If you could buy one wide angle Nikon lens, which one would
I spent good 10 minutes just thinking if I should respond or not, nonetheless I will try to give my point of view. I have been a Nikon user since I bought the F801s in Tokyo in 1991. Later progressed to D70s which I lost during burglary at home, infact they took all my gear and left nothing for me. I have yet to replace my gear, (sadly none of it was insured) copyright ybarra-cgm
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Anyway, coming back to your question, the thing that I was concerned most about was the cost of ownership of the 24mm f1.8 as it has not been released yet so guess work may not work out. However if I were to choose between the two, even though it is hard to decide I would be slightly inclined towards the 14-24mm. The reason being that it does give you the fexibility in terms of reach and is only 1 stop slow compared to the fixed focal lenght one.
The fixed focal length lens would in opinion be a bit sharper in comparision since it will be a much simpler lens compare to the variable focal length. Again, the other thing going in its favour is that it is 1 stop faster lens and that can come in very handy in low light conditions or those late evening shots outdoors in fading light.
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The newer body that you anticipate getting would be under 20 MP or more like 14-18MP in the price bracket. For that resolution the 14-24 would still be a very good lens. Only if and when you go beyond 24MP than the things change a little in terms of resolution and if that was the case I may opt for the fixed lens knowing that it would have an edge on the variable focal length one.
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Anyway, I have put forward my 0.02 cents, the final decision is yours and yours alone.
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