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Hello people of Talk Photography, I'm afraid this is another thread asking for collective advise on getting some sort of wide-angle lens. This may be slightly different in that I am entirely open to both primes and zoom options from first and third party manufacturers.
What I require from this lens will be a lens that has a filter thread and is not a DX lens. To be honest I need Tokina to suddenly produce their 11-16 in FX but sadly this won't happen. Great optical performance is very important to me.
The Nikon 14-24 is out because it has no filter thread, I know there is a new Lee filter system that will fit it but the filter for that are going to be mind bogglingly expensive. That on top of the fact that I already have a Lee filter setup puts that idea out of the window.
The Nikon 17-35, I actually currently have this lens and although I've heard lots of brilliant things about it, it just doesn't do it for me. I don't want to get into the bad copy v good copy debate but I believe I've got a lens that could be thought of as a Friday afternoon lens.
The new Nikon 16-35 seemed like the ultimate answer to this question but at the wide end there seems to be rather a lot of distortion and even vignetting. I'm currently shooting a DX camera so the vignetting won't be such an issue (in theory) but I don't want to find all the flaws this lens has when I finally get an FX camera.
The Nikon 24-70 seems to have the optical performance in the bag but it won't be wide enough on DX and I'm not entirely sure if it would be wide enough for me on FX. Having said that, perhaps this is the best compromise.
Unfortunately my knowledge of zooms from other manufacturers is awful, the Sigma 12-24 seems great but as far as I'm aware it has no filter thread so is again ruled out. I'm not sure if Sigma/Tamron/Tokina have any brilliant zooms hidden away in their product lines.
As for primes, I've looked at the Nikon line but none of them seemed to be entirely up to the job. There are some nice Zeiss primes available but apparently the wider ones are difficult to focus (a bit of an issue?). I don't mind manual focus primes so this could expand my options a bit.
Can anyone think of a lens that caters for my needs? :shrug:
What I require from this lens will be a lens that has a filter thread and is not a DX lens. To be honest I need Tokina to suddenly produce their 11-16 in FX but sadly this won't happen. Great optical performance is very important to me.
The Nikon 14-24 is out because it has no filter thread, I know there is a new Lee filter system that will fit it but the filter for that are going to be mind bogglingly expensive. That on top of the fact that I already have a Lee filter setup puts that idea out of the window.
The Nikon 17-35, I actually currently have this lens and although I've heard lots of brilliant things about it, it just doesn't do it for me. I don't want to get into the bad copy v good copy debate but I believe I've got a lens that could be thought of as a Friday afternoon lens.
The new Nikon 16-35 seemed like the ultimate answer to this question but at the wide end there seems to be rather a lot of distortion and even vignetting. I'm currently shooting a DX camera so the vignetting won't be such an issue (in theory) but I don't want to find all the flaws this lens has when I finally get an FX camera.
The Nikon 24-70 seems to have the optical performance in the bag but it won't be wide enough on DX and I'm not entirely sure if it would be wide enough for me on FX. Having said that, perhaps this is the best compromise.
Unfortunately my knowledge of zooms from other manufacturers is awful, the Sigma 12-24 seems great but as far as I'm aware it has no filter thread so is again ruled out. I'm not sure if Sigma/Tamron/Tokina have any brilliant zooms hidden away in their product lines.
As for primes, I've looked at the Nikon line but none of them seemed to be entirely up to the job. There are some nice Zeiss primes available but apparently the wider ones are difficult to focus (a bit of an issue?). I don't mind manual focus primes so this could expand my options a bit.
Can anyone think of a lens that caters for my needs? :shrug:
