PanoTools NG:
Re: Ultra-wide lens for full frame
'Keith Martin' keith@... 2014-Jul-29 23:11:24
On 29 Jul 2014, at 21:23, Robert Lesac #removed#
[PanoToolsNG] wrote:
> Currently I use a D90 with a Tamron AF 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 SP Di II LD.
> The difference would be small, barely 12 deg VFOV in portrait mode.
>
> So that leaves me with fish-eye lens which are IIRC a pain to use (non
> fixed NPP).
With a well-set head (or a lens-specific rotator) it's not the problem
you're probably thinking. The majority of my stuff is shot with a Nikkor
10.5mm shaved fisheye, and I have very little trouble at all.
Or, if you have the budget, there's a lens that's been on my wish-list
for a long time: the Nikkor 14-24 f2.8 ultra wide zoom. It's awesomely
sharp ? as sharp as the best primes in this area. Ken Rockwell says
that this lens "is sharper wide-open at 14mm in the far corners than my
fixed 14mm f/2.8 is stopped down at f/5.6," and "devoid of any coma or
softness at every aperture" from centre to corners. The bad news is that
you'd be lucky to find it for under $1500/£900 second-hand. :-(
k
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Posted by: "Keith Martin" <#removed#>
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