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Lens purchasing dilemma - wide prime or 18mm kit lens [NX300]

Started Mar 12, 2015 | Discussions thread
TJL LTFF
TJL LTFF Senior Member • Posts: 1,728
Re: Lens purchasing dilemma - wide prime or 18mm kit lens [NX300]

I like your photo a lot. You have some scenery there that deserves photos that are sharp across the whole frame.

Great combo - NX300+45mm; sharp corner to corner; the 18-55mm isn't at 18mm. I use a Rokinon 12mm & NX16mm for wide landscapes. The 12mm is very good for those border to border sharp landscapes.

But I also use my 30mm & 45mm for those wide scenes; I just fire off plenty of shots and then stitch together in Microsoft ICE. Here's an example with the 45mm:

3 shots with 45mm stitched of an 80' tree from close quarters

MS ICE is a free program - easy to learn and very effective in its latest version.

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