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marc-104 ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 06 June 2009 Country: Belgium Location: Brussels Status: Offline Posts: 101 |
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I would say the CZ 16-35 as the most versatile landscape and architecture lens of high quality
I have also the 10-20 but more for special effect |
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almassengale ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 26 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 1944 |
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My 16-80 is my most used lens for landscape but this really is situational. In some cases my 11-18 is more useful and in some cases I need to go much longer for landscapes in order to isolate elements. I tend to shoot mostly in the mountains and below 16 I find that the mountains often get flattened.
Here is an example of a landscape with the 70-300G set to 210mm. ![]() Edited by almassengale - 16 July 2009 at 20:40 |
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petr08 ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 05 March 2010 Location: Czech Republic Status: Offline Posts: 1 |
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fantastic photo
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ariksm ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 22 November 2011 Country: Cambodia Location: Phnom Penh Status: Offline Posts: 4 |
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Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 the best lens for wide angle...
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My December ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 10 January 2011 Country: Malaysia Status: Offline Posts: 99 |
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I use my Tokina 11-16mm for landscapes (mainly because its the only ultra wide I currently have. Well.. I have the 16-35mm ZA, but my camera body is an APSC). But I seldom get to use the widest angle (11m) because the adapter & holder for my square filters (Cokin) prevent me to be able to go the widest, causing heavy vignette.
The 16-35mm ZA would be my to go to lens for landscapes once I got a FF body. I might sell this Tokina. |
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borjomi ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 28 May 2008 Country: Russian Federation Location: Moscow Status: Offline Posts: 67 |
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My favorite (most used) are ~26 and ~40 mm (on FF).
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alphableed ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 21 January 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 90 |
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Agreed. 40mm is fantastic, although not the easiest to use. It's a very composition dependent focal length, but unbeatable when done right. |
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Milko ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 24 March 2012 Country: Australia Location: downunder Status: Offline Posts: 19 |
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40mm does give that very "natural" look doesn't it? i use it in rangefinders a lot. I wish there was a compact prime equivalent in the Min/Sonys.
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alphableed ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 21 January 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 90 |
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You can do what I did. I bought the Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SLII in Nikon mount and then purchased a chipped Leitax mount adapter to convert the lens to A-mount. The Voigtlander 40mm is a wonderful little lens, so long as you don't mind manual focus. |
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samyboy ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 May 2009 Country: United Kingdom Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 405 |
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My 24mm CZ f2 at 36mm in APSC and my Minolta 35mm f2 at 52mm are really good for landscapes. No distorion and no flattened mountains.
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SVM. Chicago.
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Milko ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 24 March 2012 Country: Australia Location: downunder Status: Offline Posts: 19 |
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thank you for the reminder! I have the CV Ultron in AIS and it is great on the NEx 5n with adaptor. But a Leitax AF to MAF and a NEX to MAF would allow me to use it on DSLR and Nex...just not easilt on the original FM3A.. hmmn some thinking to do.
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skm.sa100 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 08 January 2009 Country: United States Location: Charlotte, NC Status: Offline Posts: 4605 |
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I hate to sound like one of those opinionated people with a contrarian view but most of my landscapes are composed with long zooms, typically my beercan.
On the very wide end, composition is difficult and I end up with pictures with vast open spaces and the pics look flat. A very large foreground interest, such as a boulder, looks "artificial" to me and the exaggerated perspective is not quite to my taste. |
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boyanphotography ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 31 October 2009 Country: United Kingdom Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 487 |
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With seascapes I must note I do prefer the wider focal lengths, e.g. 16 to 21mm on FF.
This however all depends on your style; ultrawide shooters tend to focus more on the sky, preferably a stormy one. Or maybe this is just me. Boyan |
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Silver ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 03 September 2006 Country: Sweden Location: Sweden Status: Offline Posts: 1435 |
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Recently got a Sony 11-18 and for indoor use at a new Cinema it was well needed to get as much as possible in the picture :) Not exactly landscapes but still very useful :) |
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Alpha77, 11-18mm, 16-50mm f2.8, 100mm f2.8 macro, HVL-F58AM.
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