Wide Angle lens: I just purchased a Tamron wide Angle lens and I plan a car trip to Savannah for shoot experience. I am using a Canon 3i. Looking forward to receiving any Do's and...

Old man 72

I just purchased a Tamron wide Angle lens and I plan a car trip to Savannah for shoot experience. I am using a Canon 3i. Looking forward to receiving any Do's and Don't's. Old man 72

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

And we'll be looking forward to the results of your trip. Sounds like fun. You can get some very unusual shot with a wide angle. Only tip I can give is keep it level when there is a horizon involved. ;-)

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I love my Canon 10-18 mm, but it's a whole different world with a wide angle! You will be able to get very, very close and there will be some distortion at the edges. Do a Google image search for ultra-wide angle photos to see the possibilities.

Also, here are some previous UHH topics. I see there are some hints and tips in links and resources:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/search.jsp?q=wide+angle&u=&s=0

Old man 72

Photog8 wrote:

And we'll be looking forward to the results of your trip. Sounds like fun. You can get some very unusual shot with a wide angle. Only tip I can give is keep it level when there is a horizon involved. ;-)

Thank you.

Taken with my wide angle lens. Welcome comments.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Old man 72 wrote:

I just purchased a Tamron wide Angle lens and I plan a car trip to Savannah for shoot experience. I am using a Canon 3i. Looking forward to receiving any Do's and Don't's. Old man 72

Which lens?

Old man 72

I purchased Tamron SP AF 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di lol.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Here's an article about using ultrawides:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-use-ultra-wide-lenses.htm

As usual with Rockwell, you have to ignore some of what he states, but in general, I find that his articles and reviews have a lot of useful info.

Old man 72

Thank you and I see what you mean about the authors expressions.i will put myself in the pic.i like the depth of the pics. Old Man 72

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Old man 72 wrote:

I purchased Tamron SP AF 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di lol.

Decent lens!

The wide end of this is VERY wide, and the long end of this provides almost a normal perspective on your camera. When you use it indoors, you might want to sit or squat to square up walls, door frames, and other architectural elements (to avoid a distorted, or elongated look).

This lens will have LOTS of depth of field at 10mm, but depth of field decreases rapidly as you zoom out. So focus carefully at the long end.

Avoid thick filters to avoid vignetting. If you use a lens shade, it should be the one that comes with the lens.

Above all, USE the lens. Discover what it does, warts and all. It isn't a particularly good "people" lens, unless you're going for a humorous or insulting effect. But it has its place when photographing real estate, architecture, landscapes, or anything you want to elongate or exaggerate for effect.

jrf3253 Loc: Boston & Miami

Back in the day when I was a professional medical photographer, my favorite combination, particularly for indoors was a 24mm f2.4 lense and honeywell strobonar as a bounce flash off the ceiling.Product was typically a distortion free, well lit and had few shadows.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

No advice other than to just shoot lots and enjoy! I got the Canon 10-22mm last year and just love it. I can finally capture landscape scenes that I could never do justice to in the past.

A few with that lens:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-221396-1.html

RJNaylor Loc: Delmar, New York

I suggest also taking photos using a more normal lens of the same areas and ask yourself after what you like better and why. In my experience extreme wide angles can be easily overdone. (Unless you know why you're using it).

Old man 72

Thank you. I Ike your comment.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

LFingar wrote:

Here's an article about using ultrawides:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-use-ultra-wide-lenses.htm

As usual with Rockwell, you have to ignore some of what he states, but in general, I find that his articles and reviews have a lot of useful info.

:thumbup:

Good place to start. And while there may be some "do's and don't's" you should do both to get a feel for the lens. I mean actually try to take a shot with both good and bad composition so you can feel why one is good and one is bad. Play with it. Have fun!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jrf3253 wrote:

Back in the day when I was a professional medical photographer, my favorite combination, particularly for indoors was a 24mm f2.4 lense and honeywell strobonar as a bounce flash off the ceiling.Product was typically a distortion free, well lit and had few shadows.

Ah, the Strobonar. I still have a 65D. Can't get 510 volt batteries for it any longer, but it works on AC. At various times, I had a 700, a 770, and an 880. Every darned one of them underexposed slide film by exactly 1-2/3 f/stops, if you used the calculator on the back. I had a cheat sheet for the ISO setting... I.E.; Use 125 for 400...