Best Sigma Lenes on D700?

I have a 24-70 and a 70-200.

Both are great but i prefer the 70-200 if i can use it....
 
I am looking for a wide angle landscape lens mainly, the good nikon ones are abit pricey, i am selling my wide angle DX lens to fund it but dont think i will have enough and i dont know what type of sigma lens i should be looking at that will come close to the nikon 12-24 f2.8 or the 16-35 f4 or the 17-35 f2.8 if there is such a lens.
 
I've got 12-24, 24-70 & 70-200 sigma lenses, I like them all, they might not have the IQ of the Nikons, but all 3 cost less than one Nikon and for my own personal use they do me (for now lol!)
 
the 12-24 is stupidly wide on the D700 with 122 degree field of view!
 
The 24-70 f/2.8 is a cracking lens if you get a good copy. Was on my D700 80% of the time.
 
CyBeRkId2002 said:
Have heard Tamron 17-35mm is one of the better third-party wide FX lenses
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Found alot of 17-50mm out there but not so many 17-35mm

TCR4x4 said:
The 24-70 f/2.8 is a cracking lens if you get a good copy. Was on my D700 80% of the time.
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I have got the nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 but need something a bit wider for my landscape shots

My main problem being i dont know what symbols after the lens size i should be looking for with other brands for the D700
 
The Sigma lenses are not as good as the Nikon equivalents in most cases BUT the difference is marginal yet the price is half ISH. I would certainly buy one for my other camera. One of my favourite lenses was a Sigma, the 20mm f1.8 which I only got rid of due to it being too close to the 24-70
 
I had a 24-70 2.8 DSG HSM lens and to be honest couldn't tell the difference between that and the Nikon version on my D700. Wish I hadn't sold it and stuck with it!
 
Forget Sigma, I sold mine, and get a 24-70 f2.8. A fantastic lens. If you need wider shoot overlapping frames and use panorama to stitch together. Doing that you'll get a 12, 24, 36MPixel camera too lol
 
Sigma 12-24mm won't accept filters - a non-starter for landscapes.

Tamron 17-35mm is worth a go (this is not 17-50mm crop thing)

Tokina 12-24mm is a possibility if 24-18mm is all you need, and it works really well without any significant fault at these settings.
 
You don't neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed filters for all landscape shooting. I personally think that filters aren't anywhere near the necessity they might have been years ago.
 
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woof woof said:
You don't neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed filters for all landscape shooting. I personally think that filters aren't anywhere near the necessity they might have been years ago.
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Yes this is true but you don't need brakes on a car most of the time but I'm not going out in one that doesn't have them ;)

Seriously though if you are buying a decent lens for landscapes you do want to ability to use filters. You can however blu-tac them on OR make an adapter.
 
woof woof said:
You don't neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed filters for all landscape shooting. I personally think that filters aren't anywhere near the necessity they might have been years ago.
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Perhaps you would care to explain that fully?

Last time I looked there is no way to replicate CPL, 10 stop ND, or some of the slightly stronger grad filters in software. A lot of my and others work heavily relies on these filters.
 
daugirdas said:
Perhaps you would care to explain that fully?

Last time I looked there is no way to replicate CPL, 10 stop ND, or some of the slightly stronger grad filters in software. A lot of my and others work heavily relies on these filters.
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:agree:
 
Filters aren't as important as they once were.

You don't need them for color correction, and the effect of ND's can be replicated with PP given the huge dynamic range on the D700, or with multiple exposures if it's more than a few stops.

You can't replicate a CPL's effect on water or glass (though very easily can on sky), but not many landscape shots feature water or glass effected by a CPL.
 
I love the insanely wide 12-24 and the 14mm f2.8 as well.
For 'normal' shooting I would use the Tamron 28-75 f2.8. Almost as good as the Nikon and nowhere near the weight.
 
I've got this 18-35mm f3.5-4.5 D IF-ED AF. Budget job. Don't use it much but been impressed when I have. Keep thinking of selling it....keeping it as a 'just in case' lens.
 
I had the Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 HSM when I had the D700, very good lens for the money.

Also have the Tamron 17-35mm, wide open it vinaigrettes and is soft at the corners. You need to stop it down to get the best out of it.
 
jollyjack said:
What am i looking for after the 12-24 ie HSM etc
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On the D700, you don't need to worry about HSM. EX are Sigma's "better" lenses and the equivalent to the "trinity" of Nikkors (14-24, 24-70 & 70-200) 12-24, 24-70 & 70-200 are EX lenses. In Sigmas, the ones to avoid for FF use are the DC ones which are only suitable for APS-C sensored bodies.

While I would love to have the Nikkors, I'm perfectly happy with the quality the Sigmas give me and have better ways to spend the extra cash TBH!
 
The Sigma lenses appropriate for a full-frame sensor or 35mm film camera are denoted with a “DG”. The Sigma lenses appropriate for small-frame sensor cameras are denoted with a “DC”. You can use DG lenses on crop sensor cameras but you can’t use DC lenses on full frame cameras without vignetting.
 
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