Colorado has a lot of dark skies and it makes it the perfect place to give low light, night or milky way photography a shot.
So, if the photographer in your life is interested in getting a shot of the galactic core, light trails downtown or more here are some of our picks for go to wide angle lenses zoom and prime that can get the job done!
Full Frame Wide Angle Zooms
Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III For Sony E Mount
- Also a great option for APSC (crop sensor Sony bodies)
- Fixed aperture of 2.8 throughout the zoom range.
- Minimal barrel movement between 17mm and 28mm
- Weather resistant.
Photo by Philip Ruopp: 17mm F/4, 15 sec, ISO 160 
Photo by Philip Ruopp: 17mm F/3.2, 1/500th, ISO 100
Tamron 17-35mm F/2.8-4 for Nikon or Canon –
- Also a great option for APSC (Crop sensor Nikon Canon bodies)
- Fast F/2.8 aperture at its widest. Still a good amount of light coming in at 35mm.
- Lightweight, compact and a moisture-resistant construction
Photo by Glynn Lavender – 17mm F/4, 1/1000sec, ISO 200 
Photo by Glynn Lavender – 18mm F/8, 1/400sec, ISO 100 
Photo by Glynn Lavender – 23mm F/4, 8 sec, ISO 100
Full Frame Prime
Tamron 20mm F/2.8 DI III OSD M1:2
- MACRO abilities
- 67mm filter makes for more affordable filter options.
- Good weather-sealing
- Fast and sharp at aperture of F/2.8
- Super Compact, 220g in weight
Photo By Mitch Miller 
APS-C Prime Lens
- Fast aperture of f/1.4
- Compact
- 24mm focal length (35mm equivalent)
- Brass bayonet mount
- Dust- and splash-proof construction mount
Photo by Wataru Nakamura – 16mm f/1.4, 1/60th, ISO 200 
Photo by Wataru Nakamura – 16mm f/1.4, 1/10s, ISO 100
Wide Angle APS-C lenses
- Wide, Fast, Sharp
- SUPER WIDE
- Amazing Astro lens
- Affordable
- Water-repellent coating
- Great for Videography
- Impressively sharp at f/1.8
- Great for video production
- Fast constant aperture zoom lens
- Internal focusing and zooming
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