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<blockquote data-quote="gqtuazon" data-source="post: 62911" data-attributes="member: 6573"><p>I just wanted to chime in. </p><p>1. How much are we talking about when the OP mentioned "limited budget"? That needs to be address on how much is he willing to spend on a wide angle lens.</p><p></p><p>2. Rokinon / Samyang are made by the same company using a different brand. They are Made in Korea but the optics is pretty good. All are manual focus only. Some are chipped and some are not. I had a 85mm f1.4 before but I wasn't too pleased with MF. Although for video, I focus manually.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://images.nikonians.org/galleries/data/16870/medium/Rokinon_85mm_f1_4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>3. The fastest wide angle prime is the Rokinon / Samyang 24mm f1.4 which is priced around $700. We can recommend all sorts of lenses but if we don't know the $, then we are wasting our time. Consider the the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 if you want something wide on a DX. </p><p></p><p>4. IS MF for you? Why don't you practice with your current lens and turn the AF/M switch to M. Do that for about a week and you will learn if you can live without AF. </p><p></p><p>5. Have a great time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gqtuazon, post: 62911, member: 6573"] I just wanted to chime in. 1. How much are we talking about when the OP mentioned "limited budget"? That needs to be address on how much is he willing to spend on a wide angle lens. 2. Rokinon / Samyang are made by the same company using a different brand. They are Made in Korea but the optics is pretty good. All are manual focus only. Some are chipped and some are not. I had a 85mm f1.4 before but I wasn't too pleased with MF. Although for video, I focus manually. [IMG]http://images.nikonians.org/galleries/data/16870/medium/Rokinon_85mm_f1_4.jpg[/IMG] 3. The fastest wide angle prime is the Rokinon / Samyang 24mm f1.4 which is priced around $700. We can recommend all sorts of lenses but if we don't know the $, then we are wasting our time. Consider the the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 if you want something wide on a DX. 4. IS MF for you? Why don't you practice with your current lens and turn the AF/M switch to M. Do that for about a week and you will learn if you can live without AF. 5. Have a great time! [/QUOTE]
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