topic wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8 in EF & RF Lenses

wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

carmenday — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:16:10 GMT

Buying a 7d, replacing my 40d. I have a 70-200l 2.8. Would like a wide angle lens. which would be a good lens? thanks

Re: wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

Scatterbrained — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:16:49 GMT

From Canon? The 10-22 for UWA. Of course, if you only have the 70-200 you might find more benefit in the 17-55.

Re: wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

jfo — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:22:54 GMT

What are you shooting? If you like things *really* wide, and have the budget, the 8-15mm fisheye is awesome.

Re: wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

Bazsl — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:49:41 GMT

The 15-85mm EF-S is a good wide angle and a good walk around lens.

Re: wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

cuda719 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:15:45 GMT

The 10-22 is a good lens, I went for the Canon 8-15 Fisheye and love it with my 7D

Re: wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

TCampbell — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:50:53 GMT

Do you _only_ have the 70-200?

The 70-200 is a telephoto zoom... the "widest" it gets is still a telephoto focal length.

A "standard" zoom would provide a litttle wide-angle and a little telephoto -- and usually nothing too extreme in either direction. There are lots of options here. One of the nicer lenses is the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM specifically because it's an f/2.8 lens. There are also a number of variable focal ratio normal zooms -- the EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM gets great reviews (I don't own one myself.)

But if you want wide angle and only wide angle, then the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 is probably the top choice.

A "normal" angle of view is an angle of view which approximates what your human eye can see just looking straight ahead (not moving your eye to look around). On a 7D body, a lens in the neighborhood of around 30-31mm will aproximate that angle of view. Anything much less than 30 will appear to be wide-angle. Anything much above will appear to be a bit zoomed in / telephoto.

Re: wide angle lens for 7d. Have a 70-200 L 2.8

Skirball — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:05:24 GMT

10-22. Price just dropped, it's quite reasonable now. It's a great lens.