Wide angle Nikon lens question: Looking for opinions. What do you use for a wide angle lens for capturing whole rooms with a Nikon crop sensor camera? No fish eyes, of course.

stanperry Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

Looking for opinions. What do you use for a wide angle lens for capturing whole rooms with a Nikon crop sensor camera? No fish eyes, of course.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

What camera? If you use the D850 a fish eye would work nicely

stanperry Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

D500

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

I use the Nikkor 12-24 F4 zoom DX lens for this purpose!

stanperry Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

Have you tried the nikkor 18-55 F/3.5-5.6G?

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

OP is asking what wide lens for crop sensor camera. Don't think he needs a camera. Don't know your price range but for "whole rooms" I would think that you would need to be in the 10-14mm range. I've heard good things about Tokina 11-16mm zooms.

stanperry Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

cameraf4 wrote:

OP is asking what wide lens for crop sensor camera. Don't think he needs a camera. Don't know your price range but for "whole rooms" I would think that you would need to be in the 10-14mm range. I've heard good things about Tokina 11-16mm zooms.

Right. I’m using a Nikon D500. My price range is cheap with good quality (unreasonable of course, but it is what it is)

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

stanperry wrote:

Looking for opinions. What do you use for a wide angle lens for capturing whole rooms with a Nikon crop sensor camera? No fish eyes, of course.

Nikon AF-P 10-20mm, DX formatted lens for crop sensor cameras. It will give you a FOV of 15-30mm. This lens is not formatted for FF cameras. Brand new in the box price is about $307. Since your D500 is a low light camera, a f2.8 lens may not be necessary. But, best in some instances, if the rooms are not properly lighted. Tokina makes very good wide angle lenses too.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

stanperry wrote:

Right. I’m using a Nikon D500. My price range is cheap with good quality (unreasonable of course, but it is what it is)

Sigma makes a 10-20mm for under $500.00 (currently $399)

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Tokina 11-16 is my wide angle and it never fails.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

stanperry wrote:

Looking for opinions. What do you use for a wide angle lens for capturing whole rooms with a Nikon crop sensor camera? No fish eyes, of course.

I use the 10-24mm DX on both my FX and DX cameras. I was considering either the 14mm prime or the 14-24mm zoom for FX, but they are both too heavy for travel. The 10-24mm DX yields excellent results on both cameras and is substantially lighter, more compact and was half the price.

Charlie'smom

mas24 wrote:

Nikon AF-P 10-20mm, DX formatted lens for crop sensor cameras. It will give you a FOV of 15-30mm. This lens is not formatted for FF cameras. Brand new in the box price is about $307. Since your D500 is a low light camera, a f2.8 lens may not be necessary. But, best in some instances, if the rooms are not properly lighted. Tokina makes very good wide angle lenses too.

Ditto!

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

stanperry wrote:

Looking for opinions. What do you use for a wide angle lens for capturing whole rooms with a Nikon crop sensor camera? No fish eyes, of course.

I would avoid any wide angle zoom. The simplest would be a 35 or 50mm prime lens, and panorama stitching. It’s so easy even I can do it!

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

stanperry wrote:

Right. I’m using a Nikon D500. My price range is cheap with good quality (unreasonable of course, but it is what it is)

I bought the new Nikkor AF-P DX 10-20 f/4.5-5.6G for my D7500 and it works really well for the purpose you stated. It's around $300.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

stanperry wrote:

Looking for opinions. What do you use for a wide angle lens for capturing whole rooms with a Nikon crop sensor camera? No fish eyes, of course.

Only one "fast" choice for hand holding and thats the Tokina 11-20mm F2.8. All others are slower, variable aperture lenses.