Hi,
I’m having a “tiny” problem, I don’t know what I now want to do next.
My shortest focal length, which I have now, is the 24 mm of my 24-120 F4 VR on a FX camera.
I am very satisfied with the performance of this lens, but sometimes the distortion at 24mm is a bit annoying.
In addition, I am also thinking to buy a more wide angle lens.
But I also want a more light sensitivity for my"walk-around" lens.
So a wide angle lens, light sensitivity "f 2.8" and with less distortion.
And a “walk-around” thing, also light sensitivity "f 2.8" and less distortion.
My candidates for the wide angle Tokina 16-28 F2.8, for my walk-around lens theTamron 24-70 F2.8 VC lens.
And Yes ...I know ... distortion is easy to correct in editing programs (automatically).
But if there is something "not or little", also "nothing or little" has to be corrected ...
Now you can read and study on various places on the Internet lens tests, where they also test data on distortion ...
However, I read all different results there...
For example:
At "Photozone.de" the two walk-around lenses have on 24 mm and the wideangle lens on 16 mm respectively Nikon: -3.55% barrel; Tamron: 3.8% barrel and Tokina: 2.44% barrel distortion.
But when I go to "DXO" to compare these lenses, taking a look in the tab "Measurements" and in "Distortion", I see for the Nikon and Tamron 0.9% distortion at 24 mm for the Tokina at 16 mm 0.8% distortion.
At "Digitalpicture" numbers are not displayed ...
At "SLRGear" they have at the FF test for the Nikon up to 1.25%, for the Tamron 1% distortion. The Tokina has not been tested.
All sites have different test data.
How should I now, as a simple civilian, make a good decision reading this different data?
Who knows who is right here?? Which data is the most correct?
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I’m having a “tiny” problem, I don’t know what I now want to do next.
My shortest focal length, which I have now, is the 24 mm of my 24-120 F4 VR on a FX camera.
I am very satisfied with the performance of this lens, but sometimes the distortion at 24mm is a bit annoying.
In addition, I am also thinking to buy a more wide angle lens.
But I also want a more light sensitivity for my"walk-around" lens.
So a wide angle lens, light sensitivity "f 2.8" and with less distortion.
And a “walk-around” thing, also light sensitivity "f 2.8" and less distortion.
My candidates for the wide angle Tokina 16-28 F2.8, for my walk-around lens theTamron 24-70 F2.8 VC lens.
And Yes ...I know ... distortion is easy to correct in editing programs (automatically).
But if there is something "not or little", also "nothing or little" has to be corrected ...
Now you can read and study on various places on the Internet lens tests, where they also test data on distortion ...
However, I read all different results there...
For example:
At "Photozone.de" the two walk-around lenses have on 24 mm and the wideangle lens on 16 mm respectively Nikon: -3.55% barrel; Tamron: 3.8% barrel and Tokina: 2.44% barrel distortion.
But when I go to "DXO" to compare these lenses, taking a look in the tab "Measurements" and in "Distortion", I see for the Nikon and Tamron 0.9% distortion at 24 mm for the Tokina at 16 mm 0.8% distortion.
At "Digitalpicture" numbers are not displayed ...
At "SLRGear" they have at the FF test for the Nikon up to 1.25%, for the Tamron 1% distortion. The Tokina has not been tested.
All sites have different test data.
How should I now, as a simple civilian, make a good decision reading this different data?
Who knows who is right here?? Which data is the most correct?
Ad B