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05/27/2004 12:15:53 PM · #1 |
I am trying to save for a wide angle lens, and I want some opinions from those of you who love scenery shots. I have many peaks in LA that I can see for miles, and I want to capture that beautiful view with one photo, but with my current lenses, I cannot. I need to photo stitch, and hasn't worked well for me.
Can some of you who like to do scenery or panorama shots tell me which lenses you use and why you like them? I am okay with non-canon brands, but I need to be able to use it on my 10D.
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05/27/2004 12:21:49 PM · #2 |
I have the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L Love it, fast and very wide. There is the less expensive Canon 17-40mm f/4L which is an excellent lens and a bargain for the price. Sigma makes some amazing super wide angles, the 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 comes to mind ($669 at B & H)
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05/27/2004 12:28:12 PM · #3 |
| These sound good... thank you! :) |
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05/27/2004 12:43:16 PM · #4 |
The EF 17-40mm f/4L is a good lens if you can afford it. The EF 20mm f/2.8 is also decent and not terribly expensive. If you are doing scenery shots you will probably be using the lens stopped down to f/8 or f/11 or more so you can probably get away with using something like the EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. I have used all three of these lenses and they can all do a very good job for scenery.
Greg
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05/27/2004 12:45:58 PM · #5 |
| I heard about Tokina 17 mm f3.5 at 600 $ good for scenery ! Check it out . |
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05/27/2004 06:40:08 PM · #6 |
| Maybe I'll go rent some lenses at Sammy's over the next few months and then decide... :) |
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05/27/2004 06:46:19 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by pitsaman:
I heard about Tokina 17 mm f3.5 at 600 $ good for scenery ! Check it out . |
I also have heard good things about the Tokina 17-35, though I don't own one. I have the Tamron 19-35, which is another lens that performs beyond it's price (though it's certainly not a 16-35 f/2.8!). My only dig on it is the build quality, which isn't terrible, but just OK.
You might do some searching on DPRwview's Canon Lens talk forum, there is tons of infromation there on nearly every lens imaginable, including, more than occasionally, links to samples.
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O, and for REALLY wide rectilinear, there's the Sigma 12-24.
Message edited by author 2004-05-27 18:47:08.
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05/27/2004 07:20:04 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by dadas115:
The EF 17-40mm f/4L is a good lens if you can afford it. The EF 20mm f/2.8 is also decent and not terribly expensive. If you are doing scenery shots you will probably be using the lens stopped down to f/8 or f/11 or more so you can probably get away with using something like the EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. I have used all three of these lenses and they can all do a very good job for scenery... |
I'm looking at these as well. There are also the EF 24 mm f/1.4 L USM, the EF 24mm f/2.8 , the EF 20-35 mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, the EF 24-70 mm f/2.8L USM and the EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5, just to confuse things a lil.
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