Top 10 wide angle lenses for landscape photography on your Canon DSLRs.

Best wide angle lenses for landscape photography on your Canon DSLRs.

Being a passionate about doing photography is not ends you need a best camera and lenses for creativity and make pictures more professional. For that you  need many features and wide angle view is one of them.
So first let's see why you need wide angle?

You would have come across this situation like when you are doing photography and you want to take whole view of building's, landmark or whatever in a single picture but sometimes the camera doesn't allow you to take. It can be a annoying to the passionate persons.
This is where the Super wide angle lenses comes into the picture.Super wide lens helps you to get much closer to your objects without blurring the image and cropping, this can produce some amazing pictures.
Super wide lenses provides a real sense of depth your pictures and helps to create the image with full surroundings of your objects.

For Canon ( APS-C)

❍ Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM 

Features

• Type: Zoom
• Sensor size: APS-C
• Focal length: 10-20mm
• Maximum aperture: f/3.5
• Minimum focus distance: 0.24m
• Filter size: 82mm
• Dimensions: 87.3 x 88.2mm
• Weight: 520g

This lens is newer and better than sigma's 10-20mm lens. It has constant aperture f/3.5, it's a professional grade lens which comes with fast and ring type ultrasonic autofocus and seven blade diaphragm. It has quite impressive sharpness and contrast quality. Overall it's a superb lens for wide range photography and worth of its price.

❍ Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM

Features

• Type: Zoom
• Sensor size: APS-C
•  Focal length: 8-16mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/4.5-5.6
• Image stabilization: No
• Minimum focus distance: 0.24m
• Filter size: N/A
• Dimensions: 75 x 105.7mm
• Weight: 555g

This Sigma lens has amazing wide angle view. The performance is really good. It has 2x zoom range but at its focal length which is 2 mm extra makes a big difference to the angle of view. The build quality is very good with smooth zoom ring of type ultrasonic auto focus system. This lens is very good if you want the widest possible angle view.

❍ Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: APS-C 
• Focal length: 10-18mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/4.5-5.6 
• Image stabilization: 4 stops 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.22m 
• Filter size: 67mm 
• Dimensions: 74.6 x 72mm 
• Weight: 240g

It is a cheap but effective. It's a light weighted lens with STM (stepping motor) auto focus system. The STM system works smoothly and fairly rapid auto focus.  Also features smooth autofocus transitions which is important for video shouting and also provides image stabilization. The fly by wire ring is thin and very smooth and precise in operation. Thin ring can be obstacle for handling properly. The sharpness is good and gives a wide angle view at short distance also. Its provides great features at low cost.

❍ Tokina AT-X Pro 12-28mm f/4 DX 

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: APS-C 
• Focal length: 12-28mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/4 
• Image stabilization: No 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.25m 
• Filter size: 77mm 
• Dimensions: 84 x 90.2mm 
• Weight: 530g

It is a good all rounder lens. It offers maximum coming option so you can go for long distance objects also. It has new Silent Drive Module autofocus which is based on GMR (Giant Magneto resistance) system. You can quickly switch to AF and NF mode via simple control on focus ring. It can't go as wide as most camera does but its maximum zooming option hides this drawback because works superb.

❍  Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16mm f/2.8 DX

Features

• Type: Zoom 
•  Sensor size: APS-C 
•  Focal length: 11-16mm 
•  Maximum aperture: f/2.8 
•  Image stabilization: No 
•  Minimum focus distance: 0.3m 
•  Filter size: 77mm 
•  Dimensions: 84 x 89.2mm 
•  Weight: 550g

Its f/2.8 widest aperture, which remains constant throughout the zoom range - it's the one of the 'fastest' super-wide-angle lenses on the market. Sharpness is good throughout the zoom range, even at f/2.8, though colour fringing is a bit high and distortion levels are slightly disappointing.

For Canon ( FULL FRAME )

❍ Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: full frame 
• Focal length: 11-24mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/4 
• Image stabilization: No 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.28m 
• Filter size: N/A 
• Dimensions: 108 x 132mm 
• Weight: 1180g

It has amazing angle of view, excellent optical performance. The small 5 mm advantage of 11-24 mm lens may not look impressive but this also have huge impact with ultra wide angle optics. A lens cap pushes over the hood to protect the precious glass in transport you will need to protect it because it had excellent optical performance.

❍ Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 DI VC USD

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: full frame 
• Focal length: 15-30mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/2.8 
• Image stabilization: Yes 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.28m 
• Filter size: N/A 
• Dimensions: 98.4 x 145mm 
• Weight: 1100g

It has constant f/2.8 maximum aperture and vibration control stabilisation makes it more likely than other. It's big lens but when you use it it feels well balanced on Canon full frame bodies from 6D to 1DX and handling is excellent. Sharpness is exemplary from centre to edges of images through out the zooming. Colour fringing quite well.

❍ Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 DG HSM II

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: full frame 
• Focal length: 12-24mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/4.5-5.6 
• Image stabilization: No 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.28m 
• Filter size: N/A 
• Dimensions: 87 x 120.2mm 
• Weight: 670g

This Sigma is the second-widest lens and a good performer. It has excellent sharpness. This lens offers ring-type ultrasonic autofocus and delivers excellent center sharpness throughout the zoom range, though this does drop off at the extreme corners of the frame when using wide apertures at very short focal lengths. Barrel distortion controlled quite well.

❍ Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: full frame 
• Focal length: 17-40mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/4 
• Image stabilization: No 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.28m 
• Filter size: 77mm 
• Dimensions: 83.5 x 96.8mm 
• Weight: 500g

A long-standing favorite, the 17-40mm f/4 is still good today. Build quality and autofocus are quite impressive. Optical performance good. This is one of Canon Canon's L-series (Luxury) lenses and includes weather seals, with a rubber ring around the mounting plate to guard against dust and moisture entering the camera. The action of the zoom ring is similarly smooth. There is no optical stabilizer in this lens, and while the sharpness is mostly impressive.

❍ Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 PRO FX

Features

• Type: Zoom 
• Sensor size: full frame 
• Focal length: 16-28mm 
• Maximum aperture: f/2.8 
• Image stabilization: No 
• Minimum focus distance: 0.28m 
• Filter size: N/A 
• Dimensions: 89.9 x 133.4mm 
• Weight: 950g

It is Simple auto/manual AF 'clutch' mechanism. The Handling and image quality is quite good. It is Big and heavy. Don't have stabilizer or filter ring. The Tokina employs a 'silent' DC autofocus motor and GMR (Giant Magnetoresistance) module, and the company claims this gives faster, quieter autofocus. The built-in hood helps to avoid ghosting but precludes the use of filters.