syed_suhaib Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hi, I'm looking to purchase D70s with kit lens. I want to add some wide angle lens, mainly for landscape, mountain, architecture & street photograpy. Can you help me choose the best between Sigma 10-20mmEX & Nikkor 24mm AF2.8 lenses for these purposes. Or any other you think would be best... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 If you scroll down a bit on the Nikon Forum home page you'll find one or two recent discussions about ultrawide zooms. There are fans of the various Sigma ultrawides as well as the Tokina 12-24/4 and Nikon 12-24/4DX. You can also find reviews of these lenses along with graphic illustrations on the photozone website (www.photozone.de). While photozone is Canon-centric they do offer reviews of many popular third party lenses from Tamron, Tokina and Sigma. Their tests are objective, with informative data but written for the layperson and easy to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aravind raman Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Both the lenses will give you different FOV. 24 mmm, will not be that suitable for Landscape, its equivalent to 36mm.. For wideangle, there are lot of reviews, nikonians.org, has a comparision on all the three brands available for nikon.. Aravind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salvatore.mele Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 For the landscape and mountain part I would strongly recomend a 20mm lens...mine seldom gets detached from the camera. A 24mm might end up being "too long", but that's a matter of tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninjapan2000 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hi Syed, I'm evaluating my Sigma 10-20 right now. The pics I have so far are not artistically interesting :-) but they could give you some idea of the quality. If you wish, I can email you the full jpegs and you can see for yourself. (So far, I am pleased with this lens, by the way). But, please give me a couple of days. I am off on Wednesday and can do it then, if you wish. Best regards, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottocrat Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 FWIW I grappled with the same question a couple of months back. I was all set to get the Tokina but when I looked at the prices and reviews I felt the Sigma actually worked out at better value. I don't tend to use it a lot, but when I do I'm pleased with it. The extra space at the short end really opens all sorts of possibilities - the attached was taken at 10mm and distortion corrected in PP.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark newcombe www.mcnphoto Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Straight out of the camera just downsized. Could do with some ps but it'll give you an idea. I like the 10-20 sigma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark newcombe www.mcnphoto Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 whoops forgot the image here you go.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninjapan2000 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 A little more info on my Sigma 10-20: the lower left corner (but no other corner) is quite messy (blurry) wide open between 10-14mm (15-21 equivalent). It looks much better at f/8, however. This is the weakest part of this lens' performance (I mean my sample, of course). If I were a professional whose bread-and-butter depended on this lens, I *might* try to swapped it out for one closer to perfect. For me, however, it is a non-issue. I can stop down or compose around it. Besides, the next lens might have a weak point in a different area. :-) I'm not seeing much CA anywhere, though it is occasionally present under the usual circumstances (backlighting, contrast) to a mild degree. If that corner were sharper, this would be...really, really great. As it is, it is really, really good. It is a joy to have access to these focal lengths. But, if you are super-picky: check the corners. :-) John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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