Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

Hello everyone,
I've been looking around for a wide angle lens (either prime or a zoom)
for my Canon 300D to replace the kit lens which I use most of the time
at the wide end (so at the 17mm). The problem with this lens is the
rotating front element... It's really annoying when I use a polarizer
or a ND-grad (circular). Therefore I'm looking for anything (Tamron,
Tokina, Sigma, Canon) with a decent quality (i.e. not worse than the
kit lens) that would hopefully take the filters that I use (I have a
nice set of 58mm filters for the kit lens and the 28-105 and 100-300 EF
USM zooms). I would greatly appreciate any recommendations or
information on any lens / zoom around 17mm with 58mm diameter (if such
a thing exists). Thank you all in advance.
Best regards,
Alan D.

Alander

Re: Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

Canon 20/2.8
Canon 20-35/3.5-4.5
http://digitcamera.tripod.com/#slr

AaronW

Re: Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

All I do all my shopping online here:
http://www.keh.com/onlinestore/CookiesInstructions.aspx
And I always buy used - way cheaper - thay have new and used and the
used is in greta to poor condition with the prices marked accordingly -
they're not in the business to screw customers over - I ordered a
camera backpack once - was way too small - they paid for the retun
shipping. They are in Atlanta GA I think.
Jim

Jimbo

Re: Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

Uh huh. Sure. Photoshop does not replace a polarizer or a neutral density
filter.
If you think it does then you don't understand what either of them does.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke

Re: Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

With digi, you can just put the filter effects on retrospectively.
This also allows you to try many filters, different grads,
on a single source image.
And saves the cost of a new lens.
BugBear

Bugbear

Re: Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

Tokina makes a prime 17mm f3.5, a very nice lens but not 58mm (72 or
77mm, 2 versions). Maybe worth getting this lens $350 the last new
price I had or $2-300 used. Then pick up a 72/77mm filter.
This lens has a strange design where they probably could have made it
with a smaller barrel. It is a full frame lens and the smaller barrel
would have induced filter cut off, and they were safe with the big
filters.
Tom

Tomm42

Re: Wide angle lens with 58mm filter for Canon?

Hi Alan,
The Canon 24mm f2.8 prime is a good lens and has a 58mm filter size. Check
out
http://www.canon.com.au/products/cameras_lenses_accessories/standard_lenses.html
for other lenses. However, I have the canon 10-22 lens and can highly
recommend it! On your 300D it is wide (16-35mm equivalent on a 35mm
full-frame camera), and thus is wider than the popular 17-40 f4.
Paul
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