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Aug 22, 2009 22:37 |  #1

Hi folks

Don't normally ask for opinions on lens choices. I figure that if you don't know what to buy then maybe you don't need a new lens. So maybe I've already answered my own question :D

Anyway, I'm an absolute wide angle junky. Just swapped a Siggy 10-20 for a 17-40 (and bought a 1Ds to stick it on). The 17-40 is definitely a 'do it all' lens and is giving me decent results. The sort of lens I can chuck on and just shoot with. I'm after another wide angle to complement it though. I shoot mainly landscapes, and very often the camera is tripod mounted these days.

Options are to go w--i--d--e--r with a 14/2.8 or a 15/2.8 (which is appealing to me it has to be said), or to go narrower - I'm thinking either of the 24Ls here for the 'classic' focal length. Again, t&s is appealing here. Also interested in hearing about Siggy 12-24.

Any thoughts from other WA junkies out there who might own a couple of the above? Any other suggestions for lenses that I should look at?

Always nice to see samples ;)

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Aug 22, 2009 23:04 |  #2

24mm or 17mm tilt shift.

They're fantastic lenses in their own right and take a 1.4x teleconverter very well, for a greater range of focal lengths. Also, you can take several photos at different shift settings and stich them for an extreme wide-angle shot - with the 17mm tilt-shift, you can get an equivalent of 10mm on full-frame!




  
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Aug 23, 2009 00:50 as a reply to  @ Shadowblade's post |  #3

I'd already looked at the 24mm T/S and optically it looks absolutely superb from the samples I've seen. 17mm T/S is very tempting. Off to check out samples in the archives...


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Aug 23, 2009 01:13 |  #4

Spacemunkie wrote in post #8507267 (external link)
I'd already looked at the 24mm T/S and optically it looks absolutely superb from the samples I've seen. 17mm T/S is very tempting. Off to check out samples in the archives...

Bad, bad idea...




  
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Aug 23, 2009 02:35 |  #5

Both the Sigma 12-24 and the Canon 15mm FE are great fun on my 5D if you like to get close and wide. If wider than that is needed, then I've got my Peleng 8mm.


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Aug 23, 2009 07:30 as a reply to  @ macroimage's post |  #6

If you don't mind manual focus and manual aperture control (and little reason why you should, given tripod use for landscapes), look at the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 with Nikon G-EOS adapter (from 16.9-net):

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Aug 23, 2009 07:37 |  #7

Shadowblade wrote in post #8507339 (external link)
Bad, bad idea...

It was. Now I want the 15mm and one of the t/s. :lol:


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