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Tamron SP Autofocus 14mm f/2.8 Aspherical (IF) Rectilinear Lens for Nikon DSLR Cameras

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Save your money and buy this lens instead of the $1500 Nikkor lens. Tamron has made a superb optic and built a rock-solid body around the glass. These are difficult to find...not too many were produced. It covers the full 35mm frame, so it can be used with either film or full-frame digital bodies. The focusing is internal, fast and accurate. The built-in shade works well, except when the light source shines directly into the front element, in which case nothing can help a super-wide lens like this. By the way, if you mount the 14mm on a digital SLR with an APS-size sensor, this lens will yield a still-respectable 21mm focal length. Being rectilinear really helps when photographing interiors, because the walls, floors and ceilings remain straight. Any distortion is caused by perspective distortion, not holding the camera level. Obviously, when the camera is tilted up or down, you will see perspective distortion. That can't be helped, except in post-processing using PhotoShop or some other imaging tool. Filters can't be used on the front and I've never been able to mount them on the rear, so forget it. Also, the front element is one big piece of curved glass, so you have to be very careful when the front lens cap is removed. Bottom line: if you need a 14mm lens on a regular basis and money is no object, buy the Nikon glass; otherwise get this one, if you can find it for about half the price of the Nikon version.