Recommend me a Landscape Lens D600

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So now I've upgraded to a D600 from my D5000 I now need a new Landscape lens as my Sigma 10-20 won't maximise the Full frame.

So what would you guys recommend? Budget is no more than £800.
 
Hi Scott

The 16-35 f/4 for a few dollars more than your budget (£850 @ Clifton Cameras) is what I use and would recommend it. The new Nikkor 18-35 f/3.5 is getting positive reviews but I'm unsure of the price off the top of my head.

The Tokina AT-X 16-28 FX PRO is another consideration, which also has the plus of being an f/2.8 lens but a minus of being unable to attach filters.

My choice would be between the two Nikons personally.

Regards
 
Thanks for the reply. I will check them out.

The ability to fit filters is a must also.
 
I don't know what it is short for (I probably should) but they are generally older manual focus lenses, which in my experience still give great results at a lower price than more modern lenses. As the D600 has live view, they could be a useful cheaper alternative. Just about all of my recent digital photos have been taken with the 28mm and I am happy with it as the lack of autofocus is not really a big issue for me personally.
 
Digifrog said:
Hi Scott

The 16-35 f/4 for a few dollars more than your budget (£850 @ Clifton Cameras) is what I use and would recommend it. The new Nikkor 18-35 f/3.5 is getting positive reviews but I'm unsure of the price off the top of my head.

The Tokina AT-X 16-28 FX PRO is another consideration, which also has the plus of being an f/2.8 lens but a minus of being unable to attach filters.

My choice would be between the two Nikons personally.



Regards
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I use the 18-35mm Nikkor
Pic here:-
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=5635824#post5635824

Costs about £650 (£200 less than the 16-35mm) The coverage of both lenses is near enough the same. 18-35 is a sharp lens. Supposed to have some distortion at wide apertures. However, distortion is hard to detect in landscape shots (not many straight lines in nature so everything is "distorted" anyway). Similarly it is quite unusal to shoot landscapes at a wide aperture.
 
The 10-20 has the same field of view (on a Nikon Dx body) as a 16-32 on Fx. UWAs that can take filters and are suitable for full frame are fairly few and far between. IIRC the Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8 has a holder available at a price but is unlikely to be within budget... The Cosina 19-35 does take filters (77mm IIRC) but suffers from significant distortion at the wide end. The Sigma 12-24 doesn't accept screw in or square system filters but does accept gels in a holder behind the rear element (gels cut to size using the supplied template) in the same way that the Nikkor does and large square filters can be bodged onto the hood using blutak or similar.
 
S/H Nikon 16-35 would fit the bill and the budget.
 
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