Sailing trip - Nikon 10-24mm or 10.5mm?

[pablo35mm]

Hi, I'm going on a sailing trip in the Bahamas and would like to rent or buy an ultra wide lens to take with me in addition to my 18-200mm. I was leaning towards the 10-24mm to get some shots in the interior and deck. I was wondering if anyone had another suggestions? I've also thought about the 10.5 fisheye.

This would be for a D7000, no shoe mount flash if that matters.

Thanks

 

[Leonard Migliore]

pablo35mm wrote:

Hi, I'm going on a sailing trip in the Bahamas and would like to rent or buy an ultra wide lens to take with me in addition to my 18-200mm. I was leaning towards the 10-24mm to get some shots in the interior and deck. I was wondering if anyone had another suggestions? I've also thought about the 10.5 fisheye.

Depends on what you want. The fisheye is, well, a fisheye. It gives a very strange perspective that is OK in small doses. The 10-24 is a very well-behaved lens that's suitable for what you've described. You can put a filter on it if you're concerned about salt spray (I would be on a sailboat). I tried out both lenses and bought the 10-24.

A 10mm lens is very wide; I'm glad the thing goes to 24mm, which is near-normal on DX.


Both lenses are quite sharp.

 

[PHXAZCRAIG]

Get the 10-24. It will be useful.

There are shots of a dive trip I took a year ago in the bahamas here:

http://www.cjcphoto.net/blackbeards2012/index.html


This was aboard a sailboat, though we only had the sail up once.


Some of the shots are with the 10.5. Others with 14-24 and 24-70. Most are from a Canon s95 point-n-shoot (also used underwater in a dive housing.) The 10.5 fisheye shots are easy to find.

Thing about a fisheye is - they are like drinking tequila. A few shots are fun, but too many make you sick.

 

[pablo35mm]

Great photos PHXAZCRAIG. I think I'm sold on the 10-24. I figured that the 10.5 would give me a handful of cool shots but the 10-24 would be more versitale.

 

[Mully410]

Leonard Migliore wrote:

pablo35mm wrote:

Hi, I'm going on a sailing trip in the Bahamas and would like to rent or buy an ultra wide lens to take with me in addition to my 18-200mm. I was leaning towards the 10-24mm to get some shots in the interior and deck. I was wondering if anyone had another suggestions? I've also thought about the 10.5 fisheye.

Depends on what you want. The fisheye is, well, a fisheye. It gives a very strange perspective that is OK in small doses. The 10-24 is a very well-behaved lens that's suitable for what you've described. You can put a filter on it if you're concerned about salt spray (I would be on a sailboat). I tried out both lenses and bought the 10-24.

A 10mm lens is very wide; I'm glad the thing goes to 24mm, which is near-normal on DX.

Both lenses are quite sharp.

 

[PHXAZCRAIG]

A 10.5 *will* give you a handful of cool shots, that's true. It's really a good, and fun, lens to play with. It's so small that I almost always put it into the bag, even if I'm shooting FX.

But I wouldn't have it as the only wide angle, for sure! And don't think that running fisheye correction makes it into a rectilinear lens in post-processing.

 

[Oscarroos]

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

Get the 10-24. It will be useful.

There are shots of a dive trip I took a year ago in the bahamas here:

http://www.cjcphoto.net/blackbeards2012/index.html

This was aboard a sailboat, though we only had the sail up once.

Some of the shots are with the 10.5. Others with 14-24 and 24-70. Most are from a Canon s95 point-n-shoot (also used underwater in a dive housing.) The 10.5 fisheye shots are easy to find.

Thing about a fisheye is - they are like drinking tequila. A few shots are fun, but too many make you sick.

 

[Juergen]

10-24

 

[RBFresno]

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

A 10.5 *will* give you a handful of cool shots, that's true. It's really a good, and fun, lens to play with. It's so small that I almost always put it into the bag, even if I'm shooting FX.

But I wouldn't have it as the only wide angle, for sure! And don't think that running fisheye correction makes it into a rectilinear lens in post-processing.

--
Craig
www.cjcphoto.net

Hi!

I agree:

Nikon D3 ,Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye ,SB-900 1/640s f/13.0 at 10.5mm iso200

'Au'au Channel
(ImageTrends Hemi-3)
Nikon D3 ,Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye ,SB-900
1/500s f/22.0 at 10.5mm iso200

Not "defished":

Nikon D3 1/160s f/22.0 at 10.5mm iso200

Defished with Image Trends:

Nikon D3 ,Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye 1/160s f/22.0 at 10.5mm iso200

Nikon D3 ,Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye 1/800s f/8.0 at 10.5mm iso200

Nikon D3 ,Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye 1/640s f/10.0 at 10.5mm iso200

And Yours Truly

Nikon D4 ,Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye ,SB-900 1/640s f/20.0 at 10.5mm iso800 ImageTrends

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One nice thing about the 10.5 is that it's so small!




Have fun!




RB


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[PHXAZCRAIG]

Oscarroos wrote:

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

There are shots of a dive trip I took a year ago in the bahamas here:

http://www.cjcphoto.net/blackbeards2012/index.html


This was aboard a sailboat, though we only had the sail up once.

Sorry do not intend to hijack your post but quick question for Craig. Craig are all of your U/W taken with Canon S95. Nice vacation series.

Most were. You can probably tell - the sharper ones were. I carry two dive cameras and housings. My wife was using a Canon sd870is, which isn't as good as the s95. EXIF should be intact. I've got a V1 now, and I'm thinking about using it for underwater, but lack of flash is very limiting.

 

[Oscarroos]

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

Oscarroos wrote:

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

There are shots of a dive trip I took a year ago in the bahamas here:

http://www.cjcphoto.net/blackbeards2012/index.html

This was aboard a sailboat, though we only had the sail up once.

Sorry do not intend to hijack your post but quick question for Craig. Craig are all of your U/W taken with Canon S95. Nice vacation series.

Most were. You can probably tell - the sharper ones were. I carry two dive cameras and housings. My wife was using a Canon sd870is, which isn't as good as the s95. EXIF should be intact. I've got a V1 now, and I'm thinking about using it for underwater, but lack of flash is very limiting.

 

[meon64]

Both.! But, the 10-24 would be the one I'd recommend buying first. Even though I don't currently own a DX body I'm keeping my 10-24 for a lightweight ultra wide kit. Having borrowed a fish eye I can say how much fun they are but they would spend more time in the bag than on the camera.

 

[BobSC]

if you like fisheye, then it's good. These are from my Rokinon 8. Same image, just one is defished:

 

[RATTLER]

How about a Tokina 12-24 and a Samyang fisheye.

 

[PSCL1]

A fisheye is way too limited for your purpose.