I rather like a 90 mm lens on my crop sensor camera.
Standard advice at the moment is to use a very wide lens (10-15 mm) but if you do, you will be submerged in the mass. If you want your photography to stand out, ignore the advice and choose the lens that suits you. Somewhere between 10 and 1000 mm will be ideal.
yeah currently i have been using one of my lens that is a 18mm - 135mm but landscape is new for me so wasn't sure what's best or mostly used
Maybe the question should be about foreground and background to give the impression of distance in a picture. Landscaped can vary from close to distant so I don't think one can specify any particular lens but more thought on composition. The one below I took with my camcorder and i relied on the tree on the right to give the impression of distance for this landscape.
it is more about tricking the eye to create distance either as above or say a path etc taking you into the distance.
Nikon D200 1/45" f2.8 @70mm lens Sigma 70-200mm
Different type of landscape which should make the person looking at it want to go into the photo to see what is around the corner.So a lot depends on what you want to take a photo of in the first place
Both not good photos I know but I am happy enough with them
yeah i get what you mean
the landscapes i want to try and get is the ones where people take shots of mountains or across a long distance with a lake or river, waterfalls that type
ocean, sunsets
There are people who think that a lens for shooting landscape has to be wide... just as there are those who think that you need a long lens to photograph a person.
I suppose a starting point would be to think about the focal length you think will suit you and what aperture you think you'll be shooting at. I think that landscapes shot at f1.2 to f2.8 are possibly a niche
and that most people shooting landscape will be doing so at f2.8 and smaller and if that's the case and if we accept that lots of lenses a very good stopped down a bit a nice zoom may offer some flexibility over a prime but as to which, I suppose focal length and performance across the frame at the apertures you intend to shoot at could be things to think about and look at.
yeah im using a few of my lens to try it out mostly my 18-135mm as I can move about not a great lens though, all new so a learning curve, I hear alot about a 10-35mm ? ill post a photo below of the style i mean for photos
I'd say use a a short kit zoom 24/28-90ish (full frame equivalent). Try shooting wide, medium and long. See what field of view you prefer.
yeah currently using one of my 18-135mm so i got some flex in where i want to zoom or place the frame, im on a crop though as i use a Canon 7D
What camera do you shoot with Chris ?
I (personally) think a 21mm lens is (for me) a great landscape focal lens length.
Regards;
Peter
i use a Canon 7D
is this just a set 21mm lens no flex on zooming ? or is it a wide angle ?
I presume you use that more for a panoramic type of landscape photo being wide angle
AS Chris has not specified what type of landscape he wishes to photograph it is more a question of try and see what works for him
I want to try the style with mountains, rivers, lakes, ocean etc ill post a few links below
I don't think there is a 'best lens for landscapes'. Landscapes are not all about ultra wide or wide angle images, a telephoto lens is very useful to capture part of the landscape rather than trying to capture all of it. At first I thought landscape photography was all about capturing the wider view so I purchased a 16-35 f4 lens. After not using it enough and having a huge gap between 35mm and 70mm I swapped it for a 24-120mm f4 and I can honestly say I've been doing much more landscape photography since as I've not limited myself to the wide view. My two go to lenses for landscapes are the 24-120mm f4 and 70-200 f2.8 (if I didn't use the f2.8 for wildlife then the f4 would have been perfect). Interestingly on a recent blog post I did I noticed that during a trip to the lakes my most used focal length was around 50mm. I do enjoy using a telephoto lens at 150-200mm to capture part of a landscape. For wide angle you need to find so interesting foreground otherwise the composition doesn't work.
If interested these were the blog posts:
http://www.robcainphotography.com/blog/2016/6/a-venture-into-infrared-imagery
http://www.robcainphotography.com/blog/2016/8/a-venture-into-infrared-imagery-part-2
thanks, sounds like the lens I've been using isn't a bad choice after all then as its a Canon EF 18-135mm IS i do have a 50mm prime and a 70-300mm zoom/macro I will check the links out thanks for that
I use a 35mm sometimes, and a 150mm for other landscape/scenic shots. Really depends on the situation as others have mentioned.
just a case of different lens in the bag to switch if need be
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I used my Tamron 17-50 f2.8 (non VC) for years. It's an awesome lens. I use it on a Canon 60D which is a crop body. I got a Sigma 10-20 earlier in the year but would never go out without the Tamron.
yeah does sound like the lens i use is a good choice by the look of everyone's lens options / comments
i got 4 lens so i can switch but wasn't sure on lens for landscape but sounds like it really doesn't matter too much
It's all down to personal choice as landscape images can be shot very wide angle, and taken with a zoom or a fixed 800mm, or a standard 50mm lens, it's so varied in personal choice depending what your trying to achieve.
thanks for the comment
ill post a few links below of the style i like
The vast majority of my landscape keepers are in the telephoto region, probably in the 100-300mm range (full frame).
Basically, if you can stand on/in the subject then WA or UWA is probably best. If you think "look at that amazing view over there" then you need to be thinking normal to telephoto.
one of my lens is a tele i have a 70-300mm but i use a Canon 7D so its a crop unfortunately where i live there's hardly anything but buildings so its a new style for me is have to venture out of the town! big learning curve
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It's what Peter said above. I use either the standard or slightly longer lens for landscapes (90mm on 6x7 and 150/210 on 5x4). They equate to something like 50-60mm on a full frame sensor or say 30-35mm on an APS-C. Roughly. Very roughly; the image proportions are very different going from an almost square 5x4 to an almost panoramic 24x36.
My choice comes down to prefering the combination of perspective and field of view from "normal" focal length lenses.
so currently im using a 18-135mm so i may stick with this for time being then until i get better at it and then go from there
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A year or so back I shot a landscape image of Rannoch Moor with the standard lens (XF35mm f1.4) on a Fuji X-Pro1, it turned out superb, I'll upload the image tomorrow.
When you arrive at a location it's only then you've an idea what to shoot with focal length wise as there's many contributing factors like weather and light conditions to decide what lens length to attach on the camera body.
It's all good fun tho.
yeah good fun and learning curve
! post the image when you get time!
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also if anyone in here wants to share there photos of landscape styles whether it be on a beach, mountains lakes etc etc post away be cool to see some of your shots