Ultra wide lens canon

What ultra wide lens should I buy the EFS 10-22mmF/3.5USM 4.5 or the EF17-40 F/4lUSM. And what do you consider to be a great Ultra wide lens.

I have 10-22 EFs and love it for cropped sensor Canons.
It will not fit Full Frame body such as my 5D or 1Ds so I miss it there. That is why I have added Tokina 11-16mm that though is made also for cropped sensor, can physically seat on FF bodies and gives a good image even at 15mm considering that lens is very sharp corner to corner even at full F2.8 stop that is phenomenal in class. If you go shorter that this on FF, you get circular fishish eye appearance that doesn't bother me (Easily cropped at pp or not get there in first place).

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Canon EOS 70D Ultra Wide Lens

Headed to Banff National Park in 2014. It has been suggested I purchase an ultra wide lens - a 16 or 17mm on full frame cameras, but a minimum focal length of 24mm. Any suggestions for the best lens that meets this criteria?

I'd also recommend the Canon EF-S 10-22mm. It would be one of my top choices for great image quality, unusually good flare resistance for an ultrawide lens, plus excellent autofocus performance.
Personally my close second choice would be the Tokina 12-24mm f4. It's an excellent lens, too. Very close to the Canon in most respects and possibly even better built (it's "L-like").
I've been using the Toki 12-24 for a number of years and have just recently bought a copy of the Canon 10-22 and am starting to use it too.
There are also:
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8. This is another very nice lens,might even be sharper than the 12-24, but also a bit more expensive and more prone to flare. more expensive than the 12-24 and more prone to flare. Also, to get f2.8 - which most people really don't need on an ultrawide - the trade off is a very narrow range of focal lengths.
Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 is one of the lower cost options. Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 is a more expensive and larger lens. It also uses larger than usual filters, more expensive 82mm. Most of the other lenses listed here use 77mm filters.
Sigma 8-16mm f4.5-5.6 is the widest lens available for APS-C crop sensor cameras (short of going to a fisheye). It cannot be uses with standard filters, due to a strongly convex front element.
Tamron 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 has the widest range of focal lengths in a single lens and is one of the more affordable choices. A lot of users report it's a bit soft at the 24mm end of the zoom.
If you prefer a prime instead of a zoom, a Rokinon 14mm f2.8 is an affodable option. Note that this is a manual focus and manual aperture only lens, so rather slow to work with. But it's got decent image quality. It also sells branded as a Samyang, ProOptic, Bower, Vivitar (13mm) and some others. All are the same lens, so shop around if you're interested in this lens. Note that it's another lens that cannot be used with standard filters, because it has a strongly protruding front element. All other 14mm and 15mm prime lenses are extremely expensive.
Yes, the Sigma 12-24mm f4.5-5.6 would work, too.... However I wouldn't recommend it because it's actually a full frame capable lens and quite a bit more expensive than most of the above. Sort of a waste, you would be paying extra for full frame coverage and not using it at all on a crop camera such as your 70D.
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Create lens profile for ultra wide angle lens

Hello,
I am trying to create a lens profile for the ultra wide angle lens Olympus 9-18 mm (Crop factor 2). As i use the lens for timelapse, i only need the profiles for 9 mm and open aperture f4, but combined with several different ND-filters which show different vignetting depending on their filter strength. Filters are oversized, so no influence by fringe. What i need is to get rid of vignetting.
So far everything works out well, and probably good enough for still photography. However for timelapse I need a high quality compensation of vignetting, otherwise getting flicker.
My problem is, that with the ultra wide angle lens distance from camera to chart (A3) is just about 0.5 meters. I did the shootings outside, in shade, when having a clear sky, and I found it quite impossible not to produce any shadow of myself or the camera on the chart. Thus I got a not perfectly even correction of vignetting.
Can anyone give me tips how to solve that problem with producing shade on the cart? Maybe working indoors with 2 lamps can create better results? Have tried that but found the illumination of the chart so damn poor.

I think your best bet is outside, with possibly a larger chart. (The two-light setup indoors is problematic esp. with wide-angle lenses.)
Instead of waiting for overcast, try waiting for a sunny clear day with a direct lighting from the sun on the chart, at a sharp angle (almost side-lit) so that the chart is clearly illuminated, but the shadow that the camera casts will be to the side (instead of on the chart itself).

I got a new 25" LG ultra wide monitor and would love to use it with my macbook pro Late 2011. I can't get the resolution to the recommended 2560x1080. Can anyone help?

I got a new 25" LG ultra wide monitor and would love to use it with my macbook pro Late 2011. I can't get the resolution to the recommended 2560x1080. Can anyone help?

I found a similar question on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/2560x1080-resolution-macbook-resolution-option-/forum/Fx15 6DUSW1J104N/Tx14L2NHT4Y3F8K/1/ref=cm_cd_ql_tlc_al?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B00JM99DIU
It looks like you may need a mini-displayport to Displayport cable. You can also try holding the option key while clicking on "scaled" to see if the option you need comes up.
~Lyssa

Using Apple TV with an Ultra Wide Screen

Hello everyone, I have an LG EA 93, which is an Ultra Wide monitor. The resolution is 2560 x 1080. I am considering the purchse of an Apple TV, however, I am worried that it won't function as expected with my monitor. When watching movies, which are in the cinemascope aspect, they display full screen on my monitor. When connecting an Apple TV, I understand that the menu system is in 16:9, however, when I open a 21:9 movie, will it display full screen on my monitor, or will it be letter and pillar boxed? For example: when watching a 21:9 movie on Netflix, I get letter and pillarboxing, ie the movie is surrounded by 4 black bars, essentially creting a frame.
Also, the monitor has dual inputs, which can be used simultaneously. If I conect my Mac and the Apple TV at the same time, will the Apple TV be able to cope witht he reduced resolution of 1280 x 1080?
Thank you very much for your help in advance

hello,
I have the above combo as well.
I configured the appleTV to always send 1920x1080 over the HDMI port to the LG ultrawide display then I switch the ratio using the ratio buton the remote between 1:1 for normal 16:9 content and select "Cinema1" if the content is ultrawide and then it fills the screen completely and looks great (you get black bars on all four sides as you described if you leave it on 1:1).
The scaling is very good and I hardly notice a drop in quality doing this. I don't think you can do 2560x1080 over HDMI versions before 2.0 or DVI, people have found ways to force it but you don't get the full 50/60Hz by doing this. If you don't trust the monitors scaling you can play the movie from a laptop with DisplayPort at 2560x1080 and use the scaling on the video application you're using - iTunes/VLC etc...
As far as I know neither the AppleTV or the UltraWide Monitor has a HDMI 2.0 port so you can't get that resolution anyway - but it really does not matter because the content is only 1920x800 so HDMI1.4 is perfectly capable of getting this content to the monitor and it's just a choice of whether you prefer the computers scaling or the monitors scaling.
Hope this helps!
Jonny

Ultra Wide Monitor Support

I was one of the four people who bought a Dell Ultra-Wide monitor and wanted to know if that resolution is supported on a Mac Mini. Any thoughts?

The current Mini supports:
*This model simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on an HDMI or a DVI display (using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapter) and2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with an optional Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter, which is compatible with the Thunderbolt port).

HT4744 LG ultra wide monitor at end of TB chain flickers

I have problems getting my LG ultra wide monitor to work at the end of my Thunderbolt chain.
There is a Datatale thunderbolt raid enclosure with 4 drives and a Universal Audio Apollo audio interface with thunderbolt option card installed. From there I have a mini-displayport to displayport cable to my LG ultrawide screen.
The screen flickers from time to time, or turns off completely, accompanied by big spikes in the audio sometimes.
It's very frustrating and an unworkable situation for me at the moment.
Is anyone else experiencing these problems and/or has anyone found a solution?

Yes I have the same issue. I'm daisychaining an Apollo Quad to my display using the Thunderbolt expansion and my Macbook Pro. LG UltraWide doesn't work in any configuration and I've tried another monitor which works fine.
Did you find a solution?
Maybe the LG needs more bandwidth than the Apollo can give when daisychained? I dunno I'm just guessing.
I'm talking with UAD Support but I bet I have to get another monitor to use TB

Split screen software of LG ultra wide monitor won't start with windows 7 installed with VMWare Fusion

I am using split screen sofware of LG but it is not working for me with vmware fusion 7. Is this a known problem? I am using an ultra wide monitor of LG (29um65), and installed windows 7 on my mac, by using VMware Fusion. But the software won't work of LG. It won't start. LG can't help me, because normally the software is working by using windows 7 on a windows pc. I got it also working on a mac , when I used other virtual software as Virtualbox VM, but it seems not to work with vmware fusion 7. Can somebody help me with this problem?

yes, I think you are right, but I used virtual box in the past, and had no problem with the LG software, so it has also to do wit VMWare Fusion I think.
Never the less we still don't have a solution :-)

Setting to use only middle portion of ultra wide display in order to get traditional width-to-height ratio

For the software I use most, like word processor and terminal emulator, a more
squarish display is much easier to view than the ultra-wide display I recently
purchased (somewhat by mistake). Everything has become very stretched out
lengthwise and is very difficult to read. Is there some setting in Windows8
to use only the central portion of the display in order to get the same
height-to-width ratio of older monitors? Thanks.

Hi，
Meanwhile, I suggest you view the manufactre website or contact their supprt to check if there's a Display Manager to optimize your media presentation and maximize your monitor’s state such as Easy Arrange and Auto mode, usually there should be such kind
of manager for an ultra wide monitor.
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My EF-s 18-200 IS lens died. Frankly it was the worst lens Canon ever made, horrible vignetting.

I want to get a different lens instead for my Rebel xti, or maybe two. I'm an amateur but want good quality photos, mostly landscapes but also close-ups, so I like a versatile lens. I was thinking of going to the L series but considering the cost, is that overkill for both the intended purpose and the adequate-but-not-extraordinay Rebel body? Would appreciate any guidance.

Hi, Jim0
You have seen the optical compromises needed to make a "does everything" lens, and you didn't like it. Rather than grab another one try getting two more specialized ones.
You want to do landscapes, so you want something wide. Wide on a crop needs to be wider than wide on full frame.
A Canon or Sigma 10-20 or 10-22 would be good for the wide landscapes.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Cameras/N/0/Ntt/CA102235EF
For just a bit more you could have the incredibly wide aperture (for a zoom) new Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens. No one has ever made a zoom with anything even close to an aperture this bright. .
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-18-35mm-f-1.8-DC-HSM-Lens.aspx
For the long end, I'd consider going with a 70-200 L lens. They are all good, and they range in price from just $700 for the very sharp f/4 non-IS version to $2300 for the f/2.8 and IS version.
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-70-200mm-f-4.0-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx
The old advice of buying new glass instead of new bodies is good advice.
Good luck!
Scott
Canon 6D, Canon T3i, EF 70-200mm L f/2.8 IS mk2; EF 24-105 f/4 L; EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS; EF 85mm f/1.8; Sigma 35mm f/1.4 "Art"; EF 1.4x extender mk. 3; 3x Phottix Mitros+ speedlites
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Externer Monitor - Ultra Wide Screen 2560x1080

Guten Abend,
ist es möglich mit dem Lenovo Yoga 2 1051 mit Windows 8.1 über den MicroHDMI Ausgang, meinen Monitor mit der nativen Auflösung von 2560x1080 zu beliefern?
Laut Intel unterstützt der SOC eine Auflösung von bis zu 2560x1600.
Allerdings werden mir nur bis zu 1920x1080 angezeigt.
Die Intel HD CustomResolutionApp.exe, lässt sich leider auch nicht öffen.
Besten Dank

Hallo Almostserious und willkommen im Lenovo Community Forum.
Findest du in der Intel HD Systemsteuerung direkt einen Unterpunkt namens "Custom Resolutions"? Dort ließe sich dann die native Auflösung deines externen Monitors manuell festlegen. Dazu hier auch ein Artikel auf Notebookcheck:
http://www.notebookcheck.com/2560x1440-oder-2560x1600-ueber-HDMI-ansteuern.89837.0.html
Gruß - Sebastian
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Canon 8-15mm f4 lens profile in lightroom 5 is not there

Does anyone know what lens profile to use for the Canon 8-15mm f4 fisheye in lightroom 5

I have the Canon EF 8-15mm fisheye lens and use it on both the 5D MKII full-frame and 600D 1.6 crop bodies. This lens exhibits very little vignetting at all focal lengths on either body and of course exhibits 100% distortion.
The biggest issue with this lens is lateral and axial chromatic aberration. Selecting 'Remove Chromatic Aberration' does a good job of removing the lateral CA, but there is still significant axial CA present. To correct the axial CA I use the Defringe tool. Using too high of a Defringe setting can desaturate like colors (i.e. purple) in the actual image, but the following Defringe settings work well with virtually all images without any significant desaturation:
Full-Frame, 1.6 & 1.3 Crop Body
8-12mm: Amount = 2, Purple Hue = 30/55
13-15mm: Amount = 4, Purple Hue = 30/55
If you are trying to rectilinear correct your images so they don't exhibit fisheye distortion the Canon 7D lens profile for the 8-15mm available in the Adobe Lens Profile Downloader will do that for both full-frame and 1.6 crop bodies. Unfortunately there is significant softness in the outer area of the image. It also does a fairly good job of correcting the small amount of vignetting on both bodies.
I also use the PS Adaptive Wide Angle filter and Fisheye Hemi plugin with much better performance concerning sharpness, but without full distortion correction. For landscape work the image looks virtually 100% rectilinear.
You can read my review of this lens on Amazon for more details on the LR settings I use:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-8-15mm-4L-Fisheye-Ultra-Wide/product-reviews/B0040X4OZU/ref=dp _top_cm_cr_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1
Scroll down to my review tilted, 'Produces High-Quality Fisheye AND Rectilinear Corrected Images, December 24, 2012.

I have a canon EOS 600D with 18-55mm IS kit lens. I want to buy another lens for travel photography.

What lens would be a best choice?

It's a tough question to answer as there is no best choice. Too many variables, what may be best for you wouldn't be for me.
Some people want one single lens to do everything, the so called Super Zooms. Sigma makes a 18-250 which would qualify. But the image quality and speed will never be that of more traditional ranged lenses. My personal recommendation to these people is, if you never plan on changing lenses then just get a point and shoot. The Canon SX50 fits this bill well. But if that's what you're looking for there's the sigma, or you can get the 18-200 from Canon.
As far as traditional ranged lenses, it depends on what you like to shoot. Some people love ultra wide angle for travel if they're look at old archetecture or panoramas. The Canon 10-22 is a great lens. A standard issue lens would be the 18-85 - decent quality, decent range. Others hold image quality and speed paramount and would use an L lens, like the 24-105L.

Best wide-angle lens for Canyon shots?

Hi Experts!
I'm a novice in photography and am going on a giant trip through Arizona/Utah this summer. I'll be visiting all the major Canyon National Parks (e.g. Grand, Zion, Bryce, Antelope, Arches, and more!) and would like a wide-angle lens for my trip.
I have the Canon Rebel SL1. The only lenses I have currently are:
18-55mm EF-S IS STM
55-250mm EF-S IS STM
18-135mm EF-S IS STM
I've never had a lens that DIDN'T zoom, but there have been many occasions I wanted a wider lens than 18mm. I have absolutely no idea where to start when it comes to looking for a wide-angle lens though.. I'd also be open to suggestions for a smaller range zoom if those are good too..?
Fast auto-focus is important for me since I'm usually on the go-go-go during my trips.
Any recommendations would be appreciated. Explanations of why would also helpful. Thanks so much!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The best (and only actually) currently manufactured ultra-wide for EF-S cameras is the EF-S 10-22. Canon just announced a 10-18 STM that will be released soon, but that's probably still a month off. I still think the 10-22 is a better lens (for my needs), but the 10-18 comes in at a very good price point ($300) and adds image stabilization. But you'd have to wait for it.
Edit: I should say, the 10-22 is currently the only Canon manufactured ultrawide for EF-S. Sigma, Tokina, and Tamron also make options for slightly cheaper.

Are the Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS EF Telephoto Zoom Lens USM

Are the Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS EF Telephoto Zoom Lens USM 0345B006AA and 0345B002AA the same lens?

They should be the same lens. I suspect they are just from a different "product run"
Here is a link that shows even more codes for the same lens: Canon product numbers
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