Good WA lens for shooting architecture

[SteveHo]

I have found myself shooting architecture lately. I find that I use my 18-55 kit lens for convenience. What are some good (read not too expensive) WA lenses with low distortion?

 

[pforsell]

The wide angle zoom with the reputation of having the least distortion is the Sigma EX 12-24 HSM.

 

[GonzoBernelli]

Nikon 20mm f 2.8 - straight lines stay straight.

 

[SteveHo]

Thank you for the replies...I am going to check into these further.

 

[Maji]

I know you had used the phrase "not too expensive" but still... the best glass to use for architectural photography are the ones with built in perspective control. Nikon does charge a hefty price for these though... the Nikkor 24mm/3.5 PCE is about $1800+.

 

[Paulesko]

20 mm will not be wide enough in dx mode. I´ve using lately a 12-24 sigma in a canon sistem (20d and 5d) and it´s a good lens, straight lines in dx and FF mode.

Very sharp if you close quite a bit, not so sharp fully open, I don´t see this as a problem if you want to take photos of architecture, because you will close something like f8-f11 in order to have proper DOF. Note that with this FF lens you will have really "crispy" corners in dx mode.

 

[pinhead]

on DX i really enjoyed the nikon 12-24, but its the most expensive in its class.

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[Tom Swaman]

I second what Joe said. I also like the Nikon 12-24mm because I can easily use this with a polarizing filter or ND/graduated ND filter when needed.

Tom