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Anyone use a 50mm for landscapes?

simonkit
Posted 24/06/2010 - 12:39 Link
I'm just considering buying a 50mm for landscape use, mainly due to lack of distortion and level of sharpness. I see it been particularly useful for panos, which I'm about to have a go at.

Anyone else use their 50mm much for landscapes?

thanks

Simon
snappychappy
Posted 24/06/2010 - 18:29 Link
No never tied it, always used the Siggy 10-20mm fine for me.
simonkit
Posted 24/06/2010 - 18:37 Link
snappychappy wrote:
No never tied it, always used the Siggy 10-20mm fine for me.

It was just another option I was considering - having just read the Photozone review of the new Sigma 8-16mm though I've just changed my line of thought 100% back to the UWA, I was considering the used DA 14mm that SRS have but the Sigma looks very promising

Simon
RR
Posted 24/06/2010 - 18:48 Link
What have you got to lose ? If you're going to be stitching, you'll want to use manual exposure anyway. So pick up an M series lens as cheap as chips, the f1.7 or f2 should cost you pocket money.
Dangermouse
Posted 24/06/2010 - 18:49 Link
I have done. It was very good at cropping out unwanted foreground stuff like untidy fences or walls to capture a sweeping landscape.

I now use a 28mm prime for the same purpose - it's sharp enough that I can crop images to remove unwanted objects and the results are still perfectly acceptable. It also works very well with the "Hugin" panorama creator software that I use.
Matt

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dougf8
Posted 24/06/2010 - 18:52 Link
yes
58mm
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OK you get a certain view that is not all encompassing but if its the lens you have on the front of the camera, go for it.

As said above, its like cropping the best bit of the wider 'scape.

I'd quite like a Sigma 30mm F1.4 as the speed of the f1.4 lens is a real boon.
Lurking is shirking.!
Edited by dougf8: 24/06/2010 - 19:03
Anvh
Posted 24/06/2010 - 20:27 Link
Doug shows some great shots what can be done, I like the coloured version over the B&W you submitted in the comp Doug.

I have used the DA*50-135 for landscapes, don't have the photos since I ain't home for a few days so you've to wait for mine.
Stefan
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dougf8
Posted 24/06/2010 - 20:30 Link
Stefan, thanks. I tried duo toning the greyscale version and getting the highlights blue (sky and water) and the darklights yellowish. The effect was so subtle in the end I may as well have entered the original.
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simonkit
Posted 24/06/2010 - 20:39 Link
I knew I'd get a few good examples I have the same view of Gunwalloe Doug, taken with a sigma 10-20 though, gives me the perfect comparison

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I've decided I'm going to pick up a 50mm "A" lens and give it a try, my main cash will be spent on an UWA, at the moment the 8-16mm being the favourite

Simon
Edited by simonkit: 24/06/2010 - 20:40
dougf8
Posted 24/06/2010 - 21:05 Link
and 18mm on the Tamron 17-50mm FYI, we had our wedding reception at the far end and when I'm brave I night fish off Loe Bar.

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I've half an eye on a 50mmm F1.7 A for the Z-1 and the MZ-M but having the 58mm means its a luxury buy.

I once appeared as a witness at Mold Crown Court!!!! No photos though.
Lurking is shirking.!
Edited by dougf8: 24/06/2010 - 21:14
simonkit
Posted 24/06/2010 - 21:17 Link
dougf8 wrote:
and 18mm on the Tamron 17-50mm FYI, we had our wedding reception at the far end and when I'm brave I night fish off Loe Bar.


I've half an eye on a 50mmm F1.7 A for the Z-1 and the MZ-M but having the 58mm means its a luxury buy.

I once appeared as a witness at Mold Crown Court!!!! No photos though.

As the saying goes "it's a small world"....we called at a tea room/cottage at the end of the beach on walk from Porthleven to Lizard Point, terrific stretch of coastline, especially Mullion Cove and Kynance, we'll certainly be visiting again one day!!
Edited by simonkit: 24/06/2010 - 21:17
JonSchick
Posted 24/06/2010 - 23:17 Link
Another vote for the Voigtlander Nokton 58mmlens - it's a stunner:

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PaulEvans
Posted 25/06/2010 - 06:05 Link
Getting heavily into stitched panos these days. I use my two limiteds this way - a 35mm DA macro and a 77mm FA.
The 16-45 doesn't see much use!
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womble
Posted 08/07/2010 - 11:10 Link
I use lenses between 12mm and 200mm for landscapes. I don't believe there is any such thing as a single "landscape" lens. I'd recommend getting an old 50mm as they are sharp, small, light and cheap. They can also be useful for portraits and many other applications. I think I have about a dozen of them now in various versions most of which came attached to a camera.

K.
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arto
Posted 08/07/2010 - 13:16 Link
I use my 50mm lenses for anything and everything. They're sharp, bright and light. Landscapes don't have to be sweeping, widescreen epics. They can be small and intimate as well. As with everything, you play to the strengths of the lens attached to the camera.

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