What's your favorite Nikon wide for adapter?

benhuddleston

benhuddleston

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I'm putting together a nice Nikon lens kit, and have been getting many differing opinions regarding wide angle lenses. So, I'm looking for the consensus: what Nikon wide do you like the best, and why? My default will probably be the 20mm 2.8 AI-s, but if you have any other suggestions....

Thanks!
 
I've got a 17-35 2.8 Nikon ED zoom I like a lot:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/186250-USA/Nikon_1960_AF_S_Zoom_Nikkor_17_35mm.html

It's expensive ($1770 new, and about $1000-1200 used on ebay), and like most AF zooms has the short throw issue that compromises follow focus use somewhat (I find it manageable), but it makes spectacular images and having the flexibility of focal ranges is very powerful.

It's not likely to be a micro-budget filmmaker's choice though...
 
I have the Nikon 28mm f2.8, Nikon 35mm f2.0
I prefer the 35mm even though it's not as wide because it doesn't vignette like the 28mm does for me.
 
I have a Nikon 28mm f2 and it performs really well on the G35, I also have the Nikon 20mm and it does vignette a bit, although the resulting image is very pleasing.
 
Right now I'm using the 28-70mm f/2.8. I also have the 24mm f/2.8, but don't use it much due to the heavy vignetting.
 
I have a 24mm f2 ai on a G35 EX1/EX3 it is brilliant, it has just the right amount of "Kubrick" to it and still looks not so much fisheye. God bless Ebay!
 
TI have one of these as well. Fantastic lens... __________________ "The sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses" - Joni Mitchell said:
Oh and i was gonna say, wow, what a fantastic looking dude too! lol
Any slight softness on the extreme edgeS, probably in the tv safe area?
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DEPTH OF PHIL said:
Any slight softness on the extreme edgeS, probably in the tv safe area?
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[re: Nikon 28-70 ED]

Not really, which is pretty amazing I think. Same thing with the 80-200 ED I have. On the other hand, the 17-35 is a bit soft in the edges, largely outside the safe area, and mainly at f 2.8. By f5.6 it's tack sharp all across. Even at f4 it's pretty darn sharp.
 
I've been using the Nikkor 24mm 4 2.8 and 28mm F-2 on my Brevis
The 24mm seems to vignette a little less than the 28mm for whatever reason, but the real annoyance is I need to microcollimate differently for each of these lenses, so I've been sticking to the 50mm as my widest whenever possible.

That said I wouldnt mind investing in a nice 35mm lens.
 
I've got a KIRON AI 28mm f/2 that performs surprisingly very well after stopping down to 2.8. I found it on eBay and it was quite a bargain, I recommend it for any starter-to-moderate kit. Its performances are similar to its Nikon counterpart.
 
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