TOKINA 12-24mm WIDE ANGLE LENS. Cant stop thinking of this!
Wide angle lens does better justice in capturing the majesty of Mother Nature. It is THE best for landscape photography.
Had been on a trip to Tahoe/Reno and I decided to rent a Wide angle lens for the trip after some study I made while we planned for the trip.
I found out 55-250mm is no where when it comes to taking landscape pictures and I was on a lookout as what would cater to my need. I found out buying a wide angle was out of question since it starts from $500+.which is certainly a big budget.
But wait, how about renting / borrowing one for 3 days. I dont travel a lot and I dont need a wideangle for day to day pictures. So why lock $500+ in a lens which would come out may be for just 10 days a year? How about paying $35 for 3 days ( or $40 for 4 days), use it, and return it? That seems a lot more effective as well as, well withing the budget.
When I started out what kind of lens I should be taking, I was completely lost -there are so many in the market -to buy/ to rent.
Some key points that I inferred to consider before choosing one:
* Lesser the number , wider the angle. Example : 12-24 mm is preferred than 50mm or 85mm, since more of the scene can be brought in via 12 - 24 mm. But the old-school says 35mm is the preferred number and anything less than 14mm gives distorted images - better for artistic results.
* No greater zoom required.
* No smaller f# required. Obvious, since landscape is usually done with larger f numbers - 18 and above. So it doesnt matter how wide the lens can open.
* Donot forget tripod.
* Get a polarizing filter.
* Dump that UV filter particularly on bright and sunny days.
* And last - a crude tip : A lens with a red ring around it is considered to have better picture quality than a regular one. Not sure as how true it is, but this sure caught my attention, though I didnot go for one with a red ring around it.
Some pictures:
The last picture shows a lizard right under my foot to the far away clouds and still the blue/green color of the lake is yet intact!
Wish I just had warmer light - not the harsh mid day light in almost all of these pictures. Also regret for not removing the UV filter which has rendered its lens flare in almost all the pictures.
But end of the shoot, I was happy - indeed. And not my job of explaining / convincing my husband as where to use, how is it different from the lens that you have, what can it do and etc., questions of my husband when I actually need one. Infact he is more than happy than me with this lens (All SMILES).
Will soon update another post with the other "non-wide angle" pictures.
Wide angle lens does better justice in capturing the majesty of Mother Nature. It is THE best for landscape photography.
Had been on a trip to Tahoe/Reno and I decided to rent a Wide angle lens for the trip after some study I made while we planned for the trip.
I found out 55-250mm is no where when it comes to taking landscape pictures and I was on a lookout as what would cater to my need. I found out buying a wide angle was out of question since it starts from $500+.which is certainly a big budget.
But wait, how about renting / borrowing one for 3 days. I dont travel a lot and I dont need a wideangle for day to day pictures. So why lock $500+ in a lens which would come out may be for just 10 days a year? How about paying $35 for 3 days ( or $40 for 4 days), use it, and return it? That seems a lot more effective as well as, well withing the budget.
When I started out what kind of lens I should be taking, I was completely lost -there are so many in the market -to buy/ to rent.
Some key points that I inferred to consider before choosing one:
* Lesser the number , wider the angle. Example : 12-24 mm is preferred than 50mm or 85mm, since more of the scene can be brought in via 12 - 24 mm. But the old-school says 35mm is the preferred number and anything less than 14mm gives distorted images - better for artistic results.
* No greater zoom required.
* No smaller f# required. Obvious, since landscape is usually done with larger f numbers - 18 and above. So it doesnt matter how wide the lens can open.
* Donot forget tripod.
* Get a polarizing filter.
* Dump that UV filter particularly on bright and sunny days.
* And last - a crude tip : A lens with a red ring around it is considered to have better picture quality than a regular one. Not sure as how true it is, but this sure caught my attention, though I didnot go for one with a red ring around it.
Some pictures:
The last picture shows a lizard right under my foot to the far away clouds and still the blue/green color of the lake is yet intact!
Wish I just had warmer light - not the harsh mid day light in almost all of these pictures. Also regret for not removing the UV filter which has rendered its lens flare in almost all the pictures.
But end of the shoot, I was happy - indeed. And not my job of explaining / convincing my husband as where to use, how is it different from the lens that you have, what can it do and etc., questions of my husband when I actually need one. Infact he is more than happy than me with this lens (All SMILES).
Will soon update another post with the other "non-wide angle" pictures.
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