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<blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 3613" data-attributes="member: 1573">Thank you for recommendation, essence.&nbsp; It's funny that you bring up the tokina, because that's one I was seriously considering --even put in my shopping cart a couple of time.&nbsp; The lens I am currently using as a wide angle is the DX AF-S nikkor 18-55 3.5 - 5.6and find it very limiting.&nbsp; I shot afield of sunflowers with this lens mounted on the D200 and the 60 mm 2.8 mounted on the D2x&nbsp; --there was a very distinct difference between the quality.&nbsp; Had the same experience with a wedding I recently shot.&nbsp; At first I faulted the D200, then I started to look at the lens.&nbsp; I'm thinking the smaller barrel (52 mm filter size) has something to do with it.&nbsp; this is the only Dx format lens I have and is the only one that does not give me the results I want.&nbsp; I think the tokina is a dX format, and may be why I took it out of the shopping cart.&nbsp; So, what I've started doing is renting the lenses first before buying which is what I think I will do with the tokina (because I have certainly not ruled it out.&nbsp;I seem to be shooting most of my wide angle photos (right now) in 20-28 mm range.&nbsp;&nbsp; which is why I'm tempted to go with the Nikon 20 mm 2.8 --&nbsp; the sigma's f1.8 is tempting, but I've tried the sigma telephoto and found it to be slow in focus and bulky.&nbsp;what I shoot with are nikkor 70-300, 60 f2.8, 85 f1.8 and this 18-55 mm, which I want to replace.&nbsp;Thank you so much for ideas.&nbsp; It really helps.&nbsp;Helene</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ohkphoto, post: 3613, member: 1573"] Thank you for recommendation, essence. It's funny that you bring up the tokina, because that's one I was seriously considering --even put in my shopping cart a couple of time. The lens I am currently using as a wide angle is the DX AF-S nikkor 18-55 3.5 - 5.6 and find it very limiting. I shot afield of sunflowers with this lens mounted on the D200 and the 60 mm 2.8 mounted on the D2x --there was a very distinct difference between the quality. Had the same experience with a wedding I recently shot. At first I faulted the D200, then I started to look at the lens. I'm thinking the smaller barrel (52 mm filter size) has something to do with it. this is the only Dx format lens I have and is the only one that does not give me the results I want. I think the tokina is a dX format, and may be why I took it out of the shopping cart. So, what I've started doing is renting the lenses first before buying which is what I think I will do with the tokina (because I have certainly not ruled it out. I seem to be shooting most of my wide angle photos (right now) in 20-28 mm range. which is why I'm tempted to go with the Nikon 20 mm 2.8 -- the sigma's f1.8 is tempting, but I've tried the sigma telephoto and found it to be slow in focus and bulky. what I shoot with are nikkor 70-300, 60 f2.8, 85 f1.8 and this 18-55 mm, which I want to replace. Thank you so much for ideas. It really helps. Helene [/QUOTE]

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