Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Cheap wide angle lens for Canon EOS 500 D?

Question

I am planning to visit Maldives in couple of weeks.I need a cheaper wide angle lens extension or wide angle lens itself which could fit my Canon EOS 500 D.I would like to capture whole beach in my lens.Please ponder your suggestions which is available in UK.For your info I already have a canon 18-55 mm Kit lens, Canon 70-300mm lens, Canon EF F-1.8 USM lens.

Asked by Ravi

Answer

There are no lenses in your price range.

The adapter you linked to is like putting a cheap magnifying glass in front of your camera (only in reverse, it's making things smaller instead of bigger) - those things are know for low image quality, it's very likely to cause a lot of distortion and I bet that if there's a lot of sunlight (like on a beach) it will cause a lot of lens flare.

Just for reference that cheapest lens that is significantly wider than your kit lens (at least today on Amazon) is the Tamron 11-18mm at 280 quids used.

But, you still have some good options that don't require spending lots of money:

First, 18mm is pretty wide and you can take great beach pictures with your kit lens (hint: if you want a wider image you can also just move back).

Second: you can do a panorama - take multiple image and stitch them together on your computer, there are some really good free programs you can use for this - that will effectively simulate a much wider lens (and it doesn't cost anything).

Answered by Nir

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