What lens next? I have Nikon 60mm

Hi All,

Back again.....

I now have all my bits (Nikon D300, 60mm Macro, DS-125 and Ikelite housing) and want a good lens for shooting wide angle scenes etc. I have placed my Nikon 18-70mm on ebay, as from what I heard it is not ideal...

Cheers

Tokina 10-17mm...... but then you will need a dome port for it (or any other WA lens you may want to use).

These two will be more than enough to start with....

Tokina 10-17 or possibly their new 11-16.

If you want to stay with macro the nikon 105VR

Tokina 10-17mm...... but then you will need a dome port for it (or any other WA lens you may want to use).

 

These two will be more than enough to start with....

Hi! I am only a beginner and I am looking into lenses at the moment as well. There is a new lense coming from Tokina 11-16mm, which has very good critics so far: Ken Rockwell

Wolfgang

For the price and range, the sigma 10-20 also gets good ratings and is worth considering

I would go with the Tokina 10-17 first, particularly if you are budgeting. It's tried and tested, easy to house without having to worry about diopters etc, and you will not have the corner sharpness issues you might have with the ultrawide (weitwinkel) zooms that are not fisheyes. I'm not writing off those ultrawides, just be prepared for a little more work getting them to work well underwater.

Yeah...the 11-16 SOUNDS very interesting especially because its so fast at F2.8!

Personally, I am actually going to wait for this lens and for some people to review it before I buy this. I did however jump the gun and bought the new 60mm Macro AF-S.

Yeah...the 11-16 SOUNDS very interesting especially because its so fast at F2.8!

 

Personally, I am actually going to wait for this lens and for some people to review it before I buy this. I did however jump the gun and bought the new 60mm Macro AF-S.

Correct me if I am wrong. The new Tokina 11-16 2.8 is a wide angle

The Tokina 10-17 is a Fisheye.

Slightly different properties ! 10-17 FE is very popular for under water, almost like the 60mm, proven record, so won't go wrong.

Yep, another vote for the Tokina 10-17. Its fisheye at the 10-end but pretty much straight(ish!) lines towards the 17mm end. Its not a great topside lens though. The new 11-16 would certainly be worth checking out.

I really like my Nikkor 12-24 for topside pictures - and loved it for u/w too. But I think it is going to get pushed out the housing by the Tokina.

One other option would be 10.5mm. Challenging to use but well capable of producing some really Wow pictures - with the right guy behind it ;-)

Yep, another vote for the Tokina 10-17. Its fisheye at the 10-end but pretty much straight(ish!) lines towards the 17mm end. Its not a great topside lens though. The new 11-16 would certainly be worth checking out.

 

I really like my Nikkor 12-24 for topside pictures - and loved it for u/w too. But I think it is going to get pushed out the housing by the Tokina.

 

One other option would be 10.5mm. Challenging to use but well capable of producing some really Wow pictures - with the right guy behind it ;-)

I like the Tokina 12-24 top side too, I use it underwater for a short while but stopped now since acquire the 10-17.

Hmmmm..

All reviews of the Tokina 10-17 say it is a fish eye...?

Not Sure i Want a fish eye....

Fisheye underwater is not the same as topside, with the type of distortion one sees topside not being evident underwater except extremely close-up. A major advantage of fisheyes underwater over most superwide angle lenses is their better corner sharpness when used with a dome in most cases. With most wide angle lenses you will require a diopter on the lens, whereas with a fisheye lens like the Tokina 10-17 you will not. Because the 17 end acts more like a rectilinear lens than a fisheye, you get the best of both worlds. It really depends what you plan to shoot. For wide reef scenes, wrecks , large animals like sharks etc, fisheyes (especially with the Tokina 17 end added) are hard to beat, especially in good visibility. For fish portraits etc, small to mid-size animals, more confined scenes, you may prefer something like a 12-24

At 10, its supposed to be a fisheye....any more then its a WA.....

I could be wrong but that is what I think it is......

Terminology is not important to me as what I expect to see in terms of UW results..... however, if keeping to the reasons for this thread, a zoom fisheye/WA is of course more versatile.....

OK - I just bought a Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 DX Fisheye lens in Nikon mount second hand for $480.00 AUS in great condition.... Soud OK price?

around 150 to 200 cheaper that best price I could find...

Cheers

OK - I just bought a Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 DX Fisheye lens in Nikon mount second hand for $480.00 AUS in great condition.... Soud OK price?

 

around 150 to 200 cheaper that best price I could find...

 

Cheers

Sounds good, you will love that lens.

Wow....thats cheap. I didn't think it would be easy to find them second hand...

Great.... Cheers...

So now - 8" dome??