Testing the 10-22

[John Mueller]

I purchased a Tamron 11-18 and it sucked.Had vignetting upper right and ca out the.......Cant find sigma's new lens so I returned the Tamron and got a Canon 10-22.
Me likes it:D
Couple of quick shots.

f6.3

http://mhj.smugmug.com/photos/29978292-M.jpg


f8.0
http://mhj.smugmug.com/photos/29978308-M.jpg

[USAIR]

Never got a chance to compare the lenes but I do like my Canon 10-22 http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif
It's a very fun lens.
I haven't figured out all uses for the lens but up close it's great.
Also with a lens that wide you have to be careful with a polarizer ( you get some strange skies sometimes)

Can't wait to see more shots from you and the 10-22 http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/clap.gif

Thanks
Fred

[erich6]

What polarizer do you have on it? Looks great.

[John Mueller]

What polarizer do you have on it? Looks great.
Nonehttp://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif
My moniter profile was messed up.....................http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/ne_nau.gif
Thanks guys

[windoze]

nice quick shots....... glad u like this wide baby!
look forward to your w-i-d-e posts!!!


troy

[gluwater]

Never got a chance to compare the lenes but I do like my Canon 10-22 http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif
It's a very fun lens.
I haven't figured out all uses for the lens but up close it's great.
Also with a lens that wide you have to be careful with a polarizer ( you get some strange skies sometimes)

Can't wait to see more shots from you and the 10-22 http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/clap.gif

Thanks
Fred
I agree that it is a great lens and also that you have to be careful with the polarizer. By strange skies I'm assuming you're refering to something like this??
http://gluwater.smugmug.com/photos/30476771-S.jpg

Nick

[David_S85]

The eyes and brain are amazing things. They make differences in light and color make sense. Take white balance for example... your brain says something is white when it really isn't. You know it's white, so your brain interprets it as so. Blue skies are like that too.

If you look around 360º at a blue sky, it might all look the same brightness on a sunny day. Not so. You brain compensates. But take a 360º photo (even without a polarizer), and you'll likely come up with something that has darker areas 180º apart, and lighter areas opposite the darker areas.

Now, say, you also place a polarizer on such a wide image, and you compound that difference even more. Usually, the effect is too much, and the brain says "Hey, that doesn't look right. Something's way wrong with that blue sky."

Wide images (of skies) look strange enough the way the blue light is scattered to not use a polarizer filter to add to the effect.

A polarizer used on a semi-wide image of glass or water (any reflective surface) is a better use of that filter, IMO.

[USAIR]

I agree that it is a great lens and also that you have to be careful with the polarizer. By strange skies I'm assuming you're refering to something like this??
http://gluwater.smugmug.com/photos/30476771-S.jpg


Nick Yes that is exactly what I am talking about
Cool photo too :D

Fred

[USAIR]

The eyes and brain are amazing things. They make differences in light and color make sense. Take white balance for example... your brain says something is white when it really isn't. You know it's white, so your brain interprets it as so. Blue skies are like that too.

If you look around 360º at a blue sky, it might all look the same brightness on a sunny day. Not so. You brain compensates. But take a 360º photo (even without a polarizer), and you'll likely come up with something that has darker areas 180º apart, and lighter areas opposite the darker areas.

Now, say, you also place a polarizer on such a wide image, and you compound that difference even more. Usually, the effect is too much, and the brain says "Hey, that doesn't look right. Something's way wrong with that blue sky."

Wide images (of skies) look strange enough the way the blue light is scattered to not use a polarizer filter to add to the effect.

A polarizer used on a semi-wide image of glass or water (any reflective surface) is a better use of that filter, IMO. Thank you for the very good explanation of this.
Looks cool in some photos but in some not so cool http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif

Thanks
Fred

[gluwater]

Thanks Fred :D

[auraflora]

I have heard that it is an excellent lens and you will have fun with those wide angles.


I perfer the second horizonal frame. Better perspective, I feel.

Looking forward to seeing more results with the 10-22.

Michal