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No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 04:13:40 GMT

Since it does not sound like there will be a good cross over lens for both Landscape and Astro what would be a good RF L series Landscape Lens for what I am shooting pictures off. I will be using my R5 Mark ii I will let you know I love shooting waterfalls and snow if that helps.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

shadowsports — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 04:00:14 GMT

These are beautiful ❤️

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 04:15:41 GMT

Thank you. Any suggestions for a L series RF lens? Oh darn, forgot to put my camera in there again. I will edit it it not. R5 Mark ii

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

AtticusLake — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:32:06 GMT

A wide lens is of course the stereotypical thing for Landscape, but Landscape is a very broad thing in practice; I really don't think there is one lens that is "best". I have been shooting a lot of landscape video, and when I go out, my bag has:

RF 15-35 f/2.8
RF 24-70 f/2.8
RF 70-200 f/4

I use all those lenses; the 70-200 less so, but it certainly get used.

Do you follow any landscape photographers online? I follow Nigel Danson and Henry Turner. It seems like they give strong recommends to wide-range zoom lenses, like 24-200.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Waddizzle — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 14:38:30 GMT

My favorite lenses for landscape photography are the 24-70mm and 70-200mm.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

ebiggs1 — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:46:30 GMT

It does depend on what you are shooting. A 600mm lens is a UWA landscape lens if you are shooting the Moon.
A 16mm may not be wide enough if you can’t step back a few feet or a mile.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:27:46 GMT

You say you do video with them, how do they do for photography? I forget these can do video now, I have had cameras that can do video for at least 10 years now, maybe 15 and I am lucky if I have 4 hours total video. No insulting, kinda laughing at myself.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:58:18 GMT

Thank you much, I will look at images from them at flickr and see if they are what I like. Sometimes I use my 100-400 for some landscape if I want to get in on an object. I love these two pictures, but I was still quite new and it shows but it shows the use of the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM on the eos M50 for landscape.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:59:58 GMT

UWA landscape? I am not familiar with that, would you be kind enough to explain please?

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

shadowsports — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 02:45:21 GMT

Ernie is referring to a UWA (typically something 10-16mm) that captures the vastness of a scene. 20mm to about 35mm is considered WA.

I think Atticuslake and Waddizzle probably nailed the most popular options. 15-35, 24-70 and 70-200. You can go with the f4 variants if you want to save some cash.

It really depends on the perspective you want to capture and convey

15-35 110° at 30' to 63°

24-70 84° to 34°

70-200 34° to 12°

Obviously a zoom gives you a little more flexibility so you don't need to use your feet as much. There is only so far you can go. Like the others, I use my 70-200 the least. Mostly due to my taking more video these days.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 04:35:10 GMT

Thank you very much. Still so much to learn. Not landscape but got my best pictures today so far with the new camera. Missed a Red Tail Hawk though, have been trying to get one for 3 years now, somehow my ISO got out of whack or I would have gotten a dandy. Oh well.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

MPBACK — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 07:32:40 GMT

Hello, I currently use an RF 24-105 f4 L lens on my R5 and R6. I shoot primarily landscapes and travel photos. It is a very versatile lens and has good sharpness. I would recommend it for landscapes. It is a little limited for travel with the f4 max aperture but a faster travel lens may be the new non L 28-70 f 2.8. For astrophotography I think the RF 16 mm 2.8 might be the most affordable option. It would also supplement a zoom like the RF 24-104 f4 L. I am actually looking into purchasing the RF 16 f2.8 myself. Other Astro alternatives like a RF 10-20 f4 would work but that lens is in a different class and is expensive. That's my recommendation.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Ron888 — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:45:11 GMT

I mentioned in your previous posts that i'm no expert at either landscape or astro photography, but for what it's worth the best pictures i see (in both those categories) are almost all taken with wide or ultrawide lenses.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

AtticusLake — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:58:57 GMT

I do video, not photography (or very little), so I don't know. But landscape is landscape... pretty much. Video has some different considerations to stills, but I would not expect to be using different lenses.

If you want to see what I'm doing, you can check it out here: https://moonblink.info/MudLake/beauty

And yeah, if you're not doing video, it's easy to overlook. Personally I often forget that I could be taking great stills with the R5C... so I hear you! But the R5 is superb for video, and I would guess the mk II is at least as good. I actually reviewed the R5 from a video standopoint, if you're interested... https://moonblink.info/MudLake/gear#R5

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

AtticusLake — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:07:02 GMT

I forgot to mention it earlier, but I will second this point:

@shadowsports wrote:

You can go with the f4 variants if you want to save some cash.

Yeah, I splashed a lot of cash on the f/2.8 lenses, but I don't think I've ever used them wider than f/8. An f/4 lens would be great at f/8, nicely sharper than its widest aperture.

OTOH the f/2.8 lenses are also Canon's primo lenses in terms of overall quality, even if I don't use the max aperture.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:08:18 GMT

Thank you very much. I do appreciate that.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:14:54 GMT

Thank you very much, I am trying to take the time and look on flick and see which lenses seem to do things in a way which appeals to me, I had looked there for a Prime for my old camera which was a M50 mark i and had really wanted to get a 32mm but by the time I tried they had discontinued it. I had looked at a lot of pictures of the 22mm and though everybody suggested it I did not like the way the pictures looked from it but bought it as it was then my only choice, I hate the lens and wish I had not wasted my money on it. People think I am nuts but I still want to find a 32mm lens for it, when I go some places that are harder on my body it will go with me as it is much lighter and compact so I want to get a lens I will like for that. This is why I am really taking time to look the pictures over, I was right looking once and think it will help me again. Just my thoughts.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:16:54 GMT

Thank you, I have a 11-22 for my M50 but I am not sure that is the kind of ultra-wide you mean, it is more like watching a Letterbox movie that the square shapes we Americans grew up on. (At Least in my age group)

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Far-Out-Dude — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:41:27 GMT

Very nice videos, I like the music you choose. By the way, I realized I never answered you above, no, at this time there are none that I follow. I would like to find some using modern equipment and taking B&W as I really do enjoy B&W I have the others you suggest up and will check them out. In retrospect I should have been just a little to the left for the picture.

Re: No Good Crossover Lens So What Is a Good L Series Lens For Landscape?

Ron888 — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:53:37 GMT

Haha good reference. But no,i wasnt referring to the shape of the images,simply the angle of view of the lens -both horizontally and vertically.
Yes your 11-22 is definitely ultra wide. Do you like using that lens?Have you got many favorite images using it? That may help you decide.
The 15-30mm lens mentioned by 'shadowsports' above will give almost the same angle of view on your R5 Mark II