Gene51 wrote:
Look into a 45mm PC-E and an 85mm PC-E. Wide and ultra wide lenses can't compare to longer lenses especially if you do stitched panoramas, which is a very common practice for many digital photographers who shoot landscape.
Here are some examples of panos taken with longer lenses:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene_lugo/albums/72157687713807602You don't need a wide angle lens and all the negatives associated with using a wide lens (keystoning, perspective extension distortion, volume deformation, having to crop out lots of sky and foreground, etc. You can pick your angle of view, and make it as wide or narrow as you like. Many of my mutli row panos exceed 150mp - or more than three times the resolution of your camera.
Or you can just follow what all the others do and use an ultrawide lens to "get it all in" which usually means lots of width and lots of sky and lots of foreground and lots of perspective correction and cropping - good thing you have 45 mp to work with.
Wide and ultra-wide lenses are specialized, suitable for just a few kinds of images, and ought to be used with discretion. Otherwise you will end up with stuff than looks like everyone else's wide angle shots. A good landscape should show things in proper perspective, and without the all-to-common effect of huge foreground elements and teeny tiny everything else. I have a 14-24, which is an excellent lens, but it really only gets used for about 5% of my images. And I do a lot of landscape.
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Gene 51:
Checked-out your photos ----
WONDERFUL SHOTS
Great Job !!!!
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
ken_stern wrote:
Gene 51:
Checked-out your photos ----
WONDERFUL SHOTS
Great Job !!!!
Thanks, Ken! Clearly you understand perspective and what constitutes a good landscape photo. I'd love to see some of your work.
Wonderful work! I agree with Ken. 🙂
Jamers wrote:
With the 16-35 you can add filters more easily, and the VR will be handy for slow shutter speeds.
I agree with jammers. I have the 14-24 f2.8 & love it & probably will get filters for it but , with that said if I had to do it again considering the filters I would probably purchase the Nikor/Nikon 16-35 f4. Either way you can't go wrong. Primes are always a good choice also. Nikon 24 or 28 mm. If you think you will do astro go for the wider lenses.
Thanks all. I’ve decided to go for the Sigma f/1.4 24mm prime.
I concur with those who have recommended the Nikon 16-35. I have a D810 and that is the lens I use probably 75% of the time. It’s sharp and it takes a 72mm filter which is the same as other lenses I own. F4 is certainly fast enough for landscape work. I’ve even used it for astronomical photography.
I like my tamron 17mm spII (an old manual focus lens) but I also like my 20-35 f2.8 AF. they are both very sharp. If I had the money for the 14-24, I would consider it, but would want to shoot it first. I would also consider nikon 16-35... there is no magic lens, just one that does what you want it to on your D850. When i got my 850, I was told that I would have to replace all of my glass as the D850 was so demanding... (salesman said that...) he was looking to sell glass. I shoot a lot of older high quality glass, and the D850 does very well with them. just decide what focal length you want and then rent/barrow/test a few lenses in that range and you will know what you want! I can tell you all day what is my favorite, but you may not like it for one reason or another... I know that a lot of people love the 18-200 nikon... I bought one and hated it, but everyone told me how great it was, so thinking that I got a bad copy, I bought a second one... I should have saved my money and bought a real lens... that is how our opinions can very and yours will as well. try some out!
kelly
nikonkelly wrote:
I like my tamron 17mm spII (an old manual focus lens) but I also like my 20-35 f2.8 AF. they are both very sharp. If I had the money for the 14-24, I would consider it, but would want to shoot it first. I would also consider nikon 16-35... there is no magic lens, just one that does what you want it to on your D850. When i got my 850, I was told that I would have to replace all of my glass as the D850 was so demanding... (salesman said that...) he was looking to sell glass. I shoot a lot of older high quality glass, and the D850 does very well with them. just decide what focal length you want and then rent/barrow/test a few lenses in that range and you will know what you want! I can tell you all day what is my favorite, but you may not like it for one reason or another... I know that a lot of people love the 18-200 nikon... I bought one and hated it, but everyone told me how great it was, so thinking that I got a bad copy, I bought a second one... I should have saved my money and bought a real lens... that is how our opinions can very and yours will as well. try some out!
kelly
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Thanks for taking the time to explain. I’ve now ordered a Sigma 24mm f/1.4mm.
Chris Hall wrote:
Thanks for taking the time to explain. I’ve now ordered a Sigma 24mm f/1.4mm.
Sigma has always been a good choice for a Third Party prime or zoom lens. Their lenses are even getting better as time passes.
Chris, I'd recommend a minimum of 28mm. I've used shorter lenses, but one has to be careful to keep the camera pointed horizontally with them. Even then, there can be slight issues. The two lenses I've used most of the time are a 28~85 and a 28~300. Although some have said that the latter is not that good a lens, I've gotten excellent results with it. That said, 35mm is not my first choice when doing landscapes. I prefer larger formats for that.
--Bob
Chris Hall wrote:
I have recently bought a Nikon D850. Please could I have recommendations for a good landscape lens. I’ve been looking on Amazon UK and other sites and there appear to be several options. Many thanks.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
Chris Hall wrote:
Wonderful work! I agree with Ken. 🙂
Thanks Chris! Hope you can save a few $$$ and use what you've got.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
Festus wrote:
Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8!
Great lens. But pretty awful for sweeping landscapes.
Chris Hall wrote:
I have recently bought a Nikon D850. Please could I have recommendations for a good landscape lens. I’ve been looking on Amazon UK and other sites and there appear to be several options. Many thanks.
I recommend the Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC. It is very sharp, highly rated by DxO Mark, can accept screw-on filters, and is reasonably priced. I have seldom needed to go wider than 18mm for landscapes and if I do I just take two photos to merge into a panorama in Lightroom. Most of my landscape photos are at around 24mm which is where this lens performs the best.
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