Wide angle lens help (Page 2): Thanks, Gene. Appreciate the info.

Winslowe

Gene51 wrote:

Photoshop and Lightroom - merge to panorama. Either will result in a dng file if you start with raw, or tiff/psd/jpeg if you start with bitmapped files. PT/GUI will always result in a bit mapped file, but you have your choice of 8 or 16 bit.

Thanks, Gene. Appreciate the info.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

all landscapes don't have to be shot with wide angle lenses. try shooting landscapes with what you now have. a lot of them, then you can see if you need a wider lens.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

soxfan941 wrote:

Planning a trip out west, and would like to shoot some landscapes. For example: Zion National Park, Grand Canyon. I'm thinking my Nikon
24-120mm will not get what I'm looking for. I've been reading about the Nikon 18-35mm G series lens, also have an interest in the Sigma
18-35mm F4, maybe the Sigma 8-16mm. What do you guys think? What recommendations would you offer?

I do have both a APS-C and full frame cameras.

For you cropped sensor camera there is the very sharp Nikon 10-24 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/619515-REG/Nikon_2181_10_24mm_f_3_5_4_5G_ED_AF_S.html?sts=pi or the new and less expensive 10-20 f4.5 and it is getting good reviews https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1341603-REG/nikon_20067_af_p_dx_nikkor_10_20mm.html?sts=pi.

For your full frame my favorite wide is the 16-35 F4, I get beautiful 20X30 prints, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/675838-USA/Nikon_2182_AF_S_Nikkor_16_35mm_f_4G.html?sts=pi

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

I have both the Nikon 18-35mm lens and the Nikon 14-24mm lens, the advantage of the 18-35mm lens is you can put circular screw in polarize filters while the 14-24mm lens I have to use Lee filer adapter and Lee filters. Unfortunately I can't find a photo on this computer taken with the 18-35mm but include on taken with the 14-24mm.

soxfan941 wrote:

Planning a trip out west, and would like to shoot some landscapes. For example: Zion National Park, Grand Canyon. I'm thinking my Nikon
24-120mm will not get what I'm looking for. I've been reading about the Nikon 18-35mm G series lens, also have an interest in the Sigma
18-35mm F4, maybe the Sigma 8-16mm. What do you guys think? What recommendations would you offer?

I do have both a APS-C and full frame cameras.

Taken with the 14-24mm lens
Taken with the 14-24mm lens...

(Download)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

soxfan941 wrote:

Planning a trip out west, and would like to shoot some landscapes. For example: Zion National Park, Grand Canyon. I'm thinking my Nikon
24-120mm will not get what I'm looking for. I've been reading about the Nikon 18-35mm G series lens, also have an interest in the Sigma
18-35mm F4, maybe the Sigma 8-16mm. What do you guys think? What recommendations would you offer?

I do have both a APS-C and full frame cameras.

I used a Tokina 16-28mm on my D7100. Nice lens.

cthahn

What are you looking for? You want to buy a lens just for going on a trip. Learn to use just what you have.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

For a full frame camera 24mm is all the wide angle that many photographers will ever need while others use extreme wide angles more often. With a cropped sensor 18mm is usually all those photographers need.
There are so many extreme wide angles available that picking one is a very subjective matter. I use successfully my Nikon 12-24 f4 AF-S with both type of cameras, FX and DX. With DX I can use it from 16-24mm without vignetting and for my photographic style that is all I need.
Just remember, whatever your choice is that a wide angle does not work better to encompass everything in sight. While wide angles make nearby subjects appear large the background recedes and objects appear smaller and further back than they actually are so getting close to the subject is the primary consideration for spectacular and dramatic views.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

I use my 20mm glass on my full frame quite often. I would never travel without it. My 20-40 and 24-135 glass cover everything.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

soxfan941 wrote:

Planning a trip out west, and would like to shoot some landscapes. For example: Zion National Park, Grand Canyon. I'm thinking my Nikon
24-120mm will not get what I'm looking for. I've been reading about the Nikon 18-35mm G series lens, also have an interest in the Sigma
18-35mm F4, maybe the Sigma 8-16mm. What do you guys think? What recommendations would you offer?

I do have both a APS-C and full frame cameras.

Use the FF camera and see if you can get a lens that is around 16mm for a good wide angle view.

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

soxfan941 wrote:

Planning a trip out west, and would like to shoot some landscapes. For example: Zion National Park, Grand Canyon. I'm thinking my Nikon
24-120mm will not get what I'm looking for. I've been reading about the Nikon 18-35mm G series lens, also have an interest in the Sigma
18-35mm F4, maybe the Sigma 8-16mm. What do you guys think? What recommendations would you offer?

I do have both a APS-C and full frame cameras.

The widest lens I have is the 24-70mm f/2.8. It does a beautiful job with landscapes. In fact, some I took this spring were all at 70mm. Could have gotten more by shooting wider, but it just so happened that 70mm suited me for the composition. So the 24-120mm, ought to work for just about everything. There are good lenses that go a bit wider, such as the 14-24mm f/2.8 or the 16-80 f/2.8, but if you experiment with what you have, you will probably find it will capture the grand scenery just fine.

I did some cropping of foreground and sky to get the look I wanted.

Have a great time on your trip!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Winslowe wrote:

Thanks, Gene. Appreciate the info.

Ah, I forgot that you can use more than one method in Photoshop. The fastest and usually the one that provides the best results is where you merge them in Adobe Camera Raw. Another is where you identify the files (raw or bitmap) that you want to merge, load them as layers using Files>Scripts>Load Into Stack, then use the Edit>Auto-Blend Layers command to merge them into a pano. Or you can use File>Automate>Photomerge and identify the files you want to merge in the Browse option. The first option, in ACR or Lightroom, will build a preview of each of three projections(Cylindrical, Spherical, Perspective), and allow you to auto crop and deform the edges to fill in the voids along the borders. When you use Photoshop and NOT ACR, you must generate the merged image to see how it looks, making it potentially more time consuming.

soxfan941 Loc: Lakewood Ranch, FL

Bruce, Great lobster photo

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Thank you, that is what I thought when I saw the seine.

soxfan941 wrote:

Bruce, Great lobster photo

ecurb1105

Your 24-120 will be fine on full frame. For half frame, try a Tokina 11-16mm.

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

I have an 8mm Super WA and I must say that all my "keepers" have been taken with a narrower angle lens, either 24-120 or 16-35. The novelty of the super WA really only works for a few scenes.