Piedad Bassiti: @fhotoace -- I was just listing current lenses that I have (all of them) so that people wouldn't recommend what I already had. I don't shoot many landscapes with my 50mm :P. I do use the 18mm portions of the two lenses, but they are so-so quality.
Karey Dunken: In general, prime lenses are sharper and offer better image quality for zooms. Depending how wide the landscape is, you could try a 24mm prime. For best results, shoot at f/8 which is where most lenses are sharpest.It's easier to use wide-angle lenses on a full-frame camera, i.e. professional DSLR, or a 35mm film SLR. The smaller crop sensor on consumer DSLRs narrows your field of view....Show more
Vern Serratos: Its always fun to have to guess what camera you have when trying to answer your question.Unless you're willing to spend serious money on a Canon EF-S 10-24mm or Nikon AF-S DX 10-24mm or Sony DT 11-18mm or Pentax SMC DA 10-17mm you might just want to continue using the 18mm end o! f your 18-55mm zoom.One thing that I guarantee will improve your landscape pictures is a tripod. My camera is on my tripod 99% of the time and as far as I'm concerned a tripod is a mandatory accessory for landscapes.Another thing is to learn about Depth of Field (DOF) - what it is and how to control it. These sites will help you with this:http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.htmlhttp://www.illustratedphotography.com/photography-...http://www.kamerasimulator.se/eng/?page_id=2There are only 3 factors that affect your DOF:1) The focal length of the lens.2) The f-stop used.3) The subject distance.Although many people think that if you use f16 and focus to infinity you'll maximize your DOF they're wrong. Use the DOF Calculator at the 1st. referenced site to prove this to yourself.Choose your particular camera make and model and the following values:Focal length: 18mmUse f16Use 5'-0'' and 100'-0'' for your subject distances. 100'-0'' will be infinity focus on any wide angle lens.Now co! mpare the differences in DOF. You get more with a subject at 5! '-0'' don't you?So always use a tripod, shoot at your camera's highest resolution, use ISO 100, maximize your DOF and use the camera's self-timer to release the shutter and you'll get much better landscapes - even just using the 18mm end of your 18-55mm zoom lens.Here is a landscape I made using a 70-210mm zoom lens at 210mm:http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/6055835423... So as far as I'm concerned its possible to use a long focal length for a landscape. It just depends on your subject....Show more
Arlen Lopiccalo: TOKINA 11-sixteen f/2.8 is this suitable. I did respectable study and offered it, captivating. After that NIKON 10.5 Fish-eye. To suitable suited the fish-eye use the two Nikon capture NX 2 or DXO Optics. final; you additionally can get a panorama sewing software which mixes HDR and multi-row sewing. With this methodology you may shoot an entire huge angled panorama in sections, besides as a three exposure bracket of each shot and cargo a majority of! those photograph's into this methodology and enable it churn away. I easily have each photograph-modifying software available consisting of yet i like AutoPano Giga, motor vehicle table Stitcher and Ptgui. forget VR on huge perspective, tripod in user-friendly terms mandatory for indoor, low mild and so on. or for HDR photographs. additionally tripod is sweet for panorama dissimilar taking photographs; look up Nodal element, important for parallex situation which does not be a situation for panorama yet look up besides. HDR is wonderful for panorama. I taught photographs in school point 35 years in the past and have been given back into it 3 years in the past, some wonderful variations. The final 3 classes are panorama stitchers yet for merely HDR i take advantage of Photomatix professional...Show more
Maynard Reevers: I did know about aperture, depth of field, etc.. That is not necessarily what I was referring to. Good answers, but I was referring to lens quality.. ! I wanted some recommendations of lenses that were particularly sharp. T! hanks for recommending the 24mm, I was looking at that too, tried it out in the Canon Store, and really loved it. I also tried on the 10-22mm, and hated the pincushion distortion associated with it. It also had an annoying purple fringe.As with distortion I was looking for lenses with not much chromatic aberration, vignetting too.Third answer thanks, but the lack of sharpness wasn't because of long shutter speeds, or depth of field. Thanks for contributing though.....Show more
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