I recently went to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon and was a bit dissappointed that my 28mm (x1.6) lens wasn't quite wide enough to get a "dramatic" effect for landscapes...are there any quality wide-angle lenses available for about $300 or less? Thanks...mb|||I'm sure you can get some lenses that get to 18mm or so for a reasonable price. For true wide-angle photography, you would want to consider something like 10-12mm, though. It's not quite within your price range (it's $467 at Amazon) but it's still inexpensive compared to the camera manufacturer's equivalents -- Sigma makes a 10-20mm lens that has been very well reviewed. At 10mm, you'll be able to get some *very* wide angle shots... and should have the drama you're looking for. But, perhaps not the wide angle feel of something like a fisheye lens. Consider whether you want the image to appear to warp at the edges or not in that decision.|||Meets the price limit: * The cheapest is the Kit Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM... (with the 1.6x it's a 28.8-88mm) probably $50-100 on eBay or $150 from Amazon * The next is the Tamron Autofocus 17-35mm f/2.8-4 DI LD Super Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon... at Amazon it's direct price is $480, but it sells for $290-$300 from their partners. This is probably the best answer for quality and wide for the Rebel at 1.6x it's 27.2mm (close to what you were used to with your 28mm on a film camera) - 56mm (close to your old 'normal' lens)... The max aperture is pretty nice to (Also see the sample photos here). It also got a very good rating at FM Reviews. Meets the dramatic effect requirement, but not the price: * Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM is around $680 on Amazon, but it's conversion is 16mm to 35.2mm, it's about as wide as you can go without getting major distortion (which is the amazing thing about this particular lens that it has very little distortion compared to other lenses in its class). * If you just want D-R-A-M-A-T-I-C photos and don't care about distorsion then you may want to consider the Tokina 10mm - 17mm F/3.5-4.5 DX Autofocus Fisheye Zoom Lens for Canon EOS it's about $500 on Amazon, it gives you 180 degree (left-right) fisheye view at the 10mm setting on 1.6x crop cameras, and can zoom into a pretty regular wide photo.|||The words "quality" and "inexpensive" do not go together. You can get a cheap wide angle or semi-fisheye screw-on lens adaptor that you put in front of your existing lens and get so-so panoramic shots or you can get an expensive sub-15mm lens that goes straight to the camera body and get mind-blowing pictures. Whatever happened to your 18-55mm kit lens? That should have been good enough. As for your $300, it could be too much or too little for the choices I have given above.|||Wide angle lens usually is expensive. The Tokina 12-24mm F/4 lens is a very good lens with reasonable price. If you like to take wide angle pictures, you should try this one. You can buy used at around $400 and new one costs almost $500.

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