Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:39 am
I`m not an expert in macro, so ask someone else, but I don't think, that any of wide angle lenses will do a good job in macro (but I may be wrong).
I don't know, what exactly djwixx means, telling that fisheye is just fisheye, and wideangle is just wideangle, but "fisheye" means, that on analog or full frame dSLR you will see very very wide, almost like fish do. In APS sensors you need shorter lenght to get the same angle of view (for nikon it is 10mm).
15mm on APS isn`t fisheye at all (in my opinion), but 10mm is wide enough to get impression of "fisheye". Of course 15mm prime will give you better image quality than any zoom, but optically you are the same on 15mm prime and 10-20 zoom set on 15mm. But if you are NOT doing with 1DMark, or 5D, or any analog, don`t go for 15mm prime, cause it`s not a fisheye for you. You need something like 10 or even 8mm. So 10-20 lens may be a nice solution for you. You can spend your money on 10mm prime of course, but it's nice to have some zome range shooting landscapes. With only 10mm you could be limited in some way IMHO. 8mm is really hardcore, but it may work good for you...
Regards
Maki