New Lens

Well, I picked up a new lens today. I have been renting/trying out some ultra wide angle lenses to see what one I might want to purchase. First I rented the Tamron 10-24mm f3.5/4.5 and I was not impressed, or at least with the one I rented. The autofocus was noisy and relatively slow, escpecially when used shooting a sunset. In fact, as the sun was setting it was having a good deal of difficulty locking in focus at all. Then I rented a Canon 10-22mm f3.5/4.5 I found it more to my liking than the Tamron. The focus was quieter and seemed to lock on faster. I couldn't find a Canon 10-18mm f4.5/5.6 to rent so I had to rely on internet reviews. After doing a decent amount of research and reading several reviews comparing all of the lenses to one another I decided to get the 10-18mm lens. The extra 4mm in length and slightly faster Canon 10-22mm just didn't seem worth another $200.00 or so, at least to me. Most of my shooting is done on a tripod anyway, plus this is the only one of the three that has any image stablization. Plus all the reviews I read indicated that this lens had much less chromatic abberation than all of the rest of them and that included the Tokina 11-16mm lens. I also have a fellow photographer friend who has this lens and he loves it. So using all of this as a basis is how I came to the conclusion to get the 10-18mm lens. Can't wait to get out there and shoot some with it!! Good shooting everyone!

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