10.5 DX vs ultrawide zoom?

[ultimind]

I already own the 10.5mm fisheye... should I have any reason to lust after a Sigma 10-20 or Tokina 12-24?

I've got plenty of methods to unwrap the images (Hemi, rectilinear, etc) so I can get the same types of images... but would an ultrawide zoom provide anything that the DX fisheye can't?

 

[MParker]

I already own the 10.5mm fisheye... should I have any reason to lust after a Sigma 10-20 or Tokina 12-24?

I've got plenty of methods to unwrap the images (Hemi, rectilinear, etc) so I can get the same types of images... but would an ultrawide zoom provide anything that the DX fisheye can't?

Of course it would ... 11 to 20mm.

 

[bozola]

You forgot the 10mm. :biggrin:

Actually, I have the SIGMA 10-20 and I really like the range that it gives even though it's not that much...

If you have an 18-xxx lens, that should cover it.

 

[nykonian]

Ed, I like the view of the 2nd pic. Have you used 10.5mm for group shots? I am inclined to get one after I saw all your posts recently. My 24/2.8 isn't nearly wide enough.

 

[Jim Jeter]

I already own the 10.5mm fisheye... should I have any reason to lust after a Sigma 10-20 or Tokina 12-24?

I've got plenty of methods to unwrap the images (Hemi, rectilinear, etc) so I can get the same types of images... but would an ultrawide zoom provide anything that the DX fisheye can't?

I have both the 10.5mm Nikkor and the 12-24 f4 Tokina and used both one our last trip to Kauai. I probably used the 12-24 more often but the 10.5 was able to capture some images that would have been impossible with the 12-24.
12-24mm:

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10.5mm:
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[rogein@sympatico.ca]

I had the Sigma 10-20mm and found I ended up using it mostly at the 10mm setting. All in all I was quite happy with the results........that is until I bought the 10.5mm Nikkor. The Nikkor is definitely sharper than the Sigma sample I owned plus the added benefit for me is I can now shoot qtvrs in 8 frames vs the 16 frames I needed to shoot with the Sigma @ 10mm.

 

[ultimind]

Sharper and faster is all I need to hear to make my save my $500 and spend it elsewhere. :biggrin: