Best value wide angle?

[zamanakhan]

I want to find out what all the rage is about with wide angle lenses and have been considering an affordable wide angle zoom for my d5000. i have a hard time justifying an $900 dx only lens so i am thinking of goin with off brand (i stick to nikon only lenses, just buy the fx ones.) I want something that will AF with the d5000 so built in motor is important. i was thinking of the sigma but kenrockwell has shown that its a bit softer and harder to correct distortion even with a dxo module. I was actually considering the 10.5 fisheye and correcting using dxo but found that it doesnt af with my camera so its no good to me. I dont mind prime or zoom, altho if its a prime i would prefer it to be on a really wide end soemthing wider than 14mm. Suggestions?

 

[tirediron]

IMO, the best value for a super-wide lens for an APS-C camera is the Tokina 11-16 f 2.8.

 

[zamanakhan]

yea i've been told many times over that that is the lens to get but it does not have a built in focus motor so i loose out on AF although i did consider this lens but i often shoot with a speed light off camera in hand and would like for the lens to af on its own.

 

[tirediron]

At those focal lengths, your DoF is great enough that manual focusing is at worst, a minor annoyance.

 

[gpimages]

This Tokina 12-24 f4 has the motor and is highly rated.

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