Landscape photography: Hello everyone, Being a newbie and interested in landscape, I have a question: Currently I have a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and Nikon 18-200mm. Would...

augieg27 Loc: Central California

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie and interested in landscape, I have a question:
Currently I have a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and Nikon 18-200mm.
Would they be enough to start with or should I get something else?
Thank you in advance.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

To start with, it'd be quite good. Once you have garnered some experience, you'll be able to assess better what the camera does do and more importantly what it doesn't do. Then you'll be able to, through experience, determine your next camera choice.
--Bob

augieg27 wrote:

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie and interested in landscape, I have a question:
Currently I have a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and Nikon 18-200mm.
Would they be enough to start with or should I get something else?
Thank you in advance.

MtnMan Loc: ID

You might consider the new Nikon AF-P 10-20 mm lens: $309. It just came out.

It will work with your D3300 but you might need to update the camera firmware if you want to be able to turn off VR.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/6953738760/nikon-announces-budget-friendly-af-p-10-20mm-f4-5-5-6g-vr-lens-for-dx-bodies

augieg27 Loc: Central California

Thank you for your suggestion. I'll take a look at it.

augieg27 Loc: Central California

Thanks. It makes good sense.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

For getting started, your current lenses will work just fine. As you gain experience and familiarity with your equipment you will want to look into other lenses and when you do consider renting before you buy. I would strongly suggest that you investigate "stitching" multiple images with the help of software. Your 50mm will work very well for this.

ggttc Loc: TN

rmalarz wrote:

To start with, it'd be quite good. Once you have garnered some experience, you'll be able to assess better what the camera does do and more importantly what it doesn't do. Then you'll be able to, through experience, determine your next camera choice.
--Bob

I agree...you've got a good start on gear. Your next step is to get out the door and start shooting...learn the camera and lenses. Exhaust all the possibilities of the stuff you have. By then you be able to make your own decisions.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

augieg27 wrote:

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie and interested in landscape, I have a question:
Currently I have a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and Nikon 18-200mm.
Would they be enough to start with or should I get something else?
Thank you in advance.

OK for now - but if you get more serious, you would want to look at something like the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 or Nikon 16-80.

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Those two lenses are a good start!!

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

If I were a wise guy I'd say, yeah, get a Canon 80D, but I'm not and what you have is an excellent starter set up.
I would seriously suggest you pick up a book or three on digital photography technique and one specifically about your camera. The book's will teach you all sorts of neat things and you will no doubt be taking excellent photos in no time.

repleo Loc: Boston

augieg27 wrote:

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie and interested in landscape, I have a question:
Currently I have a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and Nikon 18-200mm.
Would they be enough to start with or should I get something else?
Thank you in advance.

Sounds like a good start. Don't get lazy and rely too much on the zoom. Learn how to use the 50mm to control depth of field. Next steps might be a tripod, a circular polarizer filter, shoot RAW and learn how to do some basic adjustments in Lightroom.
Oh - and post your pics here often.

augieg27 Loc: Central California

Thank you Repleo.
I already have a tripod and learning how to use the circular polarizer. Actually I'm using the 50mm more often than the zoom after seeing the difference
I would like to start shooting Raw soon, but need to learn how to covert to JPEG for online purposes.

mrpentaxk5ii

The great thing about photographing landscapes is that you can use a lens from ultra wide to super telephoto depending on the subject, the distance you are from the subject and how much you want photographed.
photographing landscapes I find that I shoot between 12mm-50mm for most shots and at times up to 300mm. I will post a few photos, all take in a large area, the first was taken at 38mm, the second at 21mm and the last photo taken at 12mm, this photo was a large cove on the coast of southern Maine along the road in front of the rocks. to photograph landscapes you will be shooting at pre sunrise to sunset so you should invest in a good tripod if you don't have one. These photos were taken with Pentax DSLR'S the last two photos I used a Benro travel angle tripod.

augieg27 Loc: Central California

MtnMan wrote:

You might consider the new Nikon AF-P 10-20 mm lens: $309. It just came out.

It will work with your D3300 but you might need to update the camera firmware if you want to be able to turn off VR.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/6953738760/nikon-announces-budget-friendly-af-p-10-20mm-f4-5-5-6g-vr-lens-for-dx-bodies

MtnMan, how do I update the camera firmware?

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

augieg27 wrote:

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie and interested in landscape, I have a question:
Currently I have a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and Nikon 18-200mm.
Would they be enough to start with or should I get something else?
Thank you in advance.

You've got what you need for now. An ultra wide lens is very specialized and provides a particular viewpoint - an extended perspective - that you may or may not like. When you are ready, you can get Lightroom/Photoshop and learn how to merge several images into one panoramic image.

This covers the pano concept in general terms:

https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/video/choosing-wide-angle-or-panoramic-009784/

And this is a how to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_836471231&feature=iv&src_vid=13kLcqkWhwA&v=SH6s1A1dme0

And this shows the process with an earlier version of Lightroom and Photoshop, which had a few more steps but I included so you can see the comparison between an ultrawide lens shot vs using a longer lens and taking a series of overlapping images and stitching into a panorama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiVdun6d90Q

This way, you can get some oustanding results without the inherent optical aberrations, extension distortion and volume deformation inherent to using a very wide lens.