@oye Why does the camera define not getting a lens? If you don't mind manual focus, you can find a lot of older Nikon lenses out there that will fit your camera...
Kim: I see you already have an 18mm capability on your superb Mar 5th photo. So I would say, the ultra wide you need vs want is based upon when and if you plan to upgrade your camera to a full frame model. Now that the C 5DM3 is out, the M2 may start dropping in price. If you went to a full frame camera like the 5DM2, then you would want "L" series EF lenses and your lens quest would start over. Best wishes in your decisions.
Don does have an excellent point, I believe the 10-22 is an ef-s lens and is not compatible with the full frame cameras. So depending on what your future holds you may want to take that into consideration.
I recommend a wide angle, but I have an Olympus which is a different lens system. What I can recommend is www.borrowlenses.com which allows you to rent the lens you are thinking about at a lower cost to make sure you really like it. So far I have rented three lenses and actually only bought one lens afterwards. With them being so expensive it helps to test them out ahead of time for a cost, but I have still saved loads of money.
@kimmiesue through them I ruled out getting a lensbaby and a teleconverter (need something better than a kit lens in the first place). Also not sure where you live but they do have pick up locations on the west coast.
I highly recommend the tokina 11-16 f2.8 - an interesting combo of a fast and wide lens. It's amazingly sharp and has a good build. Do a search on Flickr for other image samples.
If you want to go super-wide I can recommend the sigma 15mm diagonal fisheye (mine is nikon mount, but you can get canon mount). Any lens distortion easily corrected with lightroom or most other software. Read reviews for it here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/407592-USA/Sigma_476101_15mm_f_2_8_EX_DG.html
p.s. I chose sigma over nikon because the sigma had a closest focusing distance of 5 inches compared to nikon 10 inches. The difference in sharpness was negligible between them.
I got the canon 10-22mm lens just over a week ago and I loooooove it!
I've only skim read the other replies so I'm sorry if I repeat what anyone else has said.
I was attempting to choose betwen the canon and the sigma 10-20mm, the sigma is significantly cheaper and from everythign I've read is a very good lens too. My main deciding factor was that I was able to try out both lenses and I prefered the feel of the canon one and also the canon seems to produce a cooler tone to the photos which helps create amazingly vivid blue skies without adjusting in post-processing.
I also read (I can't remember where now sorry, did lots of research before choosing!) that the quality of the canon is equal to a L series lens but as it is from the EF-S range canon won't label it as such.
I've not had the chance to go anywhere with dramatic scenery this week but this is a photo from Saturday taken with it
@gark - hey! I've just been looking now at this lens and it's pretty cool isn't it! I love your pic too - awesome!! Thanks for your comments, really appreciate them!
@emmar84 - Thanks Emma!! This is a wonderful pic! Hmm, I have some research to do this w/e.... I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Thank you!
Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 is the one I use. it's on my camera probably 50% of the time! I was going to go with the 11-16mm Tokina, but thought that the 5mm range was a little restrictive for my taste, and also, I hardly shoot at f2.8 in landscapes :D
@shadesofgrey Thanks a lot, Shades of Grey! I'm a big fan of Ken Rockwell, and I knew what I was getting into when I bought the D40. Once I heard Nikon were releasing the D40X, I knew the price of the D40 would drop, and it did :) I will consider getting the old manual focus lenses or start saving up for a bigger camera body, as @joesabino has suggested.
@oye@joesabino and I have talked a bit in the past.....he knows his D90 way better than I know mine, but I am extremely happy with it. You were smart to get into the D40 the way you did. You would definitely be happy with the D90 if you like your D40.
@oye I'm still convinced my D40 took sharper photos. When using the fisheye with it, I'd usually keep the focus ring on infinity. Also, if you're trying to manually focus on the D40, you'll see a green light flash on in the viewfinder when you are in focus. I gave my D40 to my sister, and my niece picked one up when they were discontinued and the price dropped, just like you.
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Here one using the 10-22mm
And here's another one:
So sigma for me
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm
This one might make a little more sense, the way it is set up....but same info pretty much, just less pictures.
http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/slr-lens.html
I'm sure Amazon or Ebay or maybe even a local camera shop would have something that fits and is in your price range.
I've only skim read the other replies so I'm sorry if I repeat what anyone else has said.
I was attempting to choose betwen the canon and the sigma 10-20mm, the sigma is significantly cheaper and from everythign I've read is a very good lens too. My main deciding factor was that I was able to try out both lenses and I prefered the feel of the canon one and also the canon seems to produce a cooler tone to the photos which helps create amazingly vivid blue skies without adjusting in post-processing.
I also read (I can't remember where now sorry, did lots of research before choosing!) that the quality of the canon is equal to a L series lens but as it is from the EF-S range canon won't label it as such.
I've not had the chance to go anywhere with dramatic scenery this week but this is a photo from Saturday taken with it
These were all shot with the Sigma 10-20mm: