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02/13/2008 09:43:52 AM · #1 |
So I've started and can't stop. I've only been using my 12-24 thinking that it would be best to just get as much in the picture as possible. Is there any advantage to going with another lens?
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02/13/2008 09:47:08 AM · #2 |
I woudl like to know as well, as I am limited to 3 lens
18-55mm kit lens
50mm
70-300mm
I can't wait to hear what people have to say. |
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02/13/2008 09:59:11 AM · #3 |
I borrowed the "Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon" and liked it so much that I'm planning to get one soon.
It suits my angles and subject interests/renditions in photography.
It seems to be useful in a variety of situations, Wide for landscapes, interior architecture, novolty distortions, and more.
I did my Bird Series of shots, I'll upload them tonight to my portfolio for examples. I think I ended up using the upper half of the zoom range more. You would think my 17-55 would have sufficed.
In that low overcast outdoor lighting, the results were very impressinve.
[ADDED]That photoshoot was an impromptu, bird feeding i came upon. The fast action didn't allow me to change lens to test out my other one 17-55mm 2.8, a faster lens.
Message edited by author 2008-02-13 10:03:34. |
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02/13/2008 10:19:19 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by heavyj:
So I've started and can't stop. I've only been using my 12-24 thinking that it would be best to just get as much in the picture as possible. Is there any advantage to going with another lens? |
Depends on what you mean by time lapse (very subjective, as witnessed by the SC in the challenge). If by most people's definition/interpretation you mean compositing multiple instances of a subject within the same framing (e.g.  MAK's winning Pirouette) then you probably want some width about it. TBH it has little to do with the lens and all to do with your perspective/what you're trying to create...but most likely you'll want width to be able to get in loads of action. Or rather, if you do it in reverse, I can't think of a time lapse shoot that you'd want length for! (perhaps to frame a landscape? or isolate features?)
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02/13/2008 10:23:45 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by bennettjamie:
I woudl like to know as well, as I am limited to 3 lens
18-55mm kit lens
50mm
70-300mm
I can't wait to hear what people have to say. |
get yourself a Canon EF-S 10-22mm. i love that lens. |
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02/13/2008 10:50:01 AM · #6 |
I meant time-lapse video by putting together 100's of frames of pictures.
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02/13/2008 10:52:27 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by heavyj:
I meant time-lapse video by putting together 100's of frames of pictures. |
It's not dependent on the lens but on what you're trying to portray. |
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02/13/2008 10:58:08 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by heavyj:
I meant time-lapse video by putting together 100's of frames of pictures. |
It's not dependent on the lens but on what you're trying to portray. |
I agree. Just pick the lens you would use for a single picture of the scene you're shooting.
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02/13/2008 11:55:21 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by heavyj:
I meant time-lapse video by putting together 100's of frames of pictures. |
It's not dependent on the lens but on what you're trying to portray. |
OK
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