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New lenses???
Posted:
Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:57 pmby Muzza22au
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!
Cheers
Scott
Posted:
Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:58 pmby digitor
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!).
Cheers
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:28 amby Muzza22au
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!).
Cheers
Yeah get the point on Lenses
...
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
Scott
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:25 amby radar
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.
Cheers,
André
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:20 amby iluxa
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.
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:24 pmby marc
I can highly recommend the Sigma 150 f/2.8 macro, very sharp and great value!
Cheers
Marc
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:32 pmby marc
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
my 2c
Cheers
Marc
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:21 pmby iluxa
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
Looks like I've made the right choice.
Posted:
Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:38 pmby Muzza22au
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
my 2c
Cheers
Marc
Do you have any examples of images with this lense?
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:30 amby marc
Will try and chase some up when I return home next week.
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:52 amby Cre8tivepixels
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...
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:52 amby Muzza22au
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?
Posted:
Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:10 amby iluxa
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.
Posted:
Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:54 pmby Muzza22au
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!
Scott
Posted:
Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:20 amby Eugene-K
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
