Quote Originally Posted by Bombsight
My desire is to have a lens that works with the 7D as well as the mkII

Then you've answered your own question The EF-S lens is out.


Quote Originally Posted by Bombsight
similar in width as the 10-22 but with just a little more reach

Isn't that the 16-35? It has pretty much the same width on the 5DII as the 10-22 has on the 7D, and on the 7D it has more reach than the 10-22.


Now if you want a lens that will do all that on both cameras, you would need something like a full frame 10-35 zoom. I don't think you'll find such a thing (closest I know of would be a sigma 12-24, but I don't think it is what you want), and even if you do you'll most likely pay dearly in dollars and/or iq for the full frame superwideness.


If you are willing to give up a little width for the reach (and I would think for pictures of surfers, you would want a lot of reach... more even than you are considering), then I agree with Derrik's suggestion that you consider the 24-70 (or even 24-105 f/4 IS).