best wide angle lens for the nikon D300

What's the "best" wide angle lens for the nikon D300. I got a tokina 10-17nn /f3,504,5 at-x 107 dx fisheye

to me is seems like I get a lot of curvature with this lens... is this a good one or should I have something else? I love wide angle close ups...scott

I got the Nikon 10.5mm and the Nikon 12-24 then after i got the Tokina 10-17mm and now i almost not use the 10.5 and the 12-24 .

My only complain about the Tokina is some cromatic aberration on high contrast situations but not big deal as u/w is not very often you will have such cases. For CFW is excellent ( it will focus on any dirt inside your dome ! )

Good luck

Hi,

I use the Nikon 12/24 with a 4x dioptor which works very well with very sharp images.

Andy

I got a tokina 10-17... seems like I get a lot of curvature with this lens... scott

Fisheye lenses are associated with distortion, always. You have to find a way of using it within the image. In the examples below, the distortion is difficult to see with a circular table coral in the centre of the image, but easy to see in the vertical stalactites which lie to the side of the second image. A wide-angle lens has less distortion, and a lot of that can be taken out in post-processing with Photoshop, Nikon NX etc.

The Nikon 12-24mm has less distortion, but is only happy with some dome ports, and it does need a diopter (I use +2D) which varies from system to system. The example shows little distortion, if any.

The Tokina 10-17mm has a very enthusiastic following, and I guess that you should only buy another lens if you have a very specific task in mind.

Nikon 10.5mm

Nikon 12-24mm

Tim

I use:

10.5 FE

!0-17 Tokina FE

12-24 Nikon

17-55 Nikon

I like the 10-17 for very wide shots. The 10.5 is fine but lacks versatility.

I may be the only one, but I like the 12-24 best. Mine is sharp. It has a good range of wide to semi wide.

The 17-55 is a great lens. Only drawback is it is not that wide. Don't get caught with it on when you get that once in a life time shot at a pod of Orcas. I suspect it will be my primary lens when I get to Cocos this January.

I also use the Tokina 10-17 and Nikon 12-24.

For the money on Canon or Nikon crop sensor DLSR's, you're not likely to find anything better.

That goes especially for the Nikon D300.