11-26-2011, 04:38 PM
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1322263705' post='13248']
Hi VL,
Why do you specifically need a prime? Just wondering...
About the best you can get, is the 14-24 UWA zoom from Nikon. It is large and heavy, of course, and expensive, but flexible, and there is a filter solution available for it if that is what would be stopping you.
As to the Samyang, AFAIK, it has plain barrel distortion, so can be corrected, although that would mean a loss of some resolution (especially as distortion is quite high).
Since you don't seem to mind MF, you could also consider an older Olympus Zuiko 21 mm with adapter - they are not only tiny, but considered to be amongst the best. Assuming of course they are mountable on Nikon whilst retaining infinity focus.
Kind regards, Wim
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Strange to hear YOU ask that question. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I need it because I find the zooms too big and heavy. I tried a 16-35 for a while and the results are quite nice, but I am not prepared to carry all that stuff around all the time. Maybe a 24-70, but that is for a different purpose. I think I will end up with a Nikkor 20 or the Zeiss, unless someone has very good things to say about the Sigma.I am also going to look into the Voigtlander 20, but I am not prepared to go the adaptor route to get a Zuiko.
Hi VL,
Why do you specifically need a prime? Just wondering...
About the best you can get, is the 14-24 UWA zoom from Nikon. It is large and heavy, of course, and expensive, but flexible, and there is a filter solution available for it if that is what would be stopping you.
As to the Samyang, AFAIK, it has plain barrel distortion, so can be corrected, although that would mean a loss of some resolution (especially as distortion is quite high).
Since you don't seem to mind MF, you could also consider an older Olympus Zuiko 21 mm with adapter - they are not only tiny, but considered to be amongst the best. Assuming of course they are mountable on Nikon whilst retaining infinity focus.
Kind regards, Wim
[/quote]
Strange to hear YOU ask that question. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I need it because I find the zooms too big and heavy. I tried a 16-35 for a while and the results are quite nice, but I am not prepared to carry all that stuff around all the time. Maybe a 24-70, but that is for a different purpose. I think I will end up with a Nikkor 20 or the Zeiss, unless someone has very good things to say about the Sigma.I am also going to look into the Voigtlander 20, but I am not prepared to go the adaptor route to get a Zuiko.