Martian977
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Hi Everyone,
I am seeking advice as to which UWA will complete my Z-mount lens set. This new wide angle lens will be primarily used for landscape and travel photography. And by 'travel' I mean dedicated photography while travelling, not holiday snap shots. The secondary use case will be astro, caves & other low light settings, long exposure photography and timelapse.
So far, none of the Z-mount offerings can match all my criteria, so I guess I will have to compromise.
Ideal lens would be:
- Made by Nikon, preferably S-line
- Wider than 20mm (around 16mm is fine, but 14mm is even better)
- F2.8 or brighter
- Take regular size screw in filters (I have a collection of 67 and 77mm filters. Adding 82 or 112mm is not ideal but not a show stopper)
- Make presentable sunstars
- Overall good quality, reasonably sharp and not super heavy (700g+)
This leaves me with 14-24s, 20s and Tamron 16-30. Not a big fan of 14-30s or Chinese offerings, but I keep my options open.
The 14-24s is probably the safest bet with the only compromise being the 112mm filters. It's not cheap, but it is within my budget.
The 20s would be perfect if only it was a little bit wider. I am very tempted, but I fear the 20mm might not be wide enough and stitching panoramas is not always an option. Sure, for the price of 14-24s I can have 20s AND 14-30s, but I would prefer to keep things simple and have just one UWA lens.
And finally the Tamron 16-30 looks great on paper, but it is not Nikon S-line. I had Tamrons in the past and there was nothing wrong with them. But when I migrated to Z-mount I wanted to build a high quality S-line lens collection of 3-4 highly functional, no-compromise lenses (for my needs) and I am not sure Tamron fits the bill.
Any first-hand experience and suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Pictures below for reference:
I am seeking advice as to which UWA will complete my Z-mount lens set. This new wide angle lens will be primarily used for landscape and travel photography. And by 'travel' I mean dedicated photography while travelling, not holiday snap shots. The secondary use case will be astro, caves & other low light settings, long exposure photography and timelapse.
So far, none of the Z-mount offerings can match all my criteria, so I guess I will have to compromise.
Ideal lens would be:
- Made by Nikon, preferably S-line
- Wider than 20mm (around 16mm is fine, but 14mm is even better)
- F2.8 or brighter
- Take regular size screw in filters (I have a collection of 67 and 77mm filters. Adding 82 or 112mm is not ideal but not a show stopper)
- Make presentable sunstars
- Overall good quality, reasonably sharp and not super heavy (700g+)
This leaves me with 14-24s, 20s and Tamron 16-30. Not a big fan of 14-30s or Chinese offerings, but I keep my options open.
The 14-24s is probably the safest bet with the only compromise being the 112mm filters. It's not cheap, but it is within my budget.
The 20s would be perfect if only it was a little bit wider. I am very tempted, but I fear the 20mm might not be wide enough and stitching panoramas is not always an option. Sure, for the price of 14-24s I can have 20s AND 14-30s, but I would prefer to keep things simple and have just one UWA lens.
And finally the Tamron 16-30 looks great on paper, but it is not Nikon S-line. I had Tamrons in the past and there was nothing wrong with them. But when I migrated to Z-mount I wanted to build a high quality S-line lens collection of 3-4 highly functional, no-compromise lenses (for my needs) and I am not sure Tamron fits the bill.
Any first-hand experience and suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Pictures below for reference:
