Beginner The best lens for landscape for Nikon cropped sensor?

[morpheve]

Hi there,

I have got Nikon with cropped sensor, and want to get myself zoom wide angle lens for landscape photography.

I am interested is what you shooting with and why?

Or which one you had in the past and loved?

Or any recommendations which one I should consider?

There is a fair a bit of choice [emoji85]

One more question to landscape photography, does it make a much difference if I have constant f2.8 fast lens like TOKINA AT-X 11-16mm F2.8 Pro DX II Lens for Nikon
or 3.5-4.5 TAMRON
10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD Lens for Nikon F
or something even like 4.5 -5.6 like Nikon 10-20?

What is your advice, experience?

Many thanks
Happy Friday!
Eve

 

[Iain Macleod]

The Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD is a nice lens. By far my most used lens for landscapes over the past year.

The focal range is really useful, being that little bit more versatile than most of the other wide angle options. Image quality is great imo and I've found that it handles flare much better than my Sigma 18-35mm ART.

Build quality is excellent and it has the benefit of weather sealing, which isn't often seen on aps-c specific lenses.

It's quite expensive at high street price, but it can be bought from good grey market retailers for around 350-400GBP.

 

[Iain Macleod]

I tried to attach an image as an example, but it's pretty useless at that file size (n)

 

[SFTPhotography]

I'll put my head out on the line and recommend the 14-24mm F2.8. OK it's a full frame lens but it will give you an effective 21mm-35mm lens which for landscape is bloody marvelous as a field of of view.

Ok you will have to buy the expensive LEE SW150 filter kit but you'll be using the sharp center portion of the lens (as it's designed for the 35mm format sensor, not the APSC) one, you'll see no corner shading, no fringing, no fall off of the sharpness. Side to side sharpness is very important and a £450 tamron will not compete with a £1200 Nikkor Full frame lens. Plus when you invariably upgrade the body to a full frame one you will have a (very very) wide lens to use on it.

The only downer is cost. In the long term buying the most expensive lenses and bodies is the best way, rather than buying lower grade gear, selling it (taking a bath) only to buy the stuff you ruled out in the first place.

 

[Ganton Gunner]

I have the Tamron 10-24 Di ii non vc and have found it to be a good lens over the time I have had it.
I have at times found it a excellent walkabout lens and have been very impressed with it.
If you are wanting it for landscape etc, i will assume you will possibly be using a tripod in which case you will not need the VC so could save yourself a few £

 

[Iain Macleod]

I have the Tamron 10-24 Di ii non vc and have found it to be a good lens over the time I have had it.
I have at times found it a excellent walkabout lens and have been very impressed with it.
If you are wanting it for landscape etc, i will assume you will possibly be using a tripod in which case you will not need the VC so could save yourself a few £

There is more difference between the the two versions than just VC . The latest version is a completely redesigned lens with improved optics and build quality .