chrishickman81

Awesome, that makes sense and is what I was looking for, thanks.

Thank you Eric, but I'm looking for the "why" and "in what situations" for one being better than the other based on personal experience. If you have experience with the 14 and the 17-35, I'd love to hear about it!

All 3 of the mentioned lenses can be used on film or digital.

I've been considering an ultra-wide lens for my N80 (and someday, D3 or similar

FX digital body) and have come down to the following choices:

 

AF 14mm f/2.8

AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8

(the new) AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8

 

I'm leaning toward the 17-35, because I simply don't know that I will need to go

down to 14 (or 15, or 16), plus it uses regular filters. It seems as though the

14-24 is going to have better optics than the 14 and therefore would be the

better choice (between the two) as it's not going to cost THAT much more...we're

already talking about the most expensive lens I would own either way, so a few

hundred here or there will not make a difference. My widest lens right now is

the AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5 - 4.5, and I don't like to go down to 24 on that because

of the distortion, but would love to be able to use that perspective and wider,

especially in museums to "get everything in" without having to stand 50 ft away

and having lower light capabilities (since flash is not usually allowed).

 

Has anyone out there used a 14mm lens and can comment on the perspective it

provides vs. 17mm?

10 years? I would think the D3 would drop to $2000 at the same time than a D3X @ $5000 and a D 400 full frame @ $1000 would be released, approx this time 2009.

17-35 AF-S f/2.8

70-200 f/2.8 VR

+ the great Nikon primes - 28, 50, 85 f/1.4.

 

To the oiriginal poster, I hope you're not doing any sort of sports because neither of the lenses you picked that have telephoto range are really suitable for that.

My take is this - if you have to ask, get the 1.8.

 

You know if you NEED f/1.4, and at 50mm. You probably don't (NEED, that is. Redeploy the savings for a trip to a place where you can take more photos, or buy more film with it to take more photos).