Originally Posted by
FriendlySkies
Currently using a Nikon D3100 (great camera, btw), and have been thinking about purchasing a wide-angle lens. Can anybody recommend something that would work well for landscape, city scenes, etc? I've seen a few lenses on B&H, but would like to see what my fellow FTers are using..
I use Nikon's 16-85mm as the main lens on my D60. I find that 16mm is wide enough for many of the landscape and cityscape pictures I want to capture. It's a useful range and a fairly sharp lens.
For when 16mm is not wide enough I also carry the Sigma 10-20mm. It's not as sharp as the Nikon 12-24 or 10-24 lenses but it's good enough and less than half the price.
The 10-20 was the first lens I bought after the 18-55 kit lens that came with the camera. I used to swap between those two lenses frequently. When I upgraded from the 18-55 to the 16-85 I found that I needed the 10-20 a lot less frequently. Simply put, the difference between 16mm and 18mm is huge for me. I shoot a large number of shots in that range.