Lens Opinion for Landscape Photography: Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for...

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

I usually use a 16-35 f/2.8 for landscape. Far more versatile and lighter than carrying multiple primes and for all intents and purposes, just as sharp.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

PixelStan77 wrote:

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

No need for fast lens for landscape...you want high f-stop for DOF.

Need to state FX or DX and preferred subjects for helpful answers. I use 16-35 on FX and 10-24 on DX.

Rickyb

Depends on how far you are from your car and what you have for lenses. A good wide to mid is good. I use 24-105. Other lenses are great to have, but you must be young and have a good back. Treking long ways is your decision.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

For 24 x 36 format and larger, 50mm and up - period!

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

PixelStan77 wrote:

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

I like a 35mm on my FX camera for landscapes/seascapes. I don't care for the barrel distortion that goes along with wide angle lenses, and the wider you get, the more pronounced the barrel distortion. In my opinion a 50mm on FX is not a bad choice either.

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

50 mm is considered as a wide angle on a non crop sensor. I use my 18 - 55 kit lens! on my crop sensor cameras..ocasionally the 70 end of the 70 - 300.

You need sharpness at times, but by far the most popular shots have that dreamy blur in water and clouds. For that you need a higher F for longer...But it is a trade off if you are 'out' early or 'late' in the day.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

IDguy wrote:

No need for fast lens for landscape...you want high f-stop for DOF.

Need to state FX or DX and preferred subjects for helpful answers. I use 16-35 on FX and 10-24 on DX.

FX

repleo Loc: Boston

G Brown wrote:

50 mm is considered as a wide angle on a non crop sensor. I use my 18 - 55 kit lens! on my crop sensor cameras..ocasionally the 70 end of the 70 - 300.

You need sharpness at times, but by far the most popular shots have that dreamy blur in water and clouds. For that you need a higher F for longer...But it is a trade off if you are 'out' early or 'late' in the day.

What is a 'non crop sensor'? Is that a typo? Non crop could be anything from a p&s to to a medium format. 50mm is a 'normal on a FF camera.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

PixelStan77 wrote:

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

Stan, I agree with most of the above. Get a good zoom in the range you’ll need. Once stopped down a few stops all good zooms are extremely sharp and the added versatility will more than mitigate any sharpness advantage you might have had by being able to keep the frame filled with the scene you want and not waste IQ by wasting pixels upon cropping.
I often bracket a scene by zooming and pick the best framing later. Good luck
SS

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

PixelStan77 wrote:

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

Longer is better. My go to is 45mm or 85mm, and I've used up to 200mm. The key is to get comfortable with stitching panos. No extension distortion, no volume deformation, less barrel distortion, usually more even illumination across the image field, etc. If you need wider and/or taller field of view, you just take mote shots. If you need more depth of field, you can shoot a focus stack. A focus stacked pano has more detail (pixels) and better image quality. It's a little more work, but totally worth it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene_lugo/albums/72157687713807602

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

PixelStan77 wrote:

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

For single exposure work on full frame digital, and for accentuating near/far relationships, I prefer a very SHARP wide lens ( into the corners) the length of the short side of the format - 24mm in the case of full frame. For multi-exposure/stitched work, I like a lens equal the long side of the format (35mm) used in the portrait (vertical) orientation.

The Sigma 24-35mm f2 fills the bill to be able to do both of the above - but I think the Sigma 24 f1.4 is sharper......

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Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Stan asked specifically about two specific Prime lenses and received 10 replies, 9 of which didn't mention the lenses he asked about and 5 of those replies suggested zoom lenses. How does those responses help Stan decide between the two prime lenses he asked about?

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

PixelStan77 wrote:

Considering buying a Prime Lens for Landscape Photography. Considering a 35MM F2 and a 25MM F2.8. Which in your opinion is the BEST for Landscape Photography and why?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Stan

If you are going for a versatile prime, then a Sigma 24 mm f/1.4 ART

dandi Loc: near Seattle, WA

Gene51 wrote:

Longer is better. My go to is 45mm or 85mm, and I'... (show quote)

Very beautiful images !