Which wide angle lens?
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Hi Stu,
I assume the D5100 is an APS-C sensor like my Canon D450. I have the Sigma 10-20mm and it's great for wide angle landscape work. I looked at Canon ( too expensive) and was tempted by the Tokina which starts at an impressive 8mm but the Sigma is good and low f-stop isn't important for landscape work.
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I assume the D5100 is an APS-C sensor like my Canon D450. I have the Sigma 10-20mm and it's great for wide angle landscape work. I looked at Canon ( too expensive) and was tempted by the Tokina which starts at an impressive 8mm but the Sigma is good and low f-stop isn't important for landscape work.
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First question has to be Budget?
Then, my suggestion would be to head for a decent sized retailer who may stock a few options and try them out for yourself. Some ultra wides introduce heavy distortion (not ideal for landscapes) while others may display chromatic aberation (purple fringing in areas of high contrast). Some copies of some lenses may have problems (as reported with Sigmas). Try and test the copy you will be leaving the shop with, that way, you'll be buying a known quantity and if it develops a problem later, you'll be able to return it to the shop and get the problem sorted far more easily than trying to get satisfaction at long distance.
Then, my suggestion would be to head for a decent sized retailer who may stock a few options and try them out for yourself. Some ultra wides introduce heavy distortion (not ideal for landscapes) while others may display chromatic aberation (purple fringing in areas of high contrast). Some copies of some lenses may have problems (as reported with Sigmas). Try and test the copy you will be leaving the shop with, that way, you'll be buying a known quantity and if it develops a problem later, you'll be able to return it to the shop and get the problem sorted far more easily than trying to get satisfaction at long distance.
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stu59 said:
How wide do you want go? I only ask as many gravitate to ultra wides for landscapes but they're not necessarily ideal. You have to work much harder at your composition to make sure there is plenty of interest and not just plenty of tiny stuff. Great when it all comes together but very dull when it doesn't. Ultra wides also make using a polariser a bit odd. Something to consider.
If it is to be an ultra wide, I've not used anything finer than the tokina 11-16. Superb in almost every way except that its range means that its never anything but extremely wide so not really a 'walkabout' lens!
If you are happy with something longer, how about a Nikon 16-85? Still quite wide when you want it to be but a really useful range for more composition options. Good iq too though a little bit of distortion to deal with (rarely an issue for landscape).
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