Comments on Amateur Nikon: Top-5 Best Value FX (Full Frame) Lenses for Nikon

appreciate this rundown

2014-02-25T11:23:58.432+02:00

appreciate this rundown

The lenses I offered are meant to represent the be...

2013-10-06T17:14:02.016+03:00

The lenses I offered are meant to represent the best value. Of course the 14-24 is a lens miles ahead of, say, the Samyang. It's also about $1500 more expensive, though...

If by "mustache distortion" you mean it&...

2013-10-06T17:12:25.644+03:00

If by "mustache distortion" you mean it's wavy, that it is - a bit like Sigma 10-20, which I also find to be a great lens. You have to cut from somewhere, and - at least for me - distortion is something I can live with in an ultra-wide.

As for mechanical quality, at least the copy I tried seemed fine - very good, actually, considering the price tag.

just buy 28-300mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 and the 14-24mm ƒ/2.8

2013-10-06T03:39:49.127+03:00

just buy 28-300mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 and the 14-24mm ƒ/2.8

The Samyang 14mm really sucks. Horrible moustache ...

2013-10-06T02:19:58.014+03:00

The Samyang 14mm really sucks. Horrible moustache distortion, and lousy mechanical quality, making it really difficult to focus.