Is there any decent wide angle lens out there that is in a decent price bracket that meets these requirements:

1) Nikon compatible
2) Wide on crop, properly compatible with full frame in full frame mode
3) Not terribly soft, good with color rendition, etc
4) Built in focus motor

sigma 18-35 1.8 is supposed to be pretty awesome

That's a normal range lens though It's a crop sensor only lens.

do you need autofocus since its so wide? look at some manual options

It's wide - normal.

How wide do you need?

27mm full frame equivalent fov at its widest.

What I'm looking for is about a zoom with 10-12mm at widest on crop sensor, or the ability to be 16mm on full frame. I want to be able to zoom out to 16mm fov crop / 24mm fov full frame.



I think autofocus might be important. My viewfinder on the D5200 is pretty terrible. I realize getting focus on a wide lens on a crop body will be fairly forgiving.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on May 26 2014 09:50pm

Look at the samyang 12mm - nn af on such a wide lens as the dof is massive at f8 everything is in focus

Can't seem to find that one from any local retailers. I'm in Canada so shipping over the border is a bit of a pain especially if I have any issues with copy variation.

Found these locally at these prices (new):

Tokina 16-28mm - $799.99
Tokina 17-35mm - $699.99
Nikon 18-35mm - $779.99
Nikon 10-24mm - $769.99
Sigma 10-20mm F4-F5.6 - $550

I'm thinking I might hold off for a while and wait for a better sale that is actually compelling. Best one going on is the Nikon 10-24mm @ $770, which is normally $900+ at other retailers (B&H included). I want a wide angle more than I want to move to full-frame, but I want to do both and I just can't justify the price of either (but full frame more-so).

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on May 28 2014 11:23pm

don't buy shit min f2.8 lower is better

Huh? On a wide angle lens, on a budget, and wanting to be able to fit regular filters overtop?

The only f2.8 wide angles I can think of are pretty expensive. The exception is the 16-28mm which I listed above, but it also bulbs out just like the 14-24mm Nikkor.