The Best Lens For Landscape Photography For A Nikon D5200 Camera!

Today is the turn of the best lens for landscape photography for a Nikon d5200 camera. We have seen a fair few photographers reaching out for advice on what wide angle lens they can pick up for their d5200 to help improve their landscape photography so decided to publish this post.

Our hope is that we will be able to help any of our own readers who own a d5200 and are looking to pick up a great little landscape lens. We have chosen two lenses that we feel will be perfect for your d5200 and are both great for landscape photographers. Both lenses have some excellent performance, decent functionality, a great build quality, and are relatively budget friendly too.

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The Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC

In our opinion, the best lens for landscape photography with a Nikon d5200 camera is the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC (Click here to check for product prices and availability). It is one of our favorite lenses on the market right now due to its cheap price tag and excellent performance, functionality, and build quality. This has made it a hugely popular lens with a massive customer base that has earned itself a ton of reviews (click here to read some of them).

Without a doubt one of our faviourit landscape photographs that have been taken with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8. It does a great job of showing the level of image quality it is able to provide your Nikon d5200.
Without a doubt one of our favorite landscape photographs that have been taken with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8. It does a great job of showing the level of image quality it is able to provide your Nikon d5200.

As the lens is based around the 14mm focal length it allows you to easily capture some of the best landscape photographs without having to mess around with zoom levels helping to save you time and effort while out and about. As the images in the article taken with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 show, its image quality is also excellent providing some clear and sharp photographs.

An excellent nighttime landscape photograph captured using the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 showing how good its low light and nighttime performance is.
An excellent nighttime landscape photograph captured using the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 showing how good its low light and nighttime performance is.

The f/2.8 aperture of the lens allows it to capture some excellent low light wide angle photographs too as shown in the image above. This can be used to your advantage if you are planning on taking some nighttime landscape photographs showing the landscape in all its glory set against the night sky or milky way.

An excellent photo captured using a Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 that shows the epic vista potential of the lens.
An excellent photo captured using a Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 that shows the epic vista potential of the lens.

If you are wanting to pick up a cheap, high-quality, lens for your Nikon d5200 that will help to quickly improve your landscape photography performance then we would highly recommend that you check out the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC.

If you really are on a tight budget then you may want to consider picking up a used version of the lens (Click here to check for product prices and availability) as it can help reduce the price of the lens by a fair bit depending on the time of year.

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The video below offers an additional third-party, independent review for the Rokinon 14mm to offer our readers an independent opinion of the product. We would like to point out that Rokinon and Samyang are the same company just with different regional branding and that is why the lens in the video is marked as a Samyang lens.

The Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM ELD SLD

Another solid option for the title of the best lens for landscape photography for a Nikon d5200 camera is the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM ELD SLD (Click here to check for product prices and availability). As it is a zoom lens with a focal range that is suitable for landscape photography it has proven very popular within the community earning plenty of reviews (click here to read some of them).

Being a Sigma lens it should be no surprise that it offers a very sharp image quality that captures your landscapes in all of their beauty. The variable focal length of the lens offers an increased functionality that the Rokinon prime lens above simply can’t provide. Being able to tweak the zoom ever so slightly can help make or break your photograph but the increased functionality and performance also increases the price tag of the lens.

One of our favourite photographs captured using the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 showing the variable light potential of the lens and what kind of image quality it can give your Nikon d5200.
One of our favorite photographs captured using the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 showing the variable light potential of the lens and what kind of image quality it can give your Nikon d5200.

Although the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 does not perform as well as the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 covered above in low light conditions it can still hold its own against some of the other competing lenses on the market. The images captured using the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM ELD SLD above and below do a good job of showing its low light performance and what you can expect if you choose to pick it up.

Another great photo taken using the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 showing the image quality that it is able to provide over its epic range.
Another great photo that was taken using the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 showing the image quality that it is able to provide over its epic range.

If you have the higher budget available then the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 is definitely worth your consideration. It will provide your d5200 with an excellent image quality and help you capture some excellent landscape photographs.

Click Here To Read Independent Third Party Reviews Of This Product!

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The video below offers an additional third-party, independent review for the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 to offer our readers an independent opinion of the product.

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