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Great product and seller. My lens came exactly like it was described. The shipping was cheap and didn't take that long.
I got this lens about a year ago.after i had borrowed one from a friend of mine that owns one.I took it on a cruise.and had a ball taking different sort of shots.using my Nikon D300.i liked it so much.I purchased one.and love it.i have posted.some of my cruise shots on this sitecheck them out and see what you think.enjoy.by the way.if you purchase the new Nikon NX2 softwarethere is a option.on the software to.straighten your photos.and you now have added a 10MM wide angel 2.8 very sharp fast lens to your arsenal.just by using the new software.have fun shooting.
First and foremost, this lens is just way too much fun. So, no polarizers, NDs, skylights, UV/protection filters, etc. With relatively dark objects AF is virtually useless. However, once you get a hang of its quarks it offers endless creative light controls and really gives camera work a step up.
Do a bit of practice to get used to the lens before taking it out on the field.Overall, I'm really happy with it. You can get creative with gels, but for 180degree view, it's a challenge to say the least. A word of advice: guard the front glass. It's a great fun toy. The lens has phenomenal close focus range and because of the distortion in the viewfinder it's way too easy to get close enough to actually nick the glass. For those who love to experiment with photography it will open up the whole new world of possibilities.One of the main cons I did find tho is that the lens seems a bit slow on autofocus.
But it does have some good options for B&W photography. Definitely a keeper (: It also takes a great deal of getting used to when using a flash. Since I'm a filter addict, I wish the lens had more options for filters, but it doesn't because of its design: rear mount filters only.
Shooting groups indoors this lens allows you to capture the whole group. Attached to my Nikon D90 it takes amazingly sharp and vibrant photos and makes fun distorted video clips. This lens is a wonderful wide angle lens. If you user Nikon's Capture NX 2 software you can un-wrap some of the distortion introduced if you wish. Nikon Capture NX2 Photo Editing Software (CD-ROM) + Nikon Pro Cleaning Kit & Spudz + Blower for D3, D700, D300, D200, D60, D40 & D80 Digital SLR CamerasNikon D90 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) It's light weight, focuses fast, and is nice and fast. Wide angles are lots of fun for close up work and this lens focuses down to 5.5 inches.
For keeping down their weight. The only two things that I found bad are:1) the lens is much more difficult to keep clean than the Tokina's one;2) why the hell Nikon decided to produce expensive lenses like the Wideangle 12-24 mm and this Fisheye in crappy plastic. Fck the weight issue and give me some old time, long lasting great metal body lenses. I bought a Tokina 10-17 mm and started shooting with it. I liked it but I felt it was not sharp enough and I heard about the colour aberrations.Therefore I went to bring it back to B&H and I upgraded with the Nikkor 10.5This is absolutetly more sharp and fast.
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