few others but I'm not really sure what the best buy is. Any suggestions/recommendations would be nice and of course +K and happy holidays

Dec 5 2013 5:21PM
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No.Quarter
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The Rokinon 14mm has pretty bad mustache distortion
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Dec 5 2013 5:45PM
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BlackcountryBill
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I love my sigma 10-20
Dec 5 2013 5:48PM
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GuacamoleMane
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was the edit in your profile filmed with the sigma?
Dec 5 2013 5:52PM
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Laurent.
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A used:

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Dec 5 2013 5:54PM
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123+ski
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the 11-16's were going for $450 new on B&H over the weekend, so check those out, or buy used. They are around that price now on KEH, for EX condition (basically new).
Dec 5 2013 7:51PM
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BlackcountryBill
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Yep
Dec 6 2013 5:23AM
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Jewschoolers
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after you try the tokina you will understand why it has so much hype on this site. it is simply the best lens you can buy
Dec 6 2013 4:05PM
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GuacamoleMane
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damn, even used tokinas are expensive and the sigma has silent auto focus, this is difficult.
Dec 6 2013 5:39PM
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Laurent.
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Autofocus is for whimps.

Also with that much of a wide-angle you hardly need to focus anyway.
Dec 6 2013 6:24PM
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GuacamoleMane
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well i wasn't planning on using auto focus but the fact that it is so quiet makes it a possibility.
Dec 6 2013 6:39PM
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Jiberfish
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Cant go wrong with the tokina. I have one and love it! Found these on a quick ebay search:


Dec 7 2013 12:10PM
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Laurent.
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But there's no bloody need to focus:

11mm on a T3i @ F/2.8 with a subject distance of 300cm:

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Dec 7 2013 12:28PM
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GuacamoleMane
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well it is clear that the tokina is the way to go thanks for the input +k to all
Dec 7 2013 10:45PM
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lIllI
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Settling is expensive. Get what you want/need the first time around and you'll save thousands of dollars and a lot of headache.
Dec 8 2013 12:22PM
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mM*
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Bought the tokina 11-16. Pissed off I bought 3 previous lenses and sold all of em to get it… don't make that mistake.
Dec 8 2013 5:40PM
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CPOW
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used tokina 11-16
Dec 11 2013 10:29PM
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bkelly
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I have the rokinon 14 2.8.  Mainly because I love lenses with manual aperture.  I added a 82-77mm step down ring for filters and works great.  they have a newer 16 f2 as well which seems really nice, and has 77mm filter.   tokina is most popular and is a great lens as well.
Dec 13 2013 4:55PM
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KellyK
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Can't go wrong with either the Tokina or the Sigma. I shoot a lot with the Sigma and I love it. Awesome picture quality, and it gives a nice aesthetic at 10mm in my opinion
Dec 13 2013 5:12PM
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CrotchKiller
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everyone does this, most people don't feel comfortable or find it reasonable to spend that much right out of the gate
Dec 13 2013 6:53PM
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