Best lens for outdoor photography
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- benfal99
Another lens question. Just pass if you dont want to read this.
WHAT are the best lens to own when it comes to outdoor photograhy? Landscape and shit.
Not brand, but type of lens.
- benfal990
is it a good choice?
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4,0-5,6 III USM
- ********0
wtf just use the same damn thread
- http://www.qbn.com/t…********
- go to hell dude. Its all about its gonna be easier to find from the search later.benfal99
- you put the question in a lens thread and the words will show up, you don't need a whole new thread********
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- vaxorcist0
hmmmm.. I may be a contrarian...
I like a 24mm prime, a 50mm prime and an 80-200 F2.8, even for outdoor... I may add in a 55mm macro manual focus lens too...
I don't really like the 75-300's, I seem to miss shots with them, too slow to focus, too fiddly for me....the IS can save you from camera shake but not wind or subject movement...
- vaxorcist0
hmmmm.. I may be a contrarian...
I like a 24mm prime, a 50mm prime and an 80-200 F2.8, even for outdoor... I may add in a 55mm macro manual focus lens too...
I don't really like the 75-300's, I seem to miss shots with them, too slow to focus, too fiddly for me....the IS can save you from camera shake but not wind or subject movement...
- mg330
I like my Tamron 17-50 F2.8 and use it as my normal lens. I think it ranks better than Nikon's equivalent lens. Put it to great use in Breckenridge last weekend when I took it with me snowboarding all day on Sunday.
- vaxorcist0
I do have a Sigma 24-60 F2.8, it's amazingly good and cost peanuts compared to anybody's 24-70. Note that some third party lenses are great, some are not, do your own tests and be ready to exchange lenses if it's not that good...
- MrNibs0
Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II Nikkor Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon DX-Format Digital SLR Cameras
For it's compact size it does a pretty good job.
- vaxorcist0
on a "normal" prosumer DSLR (APS-C crop-frame)
I like a wide F2.8 lens over a wide F3.5-F5.6 or whatever lens, even if it has Image Stabilization....
Minor changes in focal length can be "zoom with your feet" but sometimes the wider the better. Try lenses!
NOTE: All-in-one mega-zoom lenses tend to make images from your DSLR that look more like point-and-shoot images, less contrasty, more depth of field so less is emphasized... there are trade-offs.
- benfal990
Iam going to Iceland this summer.. so iam gonna shot a lot of landscape. And dont know shit about lens. I own a Canon Rebel xti.
- aldebaran0
what do you want to shoot that your kit lens can't handle? have any examples?
- inteliboy0
benfal -- it depends on your budget.
you will want a something around 24mm. This will be a wide angle, good for landscapes, but not too wide so okay for street shooting.
so could get a zoom around that range.
or.
get a prime (no-zoom) for better quality, and likely more well thought out shots -- plus the perks of wider apertures (more light and shallow depth of field).
- benfal990
inteliboy, can you point me some brand+model please?
- Centigrade0
Price wise you can't go wrong with Sigma 10-22mm (12-24mm on your camera) for those vast landscapes. Buy it in person though, so you can test it out. They have been know to ship the rare blurry one.
- Ambushstudio0
Brand is Important.
SIgma and Tamron are really bad, just get your hands on a Canon 24-70L, thats all you will need for a while.- best all around lens on the market, i'd say.linearch
- that Canon lense is 1,400$ ... way over my pricebenfal99
- I've got the sigma and it's a solid prosumer lens.Centigrade
- SOME sigmas are good, some are crap.. try and be ready to return them...vaxorcist
- Tungsten0
for landscapes, pretty much any lens with one of these on it...
- whats that?benfal99
- Graduated Neutral Density Filter
http://en.wikipedia.…Tungsten - This is where HDR comes in
(and not those horribly oversaturated images that came with it)Peter
