Fortkentdad
Senior Member
I'm lusting after a new lens - birthday comes up next month - and there is a camera show between now and then. ....
My current widest is an older Tamron 17-35, 2.8-4.0 lens. It works, and works well enough. No I don't need a new ultra-wide. I just want one.
But I'm looking at adding a faster prime to my wide options. The budget option would be a vintage Nikon 20mm 2.8 ... could happen?
Nikon's 1.8 20mm newer version is also an option - at about twice the money.
OR is the Siggy Artsy 20mm 1.4 a better choice for just a few dollars more (well ok, more than just a few). But it is a stop faster. I've been very impressed with the Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art. Love it.
In one store a young clerk said I should really look harder at the FX 35mm .... Hmmm, I do shoot a lot of my 17-35mm shots zoomed to the max of 35..... BUT I do have a very nice 24-70 2.8 ... big, but nice. ..... So I'm thinking wider than that.
And I was real intreged by a new maker "Venus Optics" a tilt 15mm macro - but 4.0 so not the fastest lens on the shelf. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1165600-REG/venus_optics_laowa_15mm_f_4_macro.html
.... OR is a wide prime not the best option, maybe I should go for the Tamron 15-30 - hear lots of great things about that lens. .... for a few dollars more, well few hundred. .....
Here's a sample of the Tammy 17-35 - yes I was playing at odd perspective for this weeks game - but not this one.
My current widest is an older Tamron 17-35, 2.8-4.0 lens. It works, and works well enough. No I don't need a new ultra-wide. I just want one.
But I'm looking at adding a faster prime to my wide options. The budget option would be a vintage Nikon 20mm 2.8 ... could happen?
Nikon's 1.8 20mm newer version is also an option - at about twice the money.
OR is the Siggy Artsy 20mm 1.4 a better choice for just a few dollars more (well ok, more than just a few). But it is a stop faster. I've been very impressed with the Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art. Love it.
In one store a young clerk said I should really look harder at the FX 35mm .... Hmmm, I do shoot a lot of my 17-35mm shots zoomed to the max of 35..... BUT I do have a very nice 24-70 2.8 ... big, but nice. ..... So I'm thinking wider than that.
And I was real intreged by a new maker "Venus Optics" a tilt 15mm macro - but 4.0 so not the fastest lens on the shelf. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1165600-REG/venus_optics_laowa_15mm_f_4_macro.html
.... OR is a wide prime not the best option, maybe I should go for the Tamron 15-30 - hear lots of great things about that lens. .... for a few dollars more, well few hundred. .....
Here's a sample of the Tammy 17-35 - yes I was playing at odd perspective for this weeks game - but not this one.