Which lens for my D70s (details inside)

after alot of research into dSLR cameras and what not ive decided upon a nikon D70s. Now i need to figure out which lens to get. Basicaly I'm looking to do alot of architectural and landscaping photography, so my first thought was i needed to look into a zoom lens so i can take paterns out the sides of buildings but also be able to capture the whole building with the same lens. So I began to look at lenses and came across the Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 XR di lens. Now my question is, am i making the right choice by getting this lens or should i possibly look into a different type of lens or a different zoom lens.

Remember the conversion is 1.5x, so that Tamron will not be very wide at all.

I use the Nikon 18-70 DX, it's an awesome lens that I wish was a little wider.

Specifically for digital (DX), Nikon also makes a 10 mm 2.8 and a 12-24, but not much zoom here, so maybe your best bet is the 18-70, and you could get a teleconverter to bump up the zoom when you need it.

The D70s is a great camera, good luck.

--Brian

A friend has the Tamron 28-75 and is very happy with it, but it's not wide at all. With architecture, you're probably going to want something very wide - like the 12-24, but it's fairly expensive. The 10.5 is a fisheye lens, but you can "straighten it out" with Nikon Capture.

If you are really serious about doing architectural, me thinks you will want a dedicated wide-angle zoom that does not have much distortion at the edges. Sorry, but it's just hard to get one lens to do it all.

I have the Nikor 18-70 and just love it. Parallel lines do diverge at the edges when I shoot wide, and correcting in software is difficult when it comes to trying to make distorted lines look straight.

BR,
Tim