Lens for landscape: What would be your suggestions for lenses for landscape photography. I'm in budget so I can't afford the top of the line lenses. Thank you.

augieg27 Loc: Central California

What would be your suggestions for lenses for landscape photography.
I'm in budget so I can't afford the top of the line lenses.
Thank you.

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

augieg27 wrote:

What would be your suggestions for lenses for landscape photography.
I'm in budget so I can't afford the top of the line lenses.
Thank you.

A 24-105 or similar size works well. And since your on a budget, I would suggest the used departments on either B&H photo or Adorama online sales.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

It depends......
on how much and what you want to include in a shot.

I use an 18-200 Sigma (APS-C) and crop in-camera if I desire.
(But that's just me.)

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

augieg27 wrote:

What would be your suggestions for lenses for landscape photography.
I'm in budget so I can't afford the top of the line lenses.
Thank you.

What camera do you use? Full frame or APS-C?
You will get a lot of suggestions of wide and ultra wide lenses and a lot of those will be zooms.
My personal preference is not wider than 35mm and most of my landscapes have been at 35mm and 50mm with some at 85mm.
I suggest a good prime lens either 24mm or 35mm on an APS-C sensor and 35mm or 50 mm on a full frame sensor. No need to get anything faster than f/1.8.

augieg27 Loc: Central California

Mac wrote:

What camera do you use? Full frame or APS-C?
You will get a lot of suggestions of wide and ultra wide lenses and a lot of those will be zooms.
My personal preference is not wider than 35mm and most of my landscapes have been at 35mm and 50mm with some at 85mm.
I suggest a good prime lens either 24mm or 35mm on an APS-C sensor and 35mm or 50 mm on a full frame sensor. No need to get anything faster than f/1.8.

I use a Nikon D5500. I should have mentioned in my original post. Thank you

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Mac wrote:

What camera do you use? Full frame or APS-C?
You will get a lot of suggestions of wide and ultra wide lenses and a lot of those will be zooms.
My personal preference is not wider than 35mm and most of my landscapes have been at 35mm and 50mm with some at 85mm.
I suggest a good prime lens either 24mm or 35mm on an APS-C sensor and 35mm or 50 mm on a full frame sensor. No need to get anything faster than f/1.8.

I agree with Mac - lens recommendations are not useful unless the recommender specifies the crop body. If you have, say, a Nikon with a crop factor of 1.5, then a 10 to 20 zoom is effectively a 15 to 30 zoom.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Boy! That is a question with many different answers. There are already 3 answers with different recommendations and I'm going to add another.
Personally I mostly use a 50mm or an 85mm (full frame). If they won't capture enough width, then multiple shots and stitching comes into play. I don't care for the distortion you will get from ultra wide angle lenses and resort to the above.

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

On my crop sensor cameras I use the 18 - 55 almost exclusively. Advice is to use the 2nd lowest ISO setting (so get a tripod). Rarely can you hand hold for landscape. Too high ISO and noise makes it look out of focus....Soft....Many landscapes are made using long exposures with a one stop or two stop neutral density filter. A CP filter can also be a good thing to have with you.
have fun

francwoods

I use the NIKKOR 10-20mm 1:4.5-5.6G. It came as a bundle with a macro (Micro NiKKOR 40mm 1:2.8G) from both Nikon and B&H. So far very happy with the 10-20 and using Affinity Photo it has built in lens correction for the little distortion that shows up. Review at:
https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/10-20mm.htm

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

I'll go out on a limb and guess that you have an "18- something" lens that you are currently using. Are there no focal lengths that are suitable? If there are, make a note of what you commonly use and perhaps pursue a prime in that neighborhood. I don't know if the average photographer could tell much, if any difference in quality between a so called kit and prime lens.

toxdoc42

Sometimes, if you manage to control it well, distortion can be wonderful, you just need to be careful with vertical objects, as in tress, which may be close to the camera!

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

augieg27 wrote:

What would be your suggestions for lenses for landscape photography.
I'm in budget so I can't afford the top of the line lenses.
Thank you.

50mm, of course. If you need a wider field of view, use a larger format or panorama stitching.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

RWR wrote:

50mm, of course. If you need a wider field of view, use a larger format or panorama stitching.

Why at 50?
Larger format, like 2-1/4?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Rich1939 wrote:

Boy! That is a question with many different answers. There are already 3 answers with different recommendations ....
...
...

That's because everyone has their own way of taking scenics (landscapes), as well as portraits, macros, favorite lens, favorite camera, favorite editor, ....... (Notice I didn't say best.)
Which naturally, they will recommend that everyone else do the same.

The best (for somebody) is the one that meets their needs and requirements.

jcboy3

augieg27 wrote:

What would be your suggestions for lenses for landscape photography.
I'm in budget so I can't afford the top of the line lenses.
Thank you.

You can take a landscape photo with any lens. Any lens.