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What's a good focal length for landscape panorama?

dinghankar
Apprentice

I have a m50mk2 with all efm 15/45, 22, 55/200 lenses. As we know too wide of a focal length will cause distortion the landscape and if I go too high of a focal length I will loose the landscape outside the zoom edge or I'll have to take more photos to cover the same area with a wide focal length. So what's the optimism focal for minimum landscape distortion?

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Wow, you've changed but OK.

EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and less lenses then before!

johnrmoyer
Mentor
Mentor

You can use most any focal length if your stitching software knows the focal length and is able to calculate a projection.

This is 6 images at 100mm from a moving tour boat. Stitched using hugin on Linux. Reduced size for upload. EOS 80D.

Glacier in Chugach National Forest near Whittier, Alaska, August 7, 2019Glacier in Chugach National Forest near Whittier, Alaska, August 7, 2019

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ebiggs1
Legend
Legend

Nice shot!

EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and less lenses then before!
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