AndyH wrote:
I have the Sigma 10-20mm and my wife and I both love it. Very flat focus plane with little fringing. I think you should check that one out too.
Andy
Yeah, I have this one too and love it - great lens for the price.
Actually, great lens period.
I also have a Nikkor 8-15mm Fisheye... captures even more of the landscape, but yeah, it's got that distorted fisheye look (which is kind of the point of the lens, but perhaps get a wide-angle like the Sigma mentioned above first).
hmm... while I was able to get some decent shots on my old Nikon D70, I seemed to get about 1 out of every 10 shots in focus when shooting birds on a high-zoom lens (Sigma 150-600mm),
upgraded to a Nikon D500 and almost every shot is in focus.
Sure, you can get great shots on any device - even pinholes, but when you're trying to capture images of subjects that are in motion and at a high zoom, you're going to see the value of faster shutter speed, better auto-focus, and higher pixel count.