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Postby Muzza22au on Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:57 pm

Hey Guys, was just after some information regarding a good to great macro and wide angle lense for my D80!
Any information would be appreciated!

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Scott
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Postby digitor on Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:58 pm

Some information for you:

The Nikkor 12-24mm is a good wide angle lens (note the spelling) .

A lot of people swear by the Sigma 10-20mm at less than half the price of the Nikkor.

Tamron make a very well regarded 90mm macro lens.

And, the plural of "lens" is "lenses" (no need for an apostrophe!). :lol: :lol:

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Postby Muzza22au on Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:28 am

digitor wrote:Some information for you:

The Nikkor 12-24mm is a good wide angle lens (note the spelling) .

A lot of people swear by the Sigma 10-20mm at less than half the price of the Nikkor.

Tamron make a very well regarded 90mm macro lens.

And, the plural of "lens" is "lenses" (no need for an apostrophe!). :lol: :lol:

Cheers


Yeah get the point on Lenses :lol: ...

What is the Nikon 105mm VR Micro like? I think I can get it for just over $1000.00!

Also is the MPE-65 available in Nikon Mount? And where would I get one from?

Cheers

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Postby radar on Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:25 am

If you can afford the Nikkor lenses, they are great but you pay for it.

I would suggest you look also at the Tokina 12-24, it is a great wide angle lens and the price is half the Nikkor. A lot of the reviews I have found rate the Tokina as good as the Nikkor. I have the Tokina and find that it is a great lens.

Last I had heard the Tokina was hard to get but check with Gary in the bargains.

I have the 90mm Tamron macro as well. For the price it is hard to beat.

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Postby iluxa on Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:20 am

Tokina 12-24/4 is just a little bit worser than Nikkor 12-24/4 but if we compare the price... twice higher... but Nikkor can handle flare better than Tokina. I own Tokina and I'm happy with that. However if I had a lot of spare money...

For macro I can suggest Sigma 105/2.8 EX DG Macro. This lens has just outstanding quality. The quality of this lens can compete with Nikkor 105/2.8 easily. I really love this lens. It has probably the best price/value ratio in all current macro lenses.
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Postby marc on Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:24 pm

I can highly recommend the Sigma 150 f/2.8 macro, very sharp and great value!

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Postby marc on Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:32 pm

iluxa wrote:Tokina 12-24/4 is just a little bit worser than Nikkor 12-24/4 but if we compare the price... twice higher... but Nikkor can handle flare better than Tokina. I own Tokina and I'm happy with that. However if I had a lot of spare money...



Hi iluxa

Money wasn't the issue for me with the Tokina 12-24 over the Nikon (apart from the flare/build qual), I found the Tokina sharper than the Nikon IMHO :wink:
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Postby iluxa on Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:21 pm

marc wrote:Money wasn't the issue for me with the Tokina 12-24 over the Nikon (apart from the flare/build qual), I found the Tokina sharper than the Nikon IMHO :wink:

Looks like I've made the right choice. 8)
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Postby Muzza22au on Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:38 pm

marc wrote:
iluxa wrote:Tokina 12-24/4 is just a little bit worser than Nikkor 12-24/4 but if we compare the price... twice higher... but Nikkor can handle flare better than Tokina. I own Tokina and I'm happy with that. However if I had a lot of spare money...



Hi iluxa

Money wasn't the issue for me with the Tokina 12-24 over the Nikon (apart from the flare/build qual), I found the Tokina sharper than the Nikon IMHO :wink:
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Cheers
Marc


Do you have any examples of images with this lense?
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Postby marc on Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:30 am

Will try and chase some up when I return home next week.
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:52 am

I cannot fault my Toikna 12-24mm, its honestly as sharp as a tack (100% sharper than the sigma version i did have) and suprises me everytime.....i quite often mistake some shots (sharpness) for the 17-35mm Nikon before investigating further and seeing that the shot was the tokina...
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Postby Muzza22au on Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:52 am

marc wrote:Will try and chase some up when I return home next week.


Thanks for that!

I have seen this one online! What do you think of the price?
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Postby iluxa on Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:10 am

Muzza22au wrote:
marc wrote:Will try and chase some up when I return home next week.

Thanks for that!

Do you need original size images? As I have a lot of resized ones on my website. For example: one, two and three. All three were done with Tokina 12-24/4 on Nikon D70.

Muzza22au wrote:I have seen this one online! What do you think of the price?

Right price. I've bought mine for roughly the same price.
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Postby Muzza22au on Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:54 pm

iluxa wrote:
Muzza22au wrote:
marc wrote:Will try and chase some up when I return home next week.

Thanks for that!

Do you need original size images? As I have a lot of resized ones on my website. For example: one, two and three. All three were done with Tokina 12-24/4 on Nikon D70.

Muzza22au wrote:I have seen this one online! What do you think of the price?

Right price. I've bought mine for roughly the same price.


I just quickly checked out your photos and it looks like I will go for the Tokina! Definately looks like a decent lense from your examples!

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Postby Eugene-K on Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:20 am

Muzza22au wrote:Do you have any examples of images with this lense?


You can find very many original size images taken with Tokina 12-24 (or with any other lens) here
http://www.pixel-peeper.com/adv/
Hope it will help you to make right decision
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