SGinNorcal wrote:
When I'm using my lightweight setup, X system, I'm on the move, probably hiking. I've already chosen a lens for the overall circumstances I expect to encounter. I have hiking partners and an expectation of how far we will travel that day. I try to quickly frame my shots, take one or maybe a second with a different f-stop, then move on. So nearly everything handheld and quickly composed. The 16-55II works very well for this varied shooting. I'm usually carrying a wider option (8mm or now 12mm Sigma) and a 70-300 telephoto. Those are for a situations special enough to stop and change lenses. This is very different from when I have my Gfx and will stop, position myself, maybe set up tripod, etc. My point is that "Landscape" is just the subject matter. Your setup may vary with your situation.
That’s a very fair point yes. Bodies equipped with IBIS have a significant advantage in such situations as they expand significantly the range of lenses that can be used this way and still stopped down to their optimal landscape aperture.
But as far as I am concerned I noticed that I very rarely select keepers among such images captured on the run. So much so that I often end up not taking photographs at all when there isn’t enough time to lay the tripod. This is probably also related to the fact that those on the run opportunities often occur mid day, which is often not the best for grand landscape from a light point of view. Intimate ones works (waterfalls, macro, details,…) but is often better done with a tripod due to light levels and the preferred aperture. So what I would capture on the run ends up having low photographic potential, which ranks those images into the « documentary » category and my iPhone does great for those.
So I end up hiking alone or my patient partners when I anticipe to have photo opportunities along the way.
SGinNorcal wrote:
When I'm using my lightweight setup, X system, I'm on the move, probably hiking. I've already chosen a lens for the overall circumstances I expect to encounter. I have hiking partners and an expectation of how far we will travel that day. I try to quickly frame my shots, take one or maybe a second with a different f-stop, then move on. So nearly everything handheld and quickly composed. The 16-55II works very well for this varied shooting. I'm usually carrying a wider option (8mm or now 12mm Sigma) and a 70-300 telephoto. Those are for a situations special enough to stop and change lenses. This is very different from when I have my Gfx and will stop, position myself, maybe set up tripod, etc. My point is that "Landscape" is just the subject matter. Your setup may vary with your situation.
That’s a very fair point yes. Bodies equipped with IBIS have a significant advantage in such situations as they expand significantly the range of lenses that can be used this way and still stopped down to their optimal landscape aperture.
But as far as I am concerned I noticed that I very rarely select keepers among such images captured on the run. So much so that I often end up not taking photographs at when there isn’t enough time to lay the tripod. This is probably also related to the fact that those on the run opportunities often occur mid day, which is often not the best for grand landscape from a light point of view. Intimate ones works (waterfalls, macro, details,…) but is often better done with a tripod due to light levels and the preferred aperture. So what I would capture on the run ends up having low photographic potential, which ranks those images into the « documentary » category and my iPhone does great for those.
So I end up hiking alone or my patient partners when I anticipe to have photo opportunities along the way.
SGinNorcal wrote:
When I'm using my lightweight setup, X system, I'm on the move, probably hiking. I've already chosen a lens for the overall circumstances I expect to encounter. I have hiking partners and an expectation of how far we will travel that day. I try to quickly frame my shots, take one or maybe a second with a different f-stop, then move on. So nearly everything handheld and quickly composed. The 16-55II works very well for this varied shooting. I'm usually carrying a wider option (8mm or now 12mm Sigma) and a 70-300 telephoto. Those are for a situations special enough to stop and change lenses. This is very different from when I have my Gfx and will stop, position myself, maybe set up tripod, etc. My point is that "Landscape" is just the subject matter. Your setup may vary with your situation.
That’s a very fair point yes. Bodies equipped with IBIS have a significant advantage in such situations as they expand significantly the range of lenses that can be used this way and still stopped down to their optimal landscape aperture.
But as far as I am concerned I very rarely select keepers among such images captured on the run. So much so that I often end up not taking photographs at when there isn’t enough time to lay the tripod.
We all differ don’t we.
Cheers,
Bernard
Sep 28, 2025 at 04:54 PM
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