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Nikon 12-24mm Tokina 12-24mm Sigma 10-20mm Tamron 11-18mm

Nikon 12 - 24 mm f/4, Tokina 12 - 24 mm f/4, Sigma 10 - 20 mm f/4 - 5.6 and Tamron 11 - 18 mm f/4.5 - 5.6.
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These lenses see an angle so wide that they can see their own shadow cast by the built in flash. This can take the form of a dark semi-circle at the bottom of the image.

They all work fine with an SB-600 or SB-800.

These are the widest settings you can use with the built-in without any shadowing with an ordinary 6.45mm thick (excluding male threads) Tiffen Haze-1 filter and no hood. Without the filter you can go a hair wider. With the hood you're out of luck at any focal length and would need to use an external flash instead.

The Sigma and Tamron are better because they are shorter.

Widest Unshadowed Setting on D200 with Built-in Flash

Nikon
Tokina
Sigma
Tamron
10 feet
17 mm
17 mm
15 mm
15 mm
4 feet
19 mm
18 mm
15 mm
17 mm
2.5 feet
20 mm*
19 mm
17 mm
17 mm*

* Oddly there's still a slight black bar flat across the bottom that doesn't change as you zoom in.

Widest Unshadowed Setting on D70 with Built-in Flash

The D70's flash pops up less far, so there can be more of a problem.

Nikon
Tokina
Sigma
Tamron
10 feet
20 mm
20 mm
19 mm
18 mm*
4 feet
23 mm
24 mm
20 mm *
18 mm **
2.5 feet
24 mm*
24 mm
20 mm *
18 mm **

* Still some minor shadowing

** Still some shadowing

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