I bought this lens primarily to do astrophotography, I shoot with a cropped censor camera (a Nikon D5200) and I wanted to capture more milky way in one shot than what the stock lens would capture at it's widest angle setting of 18mm. I bought this lens and have been very pleased so far. I haven't yet gone out to a dark site to try to get a good milky way shot, and when I do I'll update this review.
Now, I've only been doing photography and astrophotography with a DSLR since July 2014, so I'm no pro. And this review will be written more so for someone like myself that is not quite sure if they'd want to pick up this lens.
Also a word of advice to other new photographers, you have to manually set the f stop ring to F22. And then your camera will control the F stop, if you set it on automatic it'll do it automatically, if you set your camera on aperture priority mode, you can set it to the f stop you want. And then you can set it to manual and set it for the exposure time you want (30 seconds for a good milky way shot.)
The quality of the lens' pictures have been excellent and I'm very pleased. I'm very excited and can't wait to capture my first milky way shot as I'll not only capture a wider shot, but i'll capture more light since it goes down to 2.8f versus the 3.5f of my stock lens.
I've attached two separate shots (one is the space shuttle endeavor, the other is Venus and Mercury setting over the city of Irvine, California) for comparison of 18mm versus 10mm in case you still aren't sure how much more you'd capture and if it's worth it. The answer is yes, it's very worth it.
Edit: Weird, I updated this in April after going to Death Valley in March, but I guess it never uploaded correctly so here it is again. The lens is wonderful and great for astrophotography. I've again added a 18mm vs 10mm comparison shot.
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A Must For Astrophotography.
I bought this lens primarily to do astrophotography, I shoot with a cropped censor camera (a Nikon D5200) and I wanted to capture more milky way in one shot than what the stock lens would capture at it's widest angle setting of 18mm. I bought this lens and have been very pleased so far. I haven't yet gone out to a dark site to try to get a good milky way shot, and when I do I'll update this review.Now, I've only been doing photography and astrophotography with a DSLR since July 2014, so I'm no pro. And this review will be written more so for someone like myself that is not quite sure if they'd want to pick up this lens.Also a word of advice to other new photographers, you have to manually set the f stop ring to F22. And then your camera will control the F stop, if you set it on automatic it'll do it automatically, if you set your camera on aperture priority mode, you can set it to the f stop you want. And then you can set it to manual and set it for the exposure time you want (30 seconds for a good milky way shot.)The quality of the lens' pictures have been excellent and I'm very pleased. I'm very excited and can't wait to capture my first milky way shot as I'll not only capture a wider shot, but i'll capture more light since it goes down to 2.8f versus the 3.5f of my stock lens.I've attached two separate shots (one is the space shuttle endeavor, the other is Venus and Mercury setting over the city of Irvine, California) for comparison of 18mm versus 10mm in case you still aren't sure how much more you'd capture and if it's worth it. The answer is yes, it's very worth it.Edit: Weird, I updated this in April after going to Death Valley in March, but I guess it never uploaded correctly so here it is again. The lens is wonderful and great for astrophotography. I've again added a 18mm vs 10mm comparison shot.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2015
I bought this lens primarily to do astrophotography, I shoot with a cropped censor camera (a Nikon D5200) and I wanted to capture more milky way in one shot than what the stock lens would capture at it's widest angle setting of 18mm. I bought this lens and have been very pleased so far. I haven't yet gone out to a dark site to try to get a good milky way shot, and when I do I'll update this review.
Now, I've only been doing photography and astrophotography with a DSLR since July 2014, so I'm no pro. And this review will be written more so for someone like myself that is not quite sure if they'd want to pick up this lens.
Also a word of advice to other new photographers, you have to manually set the f stop ring to F22. And then your camera will control the F stop, if you set it on automatic it'll do it automatically, if you set your camera on aperture priority mode, you can set it to the f stop you want. And then you can set it to manual and set it for the exposure time you want (30 seconds for a good milky way shot.)
The quality of the lens' pictures have been excellent and I'm very pleased. I'm very excited and can't wait to capture my first milky way shot as I'll not only capture a wider shot, but i'll capture more light since it goes down to 2.8f versus the 3.5f of my stock lens.
I've attached two separate shots (one is the space shuttle endeavor, the other is Venus and Mercury setting over the city of Irvine, California) for comparison of 18mm versus 10mm in case you still aren't sure how much more you'd capture and if it's worth it. The answer is yes, it's very worth it.
Edit: Weird, I updated this in April after going to Death Valley in March, but I guess it never uploaded correctly so here it is again. The lens is wonderful and great for astrophotography. I've again added a 18mm vs 10mm comparison shot.
Now, I've only been doing photography and astrophotography with a DSLR since July 2014, so I'm no pro. And this review will be written more so for someone like myself that is not quite sure if they'd want to pick up this lens.
Also a word of advice to other new photographers, you have to manually set the f stop ring to F22. And then your camera will control the F stop, if you set it on automatic it'll do it automatically, if you set your camera on aperture priority mode, you can set it to the f stop you want. And then you can set it to manual and set it for the exposure time you want (30 seconds for a good milky way shot.)
The quality of the lens' pictures have been excellent and I'm very pleased. I'm very excited and can't wait to capture my first milky way shot as I'll not only capture a wider shot, but i'll capture more light since it goes down to 2.8f versus the 3.5f of my stock lens.
I've attached two separate shots (one is the space shuttle endeavor, the other is Venus and Mercury setting over the city of Irvine, California) for comparison of 18mm versus 10mm in case you still aren't sure how much more you'd capture and if it's worth it. The answer is yes, it's very worth it.
Edit: Weird, I updated this in April after going to Death Valley in March, but I guess it never uploaded correctly so here it is again. The lens is wonderful and great for astrophotography. I've again added a 18mm vs 10mm comparison shot.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020
Landscape shots are sharp across the field. Will put it against any 10 mm lens, regardless of cost. The depth of field is so great at f/13, that manual focus is not an issue. 3 feet in infinity is focused.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
Great lens, exactly what I was looking for
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
Great lens, exactly what I was looking for. There is distortion that is to be expected with the wide angle, but it's a non-issue honestly. I've included several photos I've taken with it already, and I am very satisfied with them and the lens, build quality feels great and the lens feels solid. I included a few photos of landscape as well as a couple of shots of the main things I photograph, snakes.
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
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Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2015
I am in love with this lens! I'm a total newbie photographer, so maybe I don't have enough experience to say otherwise, but this lens is amazing. You can get super close to whatever you're photographing and capture it all! I did a little editing with Photoshop Elements, but that's pretty standard, and I'm new to that as well. Great depth with this lens! This lens is a must have!
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