Good 10-15mm Full Frame

[Deutsch]

I had the Sigma 10-20, and it just never seemed fully sharp, especially toward corners with a little more distortion than I wanted. I bought this Nikon 10-24mm a couple years ago for my Nikon D7200 when I decided to get rid of the Sigma lens. This Nikon lens was a noticeable improved.

A few months ago I got a Nikon D750 full frame with the 24mm-120mm lens. But, there were some wide angle shots I needed and figured the Nikon 10-24mm DX lens would leave a lot of circles and major vignetting, but I decided to try it out. To my surprise, zooming between 10mm up to 15mm gave me full frame coverage. After 15mm you start to get the corner vignetting (since it's a DX lens and not FX). But, just what I needed.

I didn't have to buy a 14mm lens, which is what I was contemplating, since I now have that 10-15mm range to work with. This DX lens is an f/3.5-4.5, however, for the 10-15mm range, it stays between f/3.5-4. Point is, if you have this lens, and go full frame, you still have a good wide angle zoom.

 

[MIC37]

I had the Sigma 10-20, and it just never seemed fully sharp, especially toward corners with a little more distortion than I wanted. I bought this Nikon 10-24mm a couple years ago for my Nikon D7200 when I decided to get rid of the Sigma lens. This Nikon lens was a noticeable improved.

A few months ago I got a Nikon D750 full frame with the 24mm-120mm lens. But, there were some wide angle shots I needed and figured the Nikon 10-24mm DX lens would leave a lot of circles and major vignetting, but I decided to try it out. To my surprise, zooming between 10mm up to 15mm gave me full frame coverage. After 15mm you start to get the corner vignetting (since it's a DX lens and not FX). But, just what I needed.

I didn't have to buy a 14mm lens, which is what I was contemplating, since I now have that 10-15mm range to work with. This DX lens is an f/3.5-4.5, however, for the 10-15mm range, it stays between f/3.5-4. Point is, if you have this lens, and go full frame, you still have a good wide angle zoom.

Prove it. Attach actual full size examples.

 

[Deutsch]

I had the Sigma 10-20, and it just never seemed fully sharp, especially toward corners with a little more distortion than I wanted. I bought this Nikon 10-24mm a couple years ago for my Nikon D7200 when I decided to get rid of the Sigma lens. This Nikon lens was a noticeable improved.

A few months ago I got a Nikon D750 full frame with the 24mm-120mm lens. But, there were some wide angle shots I needed and figured the Nikon 10-24mm DX lens would leave a lot of circles and major vignetting, but I decided to try it out. To my surprise, zooming between 10mm up to 15mm gave me full frame coverage. After 15mm you start to get the corner vignetting (since it's a DX lens and not FX). But, just what I needed.

I didn't have to buy a 14mm lens, which is what I was contemplating, since I now have that 10-15mm range to work with. This DX lens is an f/3.5-4.5, however, for the 10-15mm range, it stays between f/3.5-4. Point is, if you have this lens, and go full frame, you still have a good wide angle zoom.

Prove it. Attach actual full size examples.

Yes I use the lens down to 14mm and get full FX out of it, but the zoom range of use was supposed to say 15-24mm on that DX lens, vs the 10-15mm I listed. Thanks for catching that typo. That 10-15mm range was originally part of another sentence listing it as the non-useable FX range. I combined the two sentences and didn't correct.

That said, 14mm is what I find to be the minimum zoom and works great. It is essentially a 14mm f/4 lens, and I didn't need to go out and buy an FX one like I was planning to for the D750. So in correction, I have a decent 14-24mm FX zoom using this DX lens. Thanks again for the typo catch.

 

[Leonard Migliore]

I had the Sigma 10-20, and it just never seemed fully sharp, especially toward corners with a little more distortion than I wanted. I bought this Nikon 10-24mm a couple years ago for my Nikon D7200 when I decided to get rid of the Sigma lens. This Nikon lens was a noticeable improved.

A few months ago I got a Nikon D750 full frame with the 24mm-120mm lens. But, there were some wide angle shots I needed and figured the Nikon 10-24mm DX lens would leave a lot of circles and major vignetting, but I decided to try it out. To my surprise, zooming between 10mm up to 15mm gave me full frame coverage. After 15mm you start to get the corner vignetting (since it's a DX lens and not FX). But, just what I needed.

I didn't have to buy a 14mm lens, which is what I was contemplating, since I now have that 10-15mm range to work with. This DX lens is an f/3.5-4.5, however, for the 10-15mm range, it stays between f/3.5-4. Point is, if you have this lens, and go full frame, you still have a good wide angle zoom.

Prove it. Attach actual full size examples.

I tried this when I got my D750. Results are quite poor. Here's the 10-24 Nikkor at 15mm:


This lens was not designed to cover a 43mm diagonal so it's not the lens's fault.

Severe vignetting and poor sharpness on the FX frame. The 10-24 is a perfectly good DX lens and does not deserve this humiliation.

If you want ultrawide on an FX camera, you got to lay down the bread for an FX lens.

--
Leonard Migliore

 

[BasilG]

I had the Sigma 10-20, and it just never seemed fully sharp, especially toward corners with a little more distortion than I wanted. I bought this Nikon 10-24mm a couple years ago for my Nikon D7200 when I decided to get rid of the Sigma lens. This Nikon lens was a noticeable improved.

A few months ago I got a Nikon D750 full frame with the 24mm-120mm lens. But, there were some wide angle shots I needed and figured the Nikon 10-24mm DX lens would leave a lot of circles and major vignetting, but I decided to try it out. To my surprise, zooming between 10mm up to 15mm gave me full frame coverage. After 15mm you start to get the corner vignetting (since it's a DX lens and not FX). But, just what I needed.

I didn't have to buy a 14mm lens, which is what I was contemplating, since I now have that 10-15mm range to work with. This DX lens is an f/3.5-4.5, however, for the 10-15mm range, it stays between f/3.5-4. Point is, if you have this lens, and go full frame, you still have a good wide angle zoom.

Prove it. Attach actual full size examples.

Yes I use the lens down to 14mm and get full FX out of it, but the zoom range of use was supposed to say 15-24mm on that DX lens, vs the 10-15mm I listed. Thanks for catching that typo. That 10-15mm range was originally part of another sentence listing it as the non-useable FX range. I combined the two sentences and didn't correct.

That said, 14mm is what I find to be the minimum zoom and works great. It is essentially a 14mm f/4 lens, and I didn't need to go out and buy an FX one like I was planning to for the D750. So in correction, I have a decent 14-24mm FX zoom using this DX lens. Thanks again for the typo catch.

Typo? You said 10-15 about four times.

 

[Pradipta Dutta]

I had the Sigma 10-20, and it just never seemed fully sharp, especially toward corners with a little more distortion than I wanted. I bought this Nikon 10-24mm a couple years ago for my Nikon D7200 when I decided to get rid of the Sigma lens. This Nikon lens was a noticeable improved.

A few months ago I got a Nikon D750 full frame with the 24mm-120mm lens. But, there were some wide angle shots I needed and figured the Nikon 10-24mm DX lens would leave a lot of circles and major vignetting, but I decided to try it out. To my surprise, zooming between 10mm up to 15mm gave me full frame coverage. After 15mm you start to get the corner vignetting (since it's a DX lens and not FX). But, just what I needed.

I didn't have to buy a 14mm lens, which is what I was contemplating, since I now have that 10-15mm range to work with. This DX lens is an f/3.5-4.5, however, for the 10-15mm range, it stays between f/3.5-4. Point is, if you have this lens, and go full frame, you still have a good wide angle zoom.

Prove it. Attach actual full size examples.

Yes I use the lens down to 14mm and get full FX out of it, but the zoom range of use was supposed to say 15-24mm on that DX lens, vs the 10-15mm I listed. Thanks for catching that typo. That 10-15mm range was originally part of another sentence listing it as the non-useable FX range. I combined the two sentences and didn't correct.

That said, 14mm is what I find to be the minimum zoom and works great. It is essentially a 14mm f/4 lens, and I didn't need to go out and buy an FX one like I was planning to for the D750. So in correction, I have a decent 14-24mm FX zoom using this DX lens. Thanks again for the typo catch.

Typo? You said 10-15 about four times.