I am in need of a wide angle zoom. I now have both full frame bodies. In the past I had and loved the 12-24 F4 DX lens. But I got rid of it with the DX stuff.
So here is my question, both the currently available wide angle zooms, the 14-24 and 16-35 are big, and heavy. To big and two heavy. The D800 (and I assume the 810) has the multi format cropping settings. Has anyone ever tried putting this lens on a D800 and seeing what setting covers the field of view of the 12-24 lens?
What I would like to know is would it possible to use the 12-24 as a smaller lower weight alternative to the big zooms mentioned above? I do like wide so 16 to around 18 at the widest is what I am looking for. I did the math and the 12-24 should be 18mm (X 1.5) at its widest on a full frame body is using the DX crop.
But since the 800 has other crops what works and what doesn't work?
Also does the 810 have the same multi-crop settings as the 800?