Best (affordable) upgrade option for the Nikkor 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 VR kit lens?

nfpotter wrote:

Lol. Silly man.

You think MAYBE I've taken a few landscapes, in the 100,000 or so shots I've taken in the last 3 years? Maybe.

If I want wide, I reach for my Tokina 12-24. I love wide. But it's not always my choice for a landscape. Here's the concept:

A really good landscape almost always has points of interest in 3 areas, the fore, mid, and background. Therefore, when you use an ultra-wide lens, you're going to make the perspective distortion a prominent factor (the foreground will look bigger, etc). I'm not saying that's not cool; it IS! So much that it's quite addictive. However, if one truly wants a REAL-looking landscape, you won't use a UWA lens. You WILL use a UWA if you want the effect.