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p.3 #1 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

drisley wrote:
Beautiful pictures Shane. I especially like the 14mm silo pictures.

Thanks, and trying to show with the last batch of photos that at both ends of the 16-35II, the performance is great, and at a various f-stops...a killer lens.

Edited on Mar 19, 2008 at 03:40 PM

Mar 19, 2008 at 03:26 PM

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p.3 #2 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

I have the 16-35 L II and also the Sigma 15mm 2.8 fisheye which i highly recommend .

Mar 19, 2008 at 05:52 PM

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p.3 #3 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Edited by PrecisionPhoto on Mar 19, 2008 at 07:14 PM GMT

Edited on Mar 20, 2008 at 02:14 AM

Mar 20, 2008 at 12:38 AM

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p.3 #4 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

ShaneEngelking wrote:
David

"The 2.8 part is not important since no on who knows anything about landscape photography is going to shoot a tripod mounted landscape shot at f/2.8."

Heh, guess i don't know anything about shooting landscapes

This has watercolor look, the 2.8 leds a nice blur to the whole thing...will remember that little trick for a 'story book' look.

Mar 20, 2008 at 01:37 AM

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p.3 #5 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

The main reason for 2.8 was to freeze the falling snow, 1/80, 1600 iso. Glad you like it. The "storybook look" was just luck I guess, and lots of PP

Edited on Mar 20, 2008 at 02:59 AM

Mar 20, 2008 at 02:58 AM

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p.3 #6 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Shane Canfield wrote:
.. Getting a lens that does not AF and has other mechanical limits is just not appealing to me in any way. And for anything other than pixel peeping, I can't see any difference. And even then, I'm not certainly convinced by listening to what "others" say more than what I see with my own two eyes...and photography is about taking photos after all.

You're on very thin ice here Shane...

You should be careful about making you own visual or value judgments. I've been put through the wringer by the Nikon boys telling me I don't really see what I see when it comes to Canon lenses performing well or Nikon gear not performing well as they tell me it does. You're in danger of exciting them, and they come out of nowhere to insure that you know - nikon good, canon bad. A drubbing could be in store for you..

While I once thought I'd buy the 14-24, my lust has cooled to indifference at this point. It' looks well built and purportedly is sharp, but to lose the AF and filter options (limited at best) it's no longer an object of desire. I've been drubbed and clubbed though, so I'm used to it..

Be careful. Be very careful...

Mar 20, 2008 at 05:03 PM

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p.3 #7 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Oh boy...

Mar 20, 2008 at 09:54 PM

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p.3 #8 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Im thinking about buying the 24L again to give me wide fov for my 35L and 135L kit

Mar 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM

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p.3 #9 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

24L is super, all purpose WA lens. Landscape, low light, small space...wide on FF.

Edgar Maguyon wrote:
Im thinking about buying the 24L again to give me wide fov for my 35L and 135L kit

Mar 21, 2008 at 04:30 AM

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p.3 #10 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Want to check out the 24 as well...ahhhh photography, the bottomless money pit.

Mar 21, 2008 at 05:47 AM

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p.3 #11 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

I'm really intrigued by this Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED N lens for my Canon 1DsIII. The problem I think is that there are no adapters available today for the EOS. If I'm wrong please correct me. I'd love to see some images with this lens on a Canon 1D/5D!

Mar 21, 2008 at 11:28 AM

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p.3 #12 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Pesonally, I have no interest in a Nikon lens on my Canon stuff, have no compelling reasons to do so. Do some seaches and that will answer many questions.

Edited by Shane Canfield on Mar 21, 2008 at 02:19 AM GMT (Reason: To delete many commnets, a lot of the original post was not at all nice)

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Mar 21, 2008 at 12:50 PM

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p.3 #13 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

bobring wrote:
I'm really intrigued by this Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED N lens for my Canon 1DsIII. The problem I think is that there are no adapters available today for the EOS. If I'm wrong please correct me. I'd love to see some images with this lens on a Canon 1D/5D!

Do a search as already suggested. Lot's of threads and discussion about this. Lots of adapters too.

Mar 21, 2008 at 01:09 PM

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p.3 #14 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

jamesf99 wrote:
bobring wrote:
I'm really intrigued by this Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED N lens for my Canon 1DsIII. The problem I think is that there are no adapters available today for the EOS. If I'm wrong please correct me. I'd love to see some images with this lens on a Canon 1D/5D!

Do a search as already suggested. Lot's of threads and discussion about this. Lots of adapters too.

Oh boy...I stepped in it, all by myself.

Edited by Shane Canfield on Mar 21, 2008 at 02:20 AM GMT (Reason: To clean up my original thoughts, which were over the top, sorry guys.

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Mar 21, 2008 at 01:15 PM

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p.3 #15 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Yikes.

Mar 21, 2008 at 01:47 PM

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p.3 #16 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

bobring wrote:
Yikes.

Yeah, that might be my reaction too should I have read that from a genuine inquiry point of view.

My apologies to you and anyone else offended by my post. I'm no doubt over the top with my little diatribe (just kind of bubbled out. I deleted most of my original post which you reacted to because is was not even close to nice to you or others.

...especially since I don't know you so again, sorry about that...but love your comment!

Edited on Mar 21, 2008 at 02:21 PM

Mar 21, 2008 at 01:55 PM

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p.3 #17 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

The best option is either by Zeiss or Leica with an adapter (go to alternate systems, look for Guy M. 2000 post thread) be prepared to pay an arm and 2 legs, this will be the ultimate setup for landscapes (not in my price range however).

Next best option is either the 17-40F4L (I have a great copy) or the 16-35LmkII, at the time I opted for a 17-40F4L.

Mar 21, 2008 at 02:22 PM

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p.3 #18 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

No problem Shane. I'm just trying to determine the best lenses for my new 1DsIII (have a 5D). In particular, from a wide angle aspect. Wishing Canon would just update their 20mm fixed focal length lense (kind of like the 85mm f1.8....non-L to the 1.2L). That would be sweet.

BTW, sold all of my Nikon stuff years ago & switched to Canon so the thought of having to put a Nikkor lens on my Canon does not appeal to me!

Mar 21, 2008 at 02:26 PM

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p.3 #19 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Shane,
Have you ever used a cz21 and seen what a print looks like compared to the canon glass?

There's no comparison...

Mar 21, 2008 at 05:02 PM

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p.3 #20 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

Brent Ward wrote:
Shane,
Have you ever used a cz21 and seen what a print looks like compared to the canon glass?

There's no comparison...

No, have not used one nor seen a comparison side by side with enlarged prints so cannot comment. Only on the Nikons, which is where my experience and comments are directed. I was a Nikon shooter for a long time and moved to Canon a few years ago...my last Nikon body was a D2H. Still have my old FT-2 tho and a few lenses from the 1970s.

I'll take your word for it...maybe someday I can see some side-by-side prints, that would be interesting.

Would also love to do some large format stuff too...just only so much money in the budget and since I shoot many venues and styles, have to consider equipment that fits more than just one type of shooting...I'm already in the many, many, many thousands, ugh...oh to have bottomless pockets.

Mar 21, 2008 at 05:16 PM

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p.3 #21 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

I realize this question may be off-topic, but I'm somewhat confused and I need a straight answer. In what situation would the 16-35mm f/2.8 L II lense be good to use as a result of the f/2.8 feature?

Mar 24, 2008 at 05:10 AM

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p.3 #22 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

I've yet to feel the need to upgrade to the 16-35II I'm perfectly happy with my mkI version. I've been using it everyday on my trip that I'm on down here in New Zealand with some awesome results.

I would recommend the mkII version for someone who doesn't have one yet. But for myself, I see no real reason to upgrade.

Mar 24, 2008 at 07:47 AM

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p.3 #23 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

If you don't mind manual focus, someone here was raving about the Zuiko 18/3.5 a while ago. Here's a report on its performance relative to some better-known lenses:

http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/18mm_testb.html

Mar 24, 2008 at 09:09 AM

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p.3 #24 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

drisley wrote:
I think they have combined forces to form "Anonymous", a group that is publicly attacking Tom Cruise and the Scientologists!

The bastards. Anybody that gives Kidman the flick can't be all bad.

Mar 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM

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p.3 #25 · Best Wide Angle for Landscapes

f2.8 is usefull for indoor/architectural/low light/event photography. So in effect the 16-35 is a little more versatile in that it can be used for indoor low light stuff (although a fast prime should be better) as well as landscapes.

Edited on Mar 24, 2008 at 05:16 PM

Mar 24, 2008 at 02:19 PM


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