Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i?

[coolifornia]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i? Is it worth it? and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i? I was always told upgrade lens not camera...I hope I made the right decision. please help

 

[kreygscott]

Both are great lens for your T3i.

 

[Tom_N]

I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i?

No, not a waste. But in field of view terms, using that lens on your camera is like using a 38.4-168mm lens on a full-frame camera. You lose a little on the wide angle, gain a little on the telephoto. Still not a bad range.

 

[Norm Neely]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i? Is it worth it? and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i? I was always told upgrade lens not camera...I hope I made the right decision. please help

A wider lens would be a nice addition to the 24-105mm you have.

Their is a better choice than the 10-22mm for your t3i.

Quote from the 10-18mm review.

"There is no sharper ultrawide lens for APS-C cameras, and it's much better than Canon's 10-year-old EF-S 10-22mm that costs over twice as much"

10-18mm review.

http://kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/10-18mm.htm

24-105mm review

http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/24-105mm-stm.htm

I think you made a very good decision buying the 24-105mm for your t3i.

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Norm

 

[beagle1]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i? Is it worth it? and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i? I was always told upgrade lens not camera...I hope I made the right decision. please help

sure but a refurbished 10-18 is better and cheaper. The 24-105 is not a waste but it's more for full frame models

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[kli]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i?

Yes. The dRebels can use both EF-S and EF lenses. It's the full-frame bodies (5D/6D) that can't use EF-S lenses.

Is it worth it?

That's up to you. The EF-S 10-18 costs a lot less and does most of the same thing. If you plan to pair it with a 24-105, it overcomes the 24-105's greatest weakness on crop, which is that it doesn't go particularly wide unless you're on full frame.

But if you wanted to go faster (say, shooting environmental portraits or architecture from indoors), then a Tokina 11-16/2.8 might be better.

and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i?

That's up to you. I used a 24-105 on an XT and loved it, but only realized what it was supposed to be when I got a 5DMkII. If I were staying within the crop world, an EF-S 15-85 might have been a better choice.

I was always told upgrade lens not camera...I hope I made the right decision.

It depends on you, your budget, what and how you want to shoot, and what it was, specifically, you needed to upgrade. Sometimes it's the camera; sometimes it's the lens.

The main reason folks advise the lens in the face of no information about the other factors is that you tend to swap bodies at shorter intervals than you swap systems or formats, so most lenses stay with you longer, and therefore have better resale value (less depreciation).

Also, the time to ask about lenses is probably before you buy them.

 

[photosen]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i? Is it worth it? and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i? I was always told upgrade lens not camera...I hope I made the right decision. please help

Yes you can.

I have it and love it. However the 10-18 might make more sense since it costs less.

The 24-105 is a nice lens, so not a waste, just not nearly as wide as the 10-22.

I started with a 30D and 50mm 1.4, then got the 10-22, 70-200 f4, 35 f2, only then did I get the 70D, for specific purposes (limited ISO on the 30D). There is no one right path, but it has sure worked for me; I even continued with the 24mm ef-s and Tamron 90mm Macro.

 

[Michael Fryd]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i?

Yes.

All Canon EF and EF-S lenses will work with your T3i. This includes EF lenses that were made 30 years ago.

Is it worth it?

Only if you need something wider than your current lenses.

Both the EF-S 10-22mm and the EF-S 10-18mm are good lenses. They have slightly different strengths. The current consensus seems to be that the EF-S 10-18 is a better bargain.

and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i?

That's a fine lens. Whether or not it's a waste depends on whether or not you need that range, and if you have other lenses in that range.

For instance, if you had the Canon EF-S 18-135 STM lens , or the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lens, you probably would not also need the 24-105mm STM

I was always told upgrade lens not camera...

My suggestion is that you upgrade the gear that you find limiting. frequently, this will be the lens. But in some cases it will be the camera.

Many people report that they keep they lenses longer than they keep their bodies. This suggests that an investment in a new lens will provide returns longer than an investment in a new body.

I hope I made the right decision. please help

It may very well have been the right decision.

 

[FingerPainter]

Can I use Canon EFS 10-22MM USM Wide Angle Lens on a t3i?

Yes. Any EF-S lens should work on a T3i

Is it worth it?

Depends what you shoot.

and I just recently bought the canon 24-105mm ef stm lens was that a waste on a t3i?

It is an unusual choice for a Canon crop body. Its focal length range is optimized for EF bodies, not EF-S. Its range on a T3i is just under normal to mid-tele. One more commonly sees wide to tele, like a 17-85mm. This gives a lens that covers from landscapes to portraits. On an EF body the 24-105 corresponds to a 15-66mm on EF-S.

However, paired with the 10-22, you've got ultrawide to wide also covered, so as long as you don't often find yourself having to change lenses back and forth around 22-24mm, you should be fine.

I was always told upgrade lens not camera...

We tend to keep lenses longer than bodies, but upgrade whatever is holding you back the most.

I hope I made the right decision. please help

Get the lenses that let you shoot what you want to shoot. The 24-105 on your T3i isn't really wide enough for many sorts of landscapes but it is wider than what a lot of people used 50 years ago for landscapes: their 50mm (on full frame - think of it as 31mm on EF-S) prime kit lens. It is not nearly wide enough for interiors. If you shoot those, an ultra-wide like the 10-22 has you covered. If you shoot landscapes but not interiors, you might do fine with a lens whose wide end starts around 16-18mm. However, for interiors especially, you might prefer the faster Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8 to eh EF-S 10-22. Despite what Ken Rockwell is quoted as saying, the Tokina is a sharper ultra-wide for EF-S, and it does better in lower light.