Any photographers in here?

[LaraS]

I had the Sigma 10-20... what a fantastic little lens.

 

[sleeper3]

I don't know I've never used either. The sigma would be even less than that used. You wished for a cheap wide angle, I granted your wish.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I don't know I've never used either. The sigma would be even less than that used. You wished for a cheap wide angle, I granted your wish.

Is the savings over the 10-22 worth it though?

 

[sleeper3]

how the heck should I know? My experience is that the 3rd party lenses can be very good, but the Canon stuff is better. I'd rather have the 10-22. I'm sure if you look hard and are patient, you can find a really really good deal on it.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

how the heck should I know? My experience is that the 3rd party lenses can be very good, but the Canon stuff is better. I'd rather have the 10-22. I'm sure if you look hard and are patient, you can find a really really good deal on it.

It wasn't specifically directed at you, but thanks! lol

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Its better. When I was shopping for it 2 years ago..the Sigmas were very inconsistent in quality. Some had good copies, some had bad. It's lighter than the Sigma/Tokina. It's super sharp I'd spend the extra dough on the Canon

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Let's post more pics!

 

[roy obanion]

For Nikon the Sigma was 450ish vs 900(Nikkor)....If I had a Canon, I probably would have bought theirs for a bit more

 

[DRoyarcher]

Is the savings over the 10-22 worth it though?

Been very pleased with the Sigma 10-22 for our Nikon's. I'm sure the Nikon is better ( 2x's better, I'm not so sure) but to fill a need without breaking the bank it's a worthwhile purchase IMO.

 

[sleeper3]

Let's post more pics!

did you make all those shadows or are those street lamps?

 

[FunkyBuddha]

street lamps

 

[alexelie]

sub

 

[roy obanion]

This little guy was just sitting in the alley:

 

[sleeper3]

street lamps

nice

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

10-22mm

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/finktel_jr/4646189275/" title="Lime Kiln by Finktel Jr Productions, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4646189275_edf112d71a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Lime Kiln" /></a>

 

[ScratchNSniff]

 

[MP3Night]

Or he can surf online and check out

www.dpreview.com and www.megapixel.net for reviews. Which I htink are better than any magazines out there.

Best way to figure out what you need:

budget
what you want to do (key)
what you're looking for and compare models

I got asked last night about a canon t2i and a nikon d90 and I referred the guy to the d90. The fact is that the T2i is still squeezing 18 megapixels into a sensor size smaller than that of the d90 even with its new gapless microlense technology. Fact of the matter is they're still squeezing a lot of pixels into a sensor size smaller than that of the D90. You're going to be wishing for a higher quality lens to compensate for that loss in image quality. You will notice this if you're printing large photos and/or shooting high ISO levels at night.

Source: http://www.digitalreview.ca/content/Canon-Rebel-T2i-EOS-550D-Compared-to-Nikon-D90.shtml

Now, since he's pretty new to the game, that probably won't matter but why overlook that part?

A few other things that the Canon can do is you can zoom on Live View mode. The Nikon, you can't. And the Canon has a higher resolution screen but that just means your pictures look great on the camera but might not look good on the computer screen. It's kind of a double edged sword.

Awesome! Thanks this helped a lot

 

[sleeper3]

Man, taking a photo of a lighter colored lens on a white background is TOUGH!

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

fwap fwap fwap

 

[Vocko]

Do a little more PS on the background other than that it's good.