Nikon 16mm f/2.8

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Anyone got one? I'm currently trying to pry open the purse strings at my work to get my kit sorted out.

Initial 'wish list' was a 24-70 f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 but in the interest of getting a bit more bang for my buck (this is to accompany a D700... hopefully!!) I was thinking of keeping the long zoom but sditching the 24-70mm (which isn't in stock hardly anywhere) for a combo of the the 24-85mm f/2.8-4 and a 16mm f/2.8. I know, it's not going to be the same as the 24-670mm but I get a wider end, same zoom range and my boss is happier. It's a massive compromise over what I expected them to agree to (they still haven't agreed) but it's a start.

I'm having to ditch the idea of a 60mm micro, SB900 and 2x TC for the moment - bloody budget cuts!

So what's the 16mm like?....
 
Blapto, it's not a substitute - for the same money as the 24-70mm f/2.8 (£1150 approx) I can get a 24-85mm f/2.8-4 (£550) AND a 16mm f/2.8 fisheye (£500) - I know we're not talking quite the same quality through the zoom range but for the same money I get a much more versatile lens selection.

Taz, would love to take it off your hands but I'm an AF junkie these days and for a lot of my work (most of it) I need the reassurance of AF, even with such massive DOF from a fisheye.
 
Just a word of warning if you buy a second-hand 16mm fisheye lens. Make sure that the rear bayonet-fitting filters are included as a filter has to be on the lens all the time as it's part of the optical design. A new lens will have them included.

Mine is an 'ais' manual focus version, but the above also applies to the AF version too.
 
If you shoot raw files you can take the fisheye out in Capture NX and have straight edges.....I have had one for ages, cracking lens. I use it quite a bit. The front cover of Suzuki engine brochure is a fisheye shot I did - triple rig of 300hp outboards on a Ring RIB, shot going through one of the openings in the archipelago off Finland at about 60 knots (70mph).

Watch your feet, and any loose clothing you might be wearing - you'll be amazed how these creep into your frame otherwise. You won't be disappointed with the optical quality. Small and light too. You can even shoot with the sun in frame and not get too much flare or ghosting.
 
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