Wide-angle for a Canon

Hey,

This is my first post, and im actually not a photographer myself, my girlfriend She wants to start using a wide angle lens. She has a Canon EOS...

What are some good entry level wide-angle lenses I should look at?

I know this is vague but any help would be appreciated.

 

Yeah, it's pretty vague. It is relevant exactly which canon eos she has. If it's digital and not one of the expensive ones it will have a crop sensor, which makes the lens effectively 'less wide'. If that is the case look at something like the canon ef-s 10-22mm or sigma 10-20mm lenses.

 

Thanks,
The camera is a 400d.
is this one with a crop-sensor?
does it change anything?

 

The "kit" lens that usually come with the camera 18-55mm is pretty wide already if you zoom all the way out. Sometimes when you shoot someone vertical and very tight frame you can see their body is not proportional. Thats why the call it a wide angle lens. The ones everyone is listing are SUPER wide angle. If you shoot people with it, it will not be realistic unless thats what you are aiming to do.

 

I've got the 10-22.... I bought it new. It's got noticeable CA and softness in the corners, at least at the apertures and focal length I was shooting at. It's built solid though. I don't feel like it was worth the money, but it's as wide as you can get on a crop without a fisheye. I would recommend the Tamron 17-50 2.8... it's not nearly as wide but it has great optics. But if she has the kit lens, she already has this focal range.

 

The tokina that was mentioned by Overread is the 11-16 and can be hard to find at times.

 

Gonna bump an old thread cause i'm in the same situation that sdumaresq was in. My g/f has a Canon T1i with a 18-55mm and a 55-250mm lens but she wants a wide angle lens, but what I read from this is that the 18-55mm already has a pretty wide angle.

My question is, would she really be and to tell the difference with a 10-22mm wide angle and is it worth the money? If it's not worth the money probably look at macro instead because those are the two that she wants. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

I agree with Overread that lens purchases are a personal decision. IMO, it's best to offer up a gift card equal to the amount you are willing to spend particularly if you are not aware of a specific purchase. As a photog, she (isi he s a she?), anyway the recepient will / should know the result of your purchase. Lens purchase is a personwl decision.

 

Yeah I agree that lens are a personal decision but she specifically told me that "I want a macro lens or a wide angle lens." I don't think she cares how good as long as she gets a decent one. She's one of those people that has a hard time spending that kind of money on herself, and I hate giving figt cards as gifts, it's so unpersonal to me.

 

18mm is not wide on an APS-C sensor.