wide lens

[doctor0204]

hello members im planning to buy a nikon wide lens but im too much confused which wide lens is the best for my nikon d 90 pls help me .

[Dave Humphries]

hello members im planning to buy a nikon wide lens but im too much confused which wide lens is the best for my nikon d 90 pls help me .

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I am considering buying an "ultra wide" for my D5000 (similar to a D90) and have determined that for me, the Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S is the one.

With a D90, which as a body mounted focus motor, you may have a wide choice available - but I didn't research those lenses.

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[Manfred M]

This is not an easy question to answer, because it depends on what you are trying to do with the lens. You also need to consider your current len(es), as there really is no need to duplicate focal lengths that you already own, unless there is a specific reason to do so.

I own three wide angle lenses; the first two I bought for my D90, and the third one I picked up after I bought my D800. That being said, I've always had a weakness for ultra-wide angle lenses, running back to my 35mm film days.

I bought the kit 18-55mm, so I already had a reasonable wide angle capabilities, so I picked up the Tokina f/2.8 11-16mm lens. This worked out for me because the D90 does have the internal focusing motor the older design of the lens was compatible with the camera body. Tokina has since come out with a model that is optically identical to the older version, but with an internal focusing motor. At the time I bought it, it was the widest angle lens on the market, even wider than what Nikon made at the time. I have no hesitation recommending the lens, but again, contingent on it making sense for what you are planning to shoot with it.

I picked up a cheap, manual Samyang f/3.5 8mm fisheye. It is totally manual, so I either meter the scene manually or use the histogram to properly expose the shots. I don't use it often, but in the right situation, one can get a great image.

When I picked up my D800, I was in quite the quandary as to which wide angle to pick up; the f/2.8 14-24mm or the f/2.8 17-35mm. Both lenses were about the same cost, but the 14-24mm does not take any filters (there is a rig that Lee makes that allows one to use filters on that lens, but it is rather costly). I ended up going with the 14-24, because I wanted the ultra-wide angle. I also have the f/2.8 24-70mm, so the range of the two lenses meshes quite nicely.

A word of warning; ultra-wides are not the easiest lenses to work with; if one is not careful, the image contains too much foreground and /or two much sky. It takes a lot of work to get a compelling shot.

I hope that this helps.

[Shadowman]

This is not an easy question to answer, because it depends on what you are trying to do with the lens. You also need to consider your current len(es), as there really is no need to duplicate focal lengths that you already own, unless there is a specific reason to do so.

A word of warning; ultra-wides are not the easiest lenses to work with; if one is not careful, the image contains too much foreground and /or two much sky. It takes a lot of work to get a compelling shot.

I hope that this helps.

Learned this very quickly with the Nikkor 10-24mm, at the long not so much of a problem but when you shoot at 10mm it really makes you work at composition and approaching your subject.