Wide angle lens

By remus_lupin
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remus_lupin

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Hey,

I am looking into buying a wide angle lens for my nikon D90... I have been trying to look online as to what would be the best choice but its tough, there are a lot of mixed reviews, I was wondering if you guys could help me out..

right now I am looking at the

Nikon 10-24 f3.5-4.5

Tokina 11-16 f2.8

Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 or f/3.5

really I dont think I will need much more than 16mm so that is why I am including the Tokina... anywhere between 11-16 is fine for me, anything else is bonus... really I am asking about quality... I don't THINK I will need f/2.8 but I never know what kind of lighting situation I will get thrown into... but I doubt I will be shooting somewhere where I can't crank ISO up enough to shoot comfortably at f4 (especially that wide)

thanks for any info/advice!

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crazzy88ss

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tokina for build quality/f2.8 or sigma for zoom range.

I have the tokina 12-24mm F4 and it's the 2nd sharpest lens I own. It's awesome. I wish the 11-16mm was out when I got my 12-24 cuz I shoot in low light alllll the time and would have loved to have f2.8. The depth of field and the close focusing on the tokina can make it pretty cool.

You could always go for the tokina 12-24mm if the 11-16's too expensive.

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remus_lupin

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Thanks crazzy and hawk,

I decided to go with the tokina 11-16, I just purchased that and a B+W 77mm MRC slim uv filter... I read that I may not need the slim form factor but I'd rather be safe... the lens should arrive Tuesday, I'm excited to try it out! It will be my first non-nikon lens, but I hear it is overall better... although for wide angle I hear canon's 10-22 kicks butt, but that is not an option for me. oh well, thanks again...

and hawk, I don't want a fisheye and its nice to have a little zoom (and I can't find super wide fixed focal length lenses that aren't fish eye)

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The Sigma 10-20/3.5 is said to be very good. There is also the new Sigma 8-16 which you should consider.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=sigma+10+20+3.5&N=0&InitialSearch=yes

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=sigma+8+16&N=0&InitialSearch=yes

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remus_lupin

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yeah haha, but thanks argote, I saw the 8-16... that is SUPER wide... but I don't like the idea of not being able to put a filter on top (for protection) and it was a little too expensive for my liking, as for the 10-20 3.5 I saw that too, but I think the 11-16 will be just fine

thanks again!

edit: the list price on Sigma was 1100, I never actually checked in store, it is a lot cheaper than I thought!

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