constant-aperture wide-angle zooms

What constant-aperture wide-angle or wide-to-normal/slight-tele
zooms lenses do people here like for EF or EF-S mount?

F/4 is a little slow for a walking-around lens for me, but Canon's
16-35L costs about 2x too much. Tokina 20-35/2.8 maybe? That'd get
me both wider and longer than the 28mm/1.8 prime I use these days at
the cost of a stop and a third (and, ahem, about $600). How do
people like that lens?

Ok, enough shopping, time to go do some shooting.

--
Ben Rosengart (212) 741-4400 x215
Sometimes it only makes sense to focus our attention on those
questions that are equal parts trivial and intriguing.
--Josh Micah Marshall

LOL Ben,

Have you seen the new
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX Aspherical DG DF AutoFocus Wide Angle Zoom Lens with Hood for Canon EOS Cameras

Seriously though, I checked Adorama's web site. If you narrow your search to SigmaCanon EOSWide -Tele
you'll see the lens I'm talking about. They're selling it for $409.00 Although it troubles me that they don't mention it's macro capabilities as they do on the Sigma web site.

John

"Ben Rosengart" wrote in message ...
What constant-aperture wide-angle or wide-to-normal/slight-tele
zooms lenses do people here like for EF or EF-S mount?

F/4 is a little slow for a walking-around lens for me, but Canon's
16-35L costs about 2x too much. Tokina 20-35/2.8 maybe? That'd get
me both wider and longer than the 28mm/1.8 prime I use these days at
the cost of a stop and a third (and, ahem, about $600). How do
people like that lens?

Ok, enough shopping, time to go do some shooting.

--
Ben Rosengart (212) 741-4400 x215
Sometimes it only makes sense to focus our attention on those
questions that are equal parts trivial and intriguing.
--Josh Micah Marshall

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:41:59 GMT, Digi - Reb wrote:

LOL Ben,

Have you seen the new=20
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX Aspherical DG DF AutoFocus Wide Angle Zoom Lens =
with Hood for Canon EOS Cameras=20

Heh.

Yep, sure have -- but I'm still not convinced that it isn't the
one that photozone.de disparages. How are you so sure, anyway?

Seriously though, I checked Adorama's web site. If you narrow your =
search to SigmaCanon EOSWide -Tele=20
you'll see the lens I'm talking about. They're selling it for $409.00 =

Seen it, yup. I definitely hope this is a worthy lens, as I'd
rather go down to 24mm than up to 75mm.

--
Ben Rosengart (212) 741-4400 x215
Sometimes it only makes sense to focus our attention on those
questions that are equal parts trivial and intriguing.
--Josh Micah Marshall