[Nica]

Well I finally decided to purchase a lens boy who knew choosing a lens would be so difficult. Oh and I found out that picking a brand name is just as bad as choosing a wax, so many brand names out there and they all have an "image" to them too. When I say image I mean that certain brands give the "image" of status apperently

Now if your wondering what promted the lens purchase, well to be honest Divine did. Not that my kit lense on my XTi isn't good enough it's just that the more you learn the more you want to try things out and learn some more...okay enough now for the lens:


Yes, I went with a Sigma EX 10-20mm F4-5.6

Now I'm not completely sold on this lens so I purhcased it but told the sales man that I may be back if I'm disapointed with this lens...but here is one of the reasons why I purhcased this one:

10 year waranty Cannon is only 1 year warranty





















Now the other reason why I brought this lens home is this:




Well for me it came down to the Cannon 12-24mm (the magazine says Cannon 10-20mm that's a typo ) Vs the Sigma 10-20mm and I had both len's on my XTi and played around with both and I couldn't see a difference between the Cannon and the Sigma One big difference was the price, the other was that the Sigma is just a bit wider then the Cannon but I never imagined that picking a lens would be so tough

Any who, I brought home the Sigma to play around with this weekend, salesman told me I have a maximum of 10 days to play around with the Sigma and if for what ever reason I didn't like it I can just take it back and get the Cannon...I still couldn't see a difference but I figured I'd give the Sigma a shot

Oh this lens will be used to show Divine bathing in the sun...that is if we get some sun

Well just thougth I'd share and if you guys have any feed back about the two lens pelase let me know

[FMINUS]

Whats the difference between this one and the stock lens that came w the Xti?

[FMINUS]

Is it this one?
Amazon.com: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras: Camera & Photo

[Calgarydetail]

noooooooooooo now your goingto want to take more pics... the detaisl are already so slow lol

[ZeroGravity]

didn't know the Canon lens only have 1 year warranty... the Nikons have 5... Not that I want to have a chance to use warranty...

10-20... wow... that's wide... happy shooting!

[Nica]

Originally Posted by FMINUS

Whats the difference between this one and the stock lens that came w the Xti?

Well the 10-20mm lens is wider the the kit lens

Originally Posted by FMINUS

Is it this one?
Amazon.com: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras: Camera & Photo

Um..yes I beleave that's the one..man you always find good deals on line don't you Phil..next time I need to purchase something I'll just get you to look it up for me. At teh store the Cannon lens was about $800 or so

[Nica]

Originally Posted by Calgarydetail

noooooooooooo now your goingto want to take more pics... the detaisl are already so slow lol

mmmmmuuuuuuuaaaaahhhhhhhhaaaaaa If you thought I took pictures before wait till I start with this lens

Originally Posted by ZeroGravity

didn't know the Canon lens only have 1 year warranty... the Nikons have 5... Not that I want to have a chance to use warranty...

10-20... wow... that's wide... happy shooting!

I agree, I don't want to deal with the warranty but the nice thing is that all I have to do is take it back to where I purchased it and I get a new one Another advantage of purchasing localy I guess ....well that's what they the sales man told me and I got it in writing...just in case

[Nica]

Oh and I finally got to play with a polorizer, not just any polorizer, aperently one of the best polorizers:

B+W 77mm MRC Circular Polarizer Filter

Now B+W is one of the top dogs when it comes to Polarizers and boy was I ever blown a way with this Polarizer, here check these pictures out that I took:

No polorizing effect:

Just look at the glare of the lights on the glass counter.

Now polorized:

Glare, what glare

I was blown away with the difference I'll be getting my self this polorizer...just need to do some more reading on it by before Friday I'll have it

[weesped]

errrr...humm...the canon is a 10-22. i should know i use it . good lens pick any ways

[tod071]

Congrat Nica on the new lens. I'm sure you'll be happy with it as many people use it with no problems. I think there was only 1 lens that was better, the Tokina because of the fixed aperture, f/4 IIRC. Otherwise, the Canon 10-22, Sigma 10-20, Tokina 12-24, and Tamron 11-17 were very similar.

Now you don't have to stand so far away from the cars to take great pics huh!