Need advice on best wide-angle lens
Dec 25, 2011 11:04:37 #
One good all around lens that takes me from wide angle to moderate tele is the 15 - 85mm Canon that is excellent for both nature and indoor parties. For more extreme WA, I'm pleased with the performance of my 10 - 24mm Tamron. Both are what I call moderately priced. Geo.K.
Dec 25, 2011 11:08:26 #
Dec 25, 2011 11:13:17 #
bohleber
Loc: southern Indiana
Moose,
Thanks so much for your expert advice. Since all my lenses are Canon and i am very happy with them, I will
probably get the Canon 10-22.
Thanks so much for your expert advice. Since all my lenses are Canon and i am very happy with them, I will
probably get the Canon 10-22.
Dec 25, 2011 11:17:36 #
Best wide angle zoom is the Canon 16-35 mm F2.8. It is great for shots close to a large building, for multiple faces indoors at close quarters, and for indoor shots of furniture, drapery, etc, where you have to shoot from very close to the subject.
Dec 25, 2011 11:59:50 #
pigpen wrote:
I have the T2i. Personally, I have learned the ha... (show quote)
You know, you have to always wonder, how happy would the Sigma, Tamron, Tokina shooters be if they'd only done a comparison and used a Canon or Nikon rather than just buying one of the others and saying, "I'm happy." I have had all those lens, as well as Minolta and have to come away saying that I will never purposely own and use anything but a lens from a major camera manufacturer any longer. I can't speak to the issue of others like Pentax, Sony, etc., but I have some suspicions about them with regard to Sigma, Tamron, Tokina.
Dec 25, 2011 12:00:49 #
Paw Paw Bill
Loc: d
There are two basic outdoor shots - Scenes and Landscapes.
Scenes can be shot with telephoto through wide lenses.
Landscapes are wide views of a larger area than scenes. To get this view with greater than wide focal lengths would require you to shoot from many miles from the subject. Generally the resulting photo is cropped to wider than normal perspective. It can even end up looking like a panaramic view.
I use the Nikon 14-24 f2.8. This lens has a very low distortion effect and is the best wide zoom that I could find for my use. A slight amount of geometric distortion correction to pinch the center and expand the ends will create a great balanced image.
Scenes can be shot with telephoto through wide lenses.
Landscapes are wide views of a larger area than scenes. To get this view with greater than wide focal lengths would require you to shoot from many miles from the subject. Generally the resulting photo is cropped to wider than normal perspective. It can even end up looking like a panaramic view.
I use the Nikon 14-24 f2.8. This lens has a very low distortion effect and is the best wide zoom that I could find for my use. A slight amount of geometric distortion correction to pinch the center and expand the ends will create a great balanced image.
Dec 25, 2011 12:14:09 #
You have been given great advice and several options. Gessman is right about some of the Sigma, Tamron lenses. However, as several people answering this thread (and several threads on this subject, you may want to search UHH for them) there are great lenses available from these manuafactures. When I want to get the widest angle I can, I use the Sigma 10-20 and about 12 is a great spot (as said before in this thread). Hope your Christmas is going well.
Dec 25, 2011 12:19:44 #
Have been using the Sigma 15mm for landscapes and wide angle shots. No distortion. Horizon is straight. This is one of my two favorite lenses. The other is the Sigma 18-200mm.
Dec 25, 2011 12:30:07 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
bohleber wrote:
I have 3 lenses, but no wide-angle. Since I love landscapes
I want a good wide-angle lens for my Canon EOS Rebel XSI.
Any suggestions?
Don
I want a good wide-angle lens for my Canon EOS Rebel XSI.
Any suggestions?
Don
sigma 10 20 I love this lens
Dec 25, 2011 12:30:59 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
Adirondack Hiker wrote:
I only do landscapes, and I just got the Sigma 10-20 mm. GREAT lens, at 12 mm set the aperature to f/13, the focus ring to just over 3 feet, and everything from my toes to the horizon is in focus. Its a must have for landscape.
My lens of choice too love this lens
Dec 25, 2011 12:41:53 #
Roger Hicks wrote:
Dear Don,
Are you sure you will get better landscapes with a wide-angle? If I use wide-angles, I tend to get a lot of foreground and a lot of sky, so I find longer lenses more successful.
Cheers,
R.
Are you sure you will get better landscapes with a wide-angle? If I use wide-angles, I tend to get a lot of foreground and a lot of sky, so I find longer lenses more successful.
Cheers,
R.
I agree with Roger. I find that maybe a good 85mm f 1.8 lens can record wonderful pics and if you really want to make a panoramic picture, put it on a tripod and make several to "stitch" together. Even try the vertical (portrait) view and stitch them.
Check out some of the work by the late great Galen Rowell.
Dec 25, 2011 13:29:21 #
I highly recommend the Tokina 11-16 mm lens (17- 26 mm equiavlent)for wide angle landscapes and architectural shots. It has a limited zoom range, but is very sharp and has little distortion.
Dec 25, 2011 13:39:05 #
As for the choice of wide versus normal or telephoto lenses for landscapes, it is a matter of subject, and your personal style, such as distant detail versus a wide context. Where a wide angle lens is most useful, is doing architectural shots, either interior or exterior.
I also agree that shooting wider than what you intend as the final composition gives you flexibility in composition as well as room to correct perspective if desired.
I also agree that shooting wider than what you intend as the final composition gives you flexibility in composition as well as room to correct perspective if desired.
Dec 25, 2011 13:44:48 #
Grumpy D Stevens wrote:
quote=Roger Hicks Dear Don, br br Are you sure y... (show quote)
So up at a landscape work shop with an 85 mm lends, and see what you get for comments. Everyone else will have a wide angle mounted on the camera body for a reason. You have no depth of field, even in stitching, which is a special art in itself, far to narrow a field of view to properly capture a scene. While there is a place for longer focal lengths in landscape work, it is not the lens of choice.
Dec 25, 2011 13:50:27 #
I have a Sigma 8-16 and a Tamron 11-18, and am happy with both of them. At first glance, it may appear that I'm into the "overkill" area by having these two lenses, but in this part of the world of optics a little difference can make a noticable difference.
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