Take The Wide View

Want a quality landscape lens? We compare eight top wide-angle primes

Like optical shoehorns, wide-angle lenses help you to squeeze more into the frame. When you’re shooting a landscape they enable you to capture huge, sweeping vistas, and exaggerate the perspective between the foreground and background for creative effect. And they’re not just for the great outdoors, either – when you’re photographing interiors of buildings and have your back literally against the wall, a wide-angle lens enables you to pack everything in – including, if needed, the kitchen sink. For this group test we’re looking at two Nikon lenses and six Nikon-compatible optics from other manufacturers, and these non-Nikon lenses are also available for other makes of DSLR, so whichever brand you shoot with we’ve got a lens for you here.