I have the Nikon 14mm prime lens. It's FANTASTIC! I also have the sigma 12-24 for Canon and it's pretty good too but not in the same class.
I have used the 12-24 at 12mm, on a 10D to shoot images that were used as museum banners.About 30 foot high by 4 feet wide. They looked too good to be true. In the beginning, think about OUTPUT.
Optical quality, megapixels,file size...etc., are only relative to output requirements. If you have what you want in the shot and the exposure and focus are good, then you can fix just about anything else in Photoshop.
I personally highly reccommend either of the above two lenses for any professional work where 35mm format or sub 20 MP images are OK.
That said, if you want to work as a professional architectural photographer then you should seriously think about using a view camera,
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----- Original Message ----
From: Elson T. Elizaga <elson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:57:45 PM
Subject: Re: Wide-angle lens
From: Elson T. Elizaga <elson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:57:45 PM
Subject: Re: Wide-angle lens
Interesting note. Didn't know the Nikon 18-70mm is difficult to handle
manually. Do you mean the green dot that indicates focusing doesn't even
activate when you use that lens for the D200?
I've considered fixed focal lenses. Years ago, a seller offered a fixed
Nikon 20mm vs the Sigma 18-35mm. The Sigma was an award winner then, so
I took it instead. Now, I regret that decision.
Alexis Walters wrote:
> Hi Elson
> I got the Nikon 18-70mm with my D200, and have been using it for about
> 10 months. The automatic focus function is very accurate in my
> experience, however It is not the easiest lens to focus manually as it
> has no internal guides.
> Have you considered using fixed focal lenses?
> Alexis
manually. Do you mean the green dot that indicates focusing doesn't even
activate when you use that lens for the D200?
I've considered fixed focal lenses. Years ago, a seller offered a fixed
Nikon 20mm vs the Sigma 18-35mm. The Sigma was an award winner then, so
I took it instead. Now, I regret that decision.
Alexis Walters wrote:
> Hi Elson
> I got the Nikon 18-70mm with my D200, and have been using it for about
> 10 months. The automatic focus function is very accurate in my
> experience, however It is not the easiest lens to focus manually as it
> has no internal guides.
> Have you considered using fixed focal lenses?
> Alexis
