Any 10-24 reviews?

[photo5]

<p>Brian, the Nikon 10-24mm is in stock at Amazon.com. Why not just buy it and review it for us?</p>

[bsd230]

<p>That is very tempting. The Tokina 11-16 is creaping back into the mix again.</p>

[bsd230]

<p>After all the going back and forth, I think I have decided to put this money I was going to spend on a Ultra wide and put it towards a D700. Kills 2 birds with one stone. Gets me a wide angle and better image quality to boot.</p>

[boyohboy]

<p>Shun Cheung wrote:</p>

 

<p><em>At least according to this review (and the little bit of French I can read), this lens is weak on the wide, 10mm end; in particular, edge performance is mediocre. Unfortunately, that is very much expected.</em> <br /><br>

"Mediocre" is the right word to describe it. The problem is that it does not clean up very well even above f/8, and 12mm is not notably better. The images below are from the lower left corner of my copy of the 10-24. It is the least sharp corner, but not by much. Camera is D90 on a tripod, level and square to the wall<br>

Nikon 10-24mm @ 10mm<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3624336842_d2f085a4c6_b.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Nikon 10-24mm @ 12mm<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2438/3624336862_331173f9dd_b.jpg" alt="" /><br>

The even bigger problem is that a good copy of the Sigma 10-20 absolutely wipes the floor with the Nikon 10-24 (and matched the Nikon 12-24 at 12mm). Note that the image below is from a D40 taken about a year ago. I have attempted to maintain a similar crop<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3624336888_506aa46bd5_o.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="400" /><br>

At this point I am debating whether to just send the 10-24 back and attempt to get a Sigma that is as good as the one that I used to have (and which I sold like a complete mor*n about a year ago), or ask J&R to send me another copy of the 10-24. Anyone care to share their experience with the 10-24?<br>

In Nikon's defense, I have owned three copies of the 10-20, two of them for less than a week, on account of significant softness on the entire left side of the frame.</p>

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