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Recommendations for Canon EOS/Canon compatible lenses?

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Found one, the 10-22 wide. That's a $700 dent in my budget.

I'm looking for another, either a good zoom or a good walk around lens, perhaps a combination of both, nothing above 500 bucks as my lens budget has depleted quite a bit.

Any ideas on third party lenses? I'm eyeing a couple Sigmas.

Any suggestion will be much appreciated.

BTW, I shoot city scape, macro and portrait. So I'm in a bit of a pickle. Hard to find a good all around lens for 500 bucks or under.

Quite a few to choose from, I've looked at some, wondering about hands on experience.

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  2. I understand ... the lens I use the most for wide angle shots cost me $1000, for portrait $1,600 and for close up (macro) $800.  In most cases you can find good used Canon lenses, but if you are in a hurry for your wide angle zoom lens, you may want to look at the 12-24 mm Tokina ... they are the best of the third-party lenses made (some of the Pentax lenses are from their designs) and they are also the makers of Hoya filters.

    http://www.tokinalens.com/products/tokin...

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  3. Another Tokina wide angle lens would be the 11-16mm F2.8. It costs a little less than the Canon lens but is a faster constant aperture lens. All the reviews I have seen on it are very good. Ken Rockwell recommends it over the Nikon equivalent. He does say that the Canon lens is a bit better though. If you do alot of low light wide angle shots it might be worth considering.

    As for a walk around lens that is less than $500 check out the Canon 28-135 F3.5-5.6 IS USM. Price is about $400. It is a very sharp lens with a good focal length range. With the 10-22 or 12-24 there is only a small gap in range.  

  4. Sigma makes a 10-20mm lens. Sigmas are notorious for being of lesser quality, but they may be getting better. My Sigma 24-70 is a good lens, and it came with a 4 year warranty. The 10-20 is in the $550 range before taxes or shipping.

    KEH.com has some used lenses for less than $500. You may have a look there as well. KEH has a reputation for classifying there used gear acurately. If it says its in great shape, it probably is. If its not in great shape, they say so.

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