Which lens on which camera? (Page 2): My favorite landscape lenses for my full frame camera include my Nikon 16-35 f4 and my 24-120 f4. If I could only take one I would take the 24-120...

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

denverdave wrote:

I have a dilemma. There's no absolute right answer so let's agree to skip that answer. I'm heading to a beautiful place with landscapes and nature. I have (defined by quality) an A camera and a B camera. I have a extreme wide angle and a zoom with a big focal length range. Which lens would you place on which camera? High winds and lots of hiking so switching back and forth isn't a good idea. Thank you.

My favorite landscape lenses for my full frame camera include my Nikon 16-35 f4 and my 24-120 f4. If I could only take one I would take the 24-120 f4 with a (Circular Polarizer) Multicoated filter.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.

ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA

jerryc41 wrote:

You have to buy another lens. Extreme wide angle and a big tele are what I bought after using moderate lenses for a while. I find that my 28-300mm on a D750 works fine in almost all situations. For travel, I take a compact camera.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

denverdave wrote:

I have a dilemma. There's no absolute right answer so let's agree to skip that answer. I'm heading to a beautiful place with landscapes and nature. I have (defined by quality) an A camera and a B camera. I have a extreme wide angle and a zoom with a big focal length range. Which lens would you place on which camera? High winds and lots of hiking so switching back and forth isn't a good idea. Thank you.

Decide what is most important to photograph, pick the lens for that, put it on the best camera! That's my opinion!

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

bobmcculloch wrote:

Decide what is most important to photograph, pick the lens for that, put it on the best camera! That's my opinion!

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

I got it! Easy.
But need some additional info.
Who's on first? Why, you say? No, Why's in Left Field. What?!, you say? Come on now, What's on 2nd. Ok, maybe I'll
get back to you tomorrow on this. Opps, Tomorrow's pitching!
You know what (on 2nd); let's finish this, as I don't give a damn! Shortstop!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

denverdave wrote:

I have a dilemma. There's no absolute right answer so let's agree to skip that answer. I'm heading to a beautiful place with landscapes and nature. I have (defined by quality) an A camera and a B camera. I have a extreme wide angle and a zoom with a big focal length range. Which lens would you place on which camera? High winds and lots of hiking so switching back and forth isn't a good idea. Thank you.

I can tell you which camera not to consider. 16x20" View Camera.

zug55 Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas

It looks like you will be taking mostly landscape and nature shots. At what focal range do you like these shots? I am not a fan of "extreme wide angle" lenses (whatever that means), and I think that their use can lead to great images but ultimately is limiting. So my preference would be the zoom for greater versatility. I think that hiking precludes the carrying of two camera bodies. In situations like these, I carry my Sony 24-105mm f/4 (full-frame).

Flickwet Loc: NEOhio

My field kit for landscapes consist of a D700 w/ Zeiss 25mm f2.8 and a Zeiss 28-85 mounted with an adapter on an old em-1 which provides a 56-170 “normal-tele” option.
I also carry a D7100 w/ 24-120 which has a polarizer on it, the 24-120 is a rare JAPAN! Made version of the second generation lens w/VR.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

lmTrying wrote:

I have, on this forum, tried to ask questions in as few words as possible using generalities....
...
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As a test of minimum words required to get a thought across or on purpose?
Saving keystrokes for another application or so you don't wear out they keys?
Wanting to see how far off-base people go?

Usually using more words increases the ability of each party involved to understand what is being intended to communicate.

Filter?

DesRose Loc: Phoenix, Arizona

camerapapi wrote:

As suggested, why not using both lenses on camera A.

Because of weather and other conditions he does not want to be switching lenses/using one camera and therefore taking 2 of them in his hypothetical question. I suggest the wide to ultra-wide fixed zoom lens on Camera A and Zoom lens on Camera B. Fixed lenses typically take sharper photos than zoom lenses and can benefit from using higher quality camera (which I am assuming most likely includes more MP) to capture the data vs the zoom lens which will do fine on Camera B.

DesRose Loc: Phoenix, Arizona

billnikon wrote:

My favorite landscape lenses for my full frame camera include my Nikon 16-35 f4 and my 24-120 f4. If I could only take one I would take the 24-120 f4 with a (Circular Polarizer) Multicoated filter.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.

He's not asking which camera/lens combo to take if only taking one. He's asking if he takes both cameras...which lens do you put on which camera?

JFCoupe Loc: Kent, Washington

Given the very specific information, a very specific answer is called for.

Purchase a lens like the Tamron 18-400 and take one body. I don't care which one.

All written is the spirit of good humor....

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

DesRose wrote:

Because of weather and other conditions he does not want to be switching lenses/using one camera and therefore taking 2 of them in his hypothetical question. I suggest the wide to ultra-wide fixed zoom lens on Camera A and Zoom lens on Camera B. Fixed lenses typically take sharper photos than zoom lenses and can benefit from using higher quality camera (which I am assuming most likely includes more MP) to capture the data vs the zoom lens which will do fine on Camera B.

Hypothetically, what if there is a hurricane/earthquake/tidal wave - camera won't matter.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Put the quality lens on the quality camera and use that combination for those specific photographs you want to be photographs with quality. Use the other camera and lens for all other photos.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

CHG_CANON wrote:

I'm thinking of a number. I'll give you three guesses.

Just to help us out by narrowing down the correct answer is the number between 1 and 100,000?

Dennis