martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

No Offense, How can you blow a lens like the 14-24 mm when it's sharp front to back?????????????? By the way, never used wide angle Nikon lens can be had for 2/3 of the cost and less of a new one, because not many folks know how to use them and then sell.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

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In-lightened Loc: Kansas City

Oh my....not good.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

A wide angle lens is probably the most difficult lens to use properly. Many are bought and then shelved for that reason. You need to fill the frame, front to back to make the photo interesting. Just using for a landscape lens the photos look empty and the landscapes far away. Check out my page here https://500px.com/martinfisher for wide angle shots. All the landscape were taken with the Tokina 11-16mm either on a DX Nikon camera or a full frame camera set at 16mm to prevent vignetting. I Just purchased the 14-24, Used but never used for a little more than half price, and plan to use now on the full frame camera to replace the Tokina.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Now your getting your monies worth........ Better than sitting on a shelve..

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

You get one that's even SHARPER front to back and do a lens-to-lens direct comparison. Thats how.

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

Great photos! I see what you mean about filling the frame front to back. Buying pre-owned is something I had in mind, saves a lot of money if the right price is available from a trustworthy source. Did you feel the need for a filter? I can imagine not needing one all that much. I have CPLs for my lenses, but don't use them all that frequently. Best for very bright days and for toning down reflections. I like shooting on days that are slightly overcast or at dawn or dusk.

I like your fuzzy spiders!

Susan

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

The Nikkor 18-35G ED is an excellent wide angle zoom at significantly lower cost that takes standard 77mm filters. DXOMark rates sharpness as a 3 way tie between it, the Nikkor 14-24 and the Tamron 15-30. It's disadvantages are no stabilization, not as wide, and its' variable aperture of 3.5-4.5 instead of 2.8.

FTn

I own one and love it. Use it mostly at 24mm for real estate images but you can also do some fun stuff with it like this at 14mm.

Drew

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

That article was written in 2015 and Tamron has come out with a 2nd generation that is supposed to be even better than the first.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

The G2 version is optically the same but adds improved outer lens coatings and has dual processors. One processor for focus only and a second processor just for the stabilization. Response to both is noticably improved over the original. And it takes the same filter mounts as well.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

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larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I have this lens and use it quite a bit...night sky, building interiors, and some events (stage presentations and concerts). It is a great lens, and can be very useful, but I suggest that you think carefully about how you might use it.

It is a rectilinear wide angle. This means that it preserves straight lines but distorts angles. (A fisheye lens preserves angles, but bends straight lines. All extreme wide angles will distort. You will learn how to use framing to minimize harmful distortion and use beneficial distortion. And you will learn that you will have to move away from the rule of thirds in many cases. But it is a nice lens and fun to use once you pick up on its secrets.

Many of its shortcomings are easily reduced or fixed in post processing with two clicks.

Lack of image stabilization has never been an issue for me at these focal lengths. Also not sure why the filter situation is a problem. CPLs generally do not produce useful results on extreme wide angle lenses, and a large number of folks here usually say that no other filters are needed or useful.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Hey Susan, yes I do use filters as I shoot on open water during noon hour to catch the nice reflections of the clouds if No wind. If it's all open water and sky then no filter, if shoreline and trees I use an Grad filter. I use a little trick if caught out without the filters, I spot meter off the tops of the trees in the sunlight and I get a picture with no blown highlights and shadows easy enough to bring up in post. I also have the Nikon 16-35mm and I use the same filters, 77mm as the Tokina I have. This is an issue you'll have to consider.. Filters are important if you want to slow your exposure down during bright time of day. The more tools you have the better prepared you are. I would hate to have the perfect scene, the right light and not able to capture the moment. Every creek or waterfall I've shot I've used a filter for a portion of the photos. I've bought many used lens in the past and still do. Believe me for the most part wide angles are often bought then shelved, just like a macro lens. Anything that takes more effort than point and shoot often gets the least amount of usage. Just make sure you get a US brand so it can be fixed encase of accident.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

I had one that was in a car fire in 2012, liberated from the trunk of a Volvo sedan after being rear-ended while waiting at a traffic light. The firemen put the fire out, squirted foam and other nasty chemicals on everything in the trunk, took out the camera bag which had the lens in it, dropped it, then the lens fell out when the fireman picked it up, then he tossed everything on the grassy shoulder.

I cleaned it up, sent it to Nikon, which replaced the front and rear elements and a bunch of internal stuff, the focus and zoom ring, and the rear barrel and lens mount ($400) and now I have a lens that is better than new.

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