lense or lense adapter?

[bpc4me]

hey all,

Newbie to forum and I guess a newbie to a nice DSLR here. Still learning the rope and getting all the ins and outs figured out.

I had a quick question about a wide angle lense. I am taking a trip to Europe and will have the opportunity to shoot some nice landscape, castles and who knows what else. I have a canon rebel t2i with a 18-55 lense and a 55-300 lense (or 250, can't remember). Anyway, would love to get some wide angle shots however, I have a tight budget. I was wondering if there was an adapter or attachment I would use on the 18-55 lense that would mimic a wide angle lense and still deliver an acceptable picture. Any advice or personal experience would be greatly appreciated.

B

 

[480sparky]

There's tons of them available.... they just thread on just like a filter. Down side: Image quality goes right out the window, past the curb, and into the sewer system.

Try learning to stitch a series of images. Or, rent a real lens for the trip.

 

[Trever1t]

No, nothing that I'd want to use. You can pick up a used 16-85f3.5-5.6vr lens (I have one for sale ) which will give you a little bit wider FOV and much better optics. Or you can see if you can find a used Tokina 11-16f2.8.

There's really nothing to cheap about this hobby, I thought drag racing was expensive!

Damn I type slow!

 

[bpc4me]

So stitching will give the same result?

 

[Tony S]

Stitching will give a wider view, but the perspective and the effect of the wide angle will not be there.

 

[Mike_E]

Wide and Fast is what you need. sigma 28mm f1.8 ii - Google Search

Not really wide but it should fit the bill as a lot of places won't let you use flash.

 

[Tony S]

shoot some nice landscape, castles

No need for a fast lens for shooting those subjects where you will need the dof, but a good tripod would surely help.

 

[Edsport]

Go as wide as you want with stitching and use the lens you have. Take shots up, down and across then stitch them. I have a pic of a lake that is about 24 shots stitched together...

 

[Mike_E]

shoot some nice landscape, castles

No need for a fast lens for shooting those subjects where you will need the dof, but a good tripod would surely help.

What's the fun in going places if you're not going in?

If you can use a tripod then you don't need beyond what Bpc4me already has (constraints considered).

The 28mm f1.8 is a more useful travel lens for a crop sensor body because of it's speed and should cover a lot of circumstances except for a wide angle distortion look that he'd get with a lens in the low teens.

 

[Dao]

Actually the lens you have (18-55mm) already cover the wide angle side (18mm). Are you looking for ultra wide angle with your current setup? If that is the case, I think you maybe better off getting a ultrawide angle lens such as the Canon 10-22mm, Sigma 10-20mm, Tokina 11-16mm. But that again, those lenses come with a bigger price tag than the lenses you owned.

Although I have not rent a lens in my before, but quite a few forum members here rent equipments for their trips or photoshoots. Maybe that is another option for you.