Hi,
Looking to add a wide-angle lens to my kit for the European trip next year. Got a full frame nikon d750 + sigma 35mm Art but that is not wideangle enough to capture buildings and us.
My priority is to have us in the frame with minimal distortion.
if you have a nice budget
http://www.nikon.com.au/en_AU/product/nikkor-lenses/f-mount/…
such a fun range to shoot in
My priority is to have us in the frame with minimal distortion.
To have you in the frame, and angle wide enough to take the whole building, you will be distorted, or very small.
Since you have a 35mm prime, your best bet will be a 16-35, or wider 12-24.
Nikon 16-35/ f4 should be your best bet. It takes filters too. ( I bought this one last year)
I think there is Nikon 17-35 version as well which is a lot cheaper but not as good.
Nikon 14-24 is very good, almost 1.5~2x the price of 16-35.. and takes the 150 mm filters.
12-24 range is available in Sigma but I have heard it lends a bit of distortion to the pictures. Not sure of the quality of the new Sigma 12-24 Art version which they launched recently.
My 2 cents, since you only have a 35 mm lens at the moment…you should think of getting a Sigma 24-105/f4 Art lens or Nikon 24-120/ Nikon 24-70 which will offer a bit of wide + reasonable telephoto range.
Sorry I have added to the confusion without knowing your budget :-)
I will check 16-35mm nikkor. Already got a 50mm and 135 art lens. Wife will kill me if i will buy two this time. I can convince her for one at this stage :p
Whats the low light performance? Putting a nd filter will make it f6 or something? Is this lens sharp and good for environmental portraits?
It is an f4 lens. I believe low light performance depends more on the camera sensor.
Putting an ND filter on will obviously reduce the light reaching the sensor so you may have to let the shutter remain open for longer or shoot at higher iso.
But it will still remain f4 or whatever f stop you are shooting at.. ( which you can see based on the fact that the bokeh won't change after you put the Nd filter in)
Just as my 2 cents but if you do post-processing you can always Photoshop/Lightroom the distortion by a significant amount. If you're worried about time consumption, you can easily automate it with a quick script or select all and apply the lens correction in batch. If you're worried about the cost, then you can always just get a short trial from Adobe and process all your photos in batch at the end?
Some Canon cameras have built-in lense correction. Not sure about Nikon D750 though
Find a good quality 16-35mm F4 - perfect balance between quality and weight in most lens ranges.
What is the night time performance of this lens?
Not bad when I had Sony A7RII
Nikon 18-35g lens. Cheaper, lighter, quality. Easy decision really.
AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED, go hard, or go home.
That is very expensive man. Can it beat Tamron 15-35 G1 lens?
I personally like the Nikon 20mm f/1.8 for travelling.
Pros are that it's small and light (354g), sharp, low distortion, wide aperture for low light and cheaper than the zooms.
Cons vs the 16-35mm f/4 is that you don't have VR, the versatility of a zoom and lose 4mm on the wide end.. but it may be still wide enough for you.
Do you also take a tripod? I am taking Fuji X-E3 + 18-55 which is like 24-70 on full frames + a 35mm (50mm equalent 1.4 fuji lens) for low light shots. I am looking for an affordable tripod.
and a portable LED light
That's a nice lightweight kit! For the next trip I'll take a D610 with 3 lenses ~2.3kg so a fair bit heavier but still manageable.. I usually take a Manfrotto Pixi but picked up carbon fibre Zomei Q666 for around $60 off ebay. My LED lights are the Triopo TTV-204 ~$40 off ebay but I don't know of I'll take it.
Are you liking that tripod? Which bag will you carry and can you keep it in the bag?
Yeah so far it's been great.. Light, stable and the ballhead works well. Don't think I'll take the tripod bag, still working out how to strap it to my backpack. Also regarding the LED lights, the Yongnuo YN300 might be a better choice, brighter and doesn't have the 2 different colour LEDs like the Triopo TTV-204.
I recently ordered Velbon UT 43D II. It looks good and light weight but expensive. Not sure how stable it is with heavy gear like D750 + Sigma 35/50 Art
@[Deactivated]: Yeah that's a nice light and compact tripod, wow folds down to 28.9cm! I should have gone for that one probably, but anyway I'll give this cheapie a go for the next trip. Looks like your Velbon has a 3kg capacity and the D750 + Sigma Art are ~1.5kg so probably should be okay?
@Grado: I guess it should be able to hold D750 + Smallest of them all 35mm Art just fine. But I am going to take my FujiFilm XE-3 + 27 F2.8, 35F1.4 and 18-55 on the trip I also bought a Vanguard VEO discover 38 messenger bag that comes with a small tripod compartment at the bottom.
How wide are you looking for? Do you have a max/min focal length that you're after? Do you want prime/zoom/don't care? Does it have to be fast, are you ok with things like F4?