The $700+ pricetage of a Canon wide angle is what is keeping me back from one. My 18-200mm one is a Canon and it's great. Though it did break, but since it was under warranty it took Canon one week to fix it. It was pricey too though, but so worth it. My property pics are so much better with the Canon when with my previous Panasonic wide angle digital cameras. As are the pictures of everything else. A friend of mine who is a commercial photographer suggested just getting a wide angle filter instead of the full lense. I bought a cheap one and it isn't that good. Once you get used to the speed you can't go back. My wife has become an agent recently and we used the Canon for her agent picture. I'm sure it turned out much better then a professional in a studio would have done.