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03/09/2010 01:19:41 PM · #1 |
I'm so excited... I finally broke down & bought myself a Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. I took it out of the box this weekend and tested it out a bit. After viewing my results, I realized that I could probably use some pointers.
This shot came out ok and how I expected it to look:
As did this one:
But then I realized I have a lot to learn:
Any suggestions? |
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03/09/2010 01:34:18 PM · #2 |
| I have no pointers but I do look forward to seeing your progress with this lens. |
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03/09/2010 01:40:21 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Tammster:
I'm so excited... I finally broke down & bought myself a Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. I took it out of the box this weekend and tested it out a bit. After viewing my results, I realized that I could probably use some pointers.
Any suggestions? |
I fail to see a problem with this image other than perhaps backing off the PP a smidge, or at least stripping out the cyan.
Part of the fun of a wide angle is the exaggerated thing it does with its perspective.
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03/09/2010 01:41:37 PM · #4 |
Looks like the exteme angle combined with the wide focal length combined to distort the building in an unrealistic way. As Jeb says, what matters is if you like it or not. You could always to some perspective correction to it in Photoshop.
Message edited by author 2010-03-09 13:42:27. |
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03/09/2010 01:42:35 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Looks like the exteme angle combined with the wide focal length combined to distort the building in an unrealistic way. |
Yeah!!! Ain't it COOL?????
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03/09/2010 01:44:06 PM · #6 |
That is a beautiful lens. I love pretty much any picture that comes outta it (though the edges may not be as sharp)
Have you considered buying any ND filters for it yet? *wink wink* (Though the 77mm thread makes them *very* expensive).
In terms of picture taking, I'd suggest taking not only ultra-wide landscapes but doing "comparison" stuff - so showing contrast of the subject with the background.. as you said, it just exaggerates the perspective! :-)
Have fun! |
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03/09/2010 01:44:40 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Yeah!!! Ain't it COOL????? |
It is if that's what you want. I do want a wider lens myself. The 10-22 looks good, but I was also looking at the 15-85. Not as wide, but wider than the kit lens and and upgrade from it. |
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03/09/2010 01:51:31 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Yeah!!! Ain't it COOL????? |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
It is if that's what you want. I do want a wider lens myself. The 10-22 looks good, but I was also looking at the 15-85. Not as wide, but wider than the kit lens and and upgrade from it. |
I used to think that wide angle was vastly over-rated. Robert  Bear_Music *insisted* that I needed the Nikkor 12-24 despite every objection I could come up with.......something came up that I was able to get mu hands on one, and I've been using it almost exclusively since I got it in November, and averaging something like 6.3 with the thing in challenges.
You just don't know 'til you get one! I highly recommend it!
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03/09/2010 02:01:49 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I've been using it almost exclusively since I got it in November, and averaging something like 6.3 with the thing in challenges. |
I'm going to start voting 1's on anything that is obviously taken with a wideangle. Until I get one. |
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03/09/2010 02:37:11 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
.....something came up that I was able to get mu hands on one, and I've been using it almost exclusively since I got it in November |
Interesting... that's what someone else told me. I'm just having a hard time getting used to it. The lens I have been using almost exclusively (except for macro shots) is my 18-200, which works in so many situations. Now i have to figure out when this works best. I was thinking of keeping it on my camera exclusively for a period of time to force me to get used to it.
Steve, I'm going to have to show you my pictures before I enter them because no vote is much better than a 1. |
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03/09/2010 05:58:53 PM · #11 |
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03/09/2010 06:18:04 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
You'll grow to love it, really!!! |
You certainly convinced me. I guess that's what I was looking for; an idea of what type of shots I should seek out. I bought it thinking it would be good for landscapes... but mostly because people I trusted said it was a MUST have. So... now I have it.
It will be hard but I'm going to leave my 18-200 home the next few times I go out. (Maybe I'll bring my macro 100mm along just in case I want that kind of shot.) |
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03/09/2010 06:21:57 PM · #13 |
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03/09/2010 06:35:39 PM · #14 |
NEVER thought I would see those words attached to a link to a Ken Rockwell article, LOL. |
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03/09/2010 06:43:41 PM · #15 |
I rented this lens for my trip to NYC on the advice of DPCers...I loved it!! Excellent for close spaces and does well for landscapes as well.
  
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03/09/2010 07:00:28 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
NEVER thought I would see those words attached to a link to a Ken Rockwell article, LOL. |
Don't be fooled, the article is sheer genius!
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