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Hi all.
Of late I have been considering a change to my lens collection as I currently on a mission for optimum sharpness. I currently shoot landscapes with a D300s and a mix of a Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Nikon 35/1.8 and 50/1.8. I am very happy with the sharpness of the 35 and 50, but I do feel the 10-20 lets the side down somewhat. I do have a 18-70 walkabout lens but I never use a zoom at any focal length other than what I have in primes.
So can anyone recommend old manual wide primes I could use for landscaping - I've been looking at various things like the Nikon 18/3.5 AI-S or 24/4 AI-S, but does anyone have any real world experience with them. Or perhaps some M42 primes as I have an adapter for use with the Nikon. They don't need to be super fast as most of the time I am clamped to a tripod. FX primes will also come in handy if I upgrade to a d700/d3/whatever or get a film SLR like I have been threatening too.
I wish Nikon did some wide angle DX primes but alas they do not!
Stu
Of late I have been considering a change to my lens collection as I currently on a mission for optimum sharpness. I currently shoot landscapes with a D300s and a mix of a Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Nikon 35/1.8 and 50/1.8. I am very happy with the sharpness of the 35 and 50, but I do feel the 10-20 lets the side down somewhat. I do have a 18-70 walkabout lens but I never use a zoom at any focal length other than what I have in primes.
So can anyone recommend old manual wide primes I could use for landscaping - I've been looking at various things like the Nikon 18/3.5 AI-S or 24/4 AI-S, but does anyone have any real world experience with them. Or perhaps some M42 primes as I have an adapter for use with the Nikon. They don't need to be super fast as most of the time I am clamped to a tripod. FX primes will also come in handy if I upgrade to a d700/d3/whatever or get a film SLR like I have been threatening too.
I wish Nikon did some wide angle DX primes but alas they do not!
Stu
