Im looking for a good all purpose lens that has some wide angle capabilities. Ive been looking at the Nikkor 24-120mm VR, but there is a lot of mixed reviews. I shoot a Nikon D70, and mostly do landscapes, city scapes, and I will shoot the occasional wedding. Any suggestions?
BrettGordon wrote:
Im looking for a good all purpose lens that has some wide angle capabilities. Ive been looking at the Nikkor 24-120mm VR, but there is a lot of mixed reviews. I shoot a Nikon D70, and mostly do landscapes, city scapes, and I will shoot the occasional wedding. Any suggestions?
I second Scott's recommendation of the 24-85. I have the G version which doesn't have macro capability, plus it's f/3.5. However, it's about 300 bux after rebates and does an amazingly good job.
But, if you're wanting wide, I love my 12-24 Nikkor. You can do some really neat stuff at 12mm All of the lenses that DGC1 listed are great as well.
BrettGordon wrote:
Im looking for a good all purpose lens that has some wide angle capabilities. Ive been looking at the Nikkor 24-120mm VR, but there is a lot of mixed reviews. I shoot a Nikon D70, and mostly do landscapes, city scapes, and I will shoot the occasional wedding. Any suggestions?
You already have a fine all purpose lens in the 18-70. I have the 24-85 and it's great ................ but not wide enough for landscaptes.
If you want to go wider than 18 you should look at the following:
sigma 15-30: on my "to try" list
Tokina 17 (I just bought one and am looking forward to checking it out)
Sigma/Tokina 12-24
Nikon 17-35:
Those are all good suggestions. I like my 18-70 DX, but I wouldnt mind something a little faster. How about the Sigma lenses, has anyone had any luck with them?
BrettGordon wrote:
Im looking for a good all purpose lens that has some wide angle capabilities. Ive been looking at the Nikkor 24-120mm VR, but there is a lot of mixed reviews. I shoot a Nikon D70, and mostly do landscapes, city scapes, and I will shoot the occasional wedding. Any suggestions?
The best all purpose lens "WITH "a wide angle capability and versatile zoom range would probably be the 18-70 DX. If you can afford the 17-55 it should offer slightly better IQ with faster apertures but it`s a bit short on reach..
You have to know that 24mm (36 mm on Nikon bodies) at the low end just isn`t wide enough period.
If you choose a lens that starts at 24mm then you should also consider something like a Tokina 12-24 for the wide end..
John
For wide, I'd go with the 12-24mm f/4 from Tokina. Constant f/4 aperature and has the quality of the $1000 nikon 12-24mm. For a wide-zoom, I'd go with the kit lens(18-70mm), hands down, and skip the 24-120.
All of the lenses that DGC1 listed are great as well.