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[Luis]

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm thinking of buying a wide angle lens for my D3200. The Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S DX looks great but is very expensive (about 900 USD in Switzerland, see https://www.interdis...--p0000331065.)

 

On the other hand I've seen the AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR which is not compatible with the D3200 but sells for only 239 CHF (about 240 USD, Boutique en ligne Fust pour électronique grand public et ménage, cuisines & salles de bains). Ditching the D3200 and upgrading to the D3500 would cost about 300 CHF (see https://www.fust.ch/...-8384589.html).

 

So it seems that upgrading my camera and getting the AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR would be MUCH CHEAPER (about 240+300=540 USD) than buying the same corresponding lens for my D3200 (900 USD).

 

This sounds a bit crazy to me, so I just want to make sure I have everything right. Sorry if this is very basic, I'm pretty new to this and this is my first post to the forum!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[Merco_61]

First of all, welcome to the forums!

 

The AF-S 10-24 uses ED glass and aspherical elements to minimize CA, that is why it is more expensive.

 

There is a third option, you can get either the 11-16 or the 11-20 Tokina f/2.8 lens. The 11-20 is slightly improved, but the older 11-16 still holds up well and is a bit cheaper.

[fallout666]

the best DX ultra wide angle lens are not cheap i would go mecro_61 posted. i have DX 12-24mm and i love it but not cheap. 

[Jerry_]

I have been using (and am stil doing on DX) the Sigma 10-20/3.5 and am quite happy with the results.

Just another option ...

[Luis]

Thanks a lot for the comments and suggestions. That's very helpful. Is there any reason to prefer the Nikon-made lenses over the third-party equivalents (Sigma, Tokina,..)? Is the quality of the Nikkor lenses objectively better?

[Merco_61]

The AF-S Nikkor has lower distortion and less CA than the third-party lenses. Both these aspects of a lower quality lens are easy to correct in post using any decent software and all the third-party lenses mentioned so far are about as sharp as the Nikkors.