Lens for Landscape and Night Photography

TyphoonTW wrote:

Full frame or APS-C ? You had the 10-22 so I assume APS-C, in that case Tokina 11-16mm f2.8.

For full frame, Tamron 15-30 f2.8.

The 24-70 mkII is the best lens of the lot that you trued, but it's not exactly a common choice for astrophotography. It's also not very wide on APS-C.

Hello,

I do own both FF and APS-C however I would like to pair the new lens with my FF camera.

Canon 16-35 f2.8 is way overpriced for what it offers, if you need f2.8 then go with Tamron.

Samyang / Rokinon 14mm f2.8 performs amazingly well for nightsky photography and will leave a lot of cash in your wallet, but you may need an extra UWA zoom for convenience. You'll notice on the Flickr group for the Samyang lens that a lot of those images are about night skies.

Yes Samyang 14mm f2.8 is already in my bag Although up to now I do not have a good chance yet to test it due to ugly weather in our place (grey, foggy, etc..)

So, if I had to sum up my reccomendations list:

a) APS-C -> Tokina 11-16mm

b) Full frame, 1 single lens -> Tamron 15-30mm f2.8

c) Full frame, 2 lenses, good value -> Samyang / Rokinon 14mm f2.8 + Canon 17-40mm

The reason why I consider option C as good value is that the 17-40 is a very old lens and it's very easy to find second hand at really low prices. The newer 16-35 f4 is much better optically, but the price is also much higher and you mentioned that you already liked the results from the 17-40. You can use filters on the 17-40 (as well as the 16-35 f4), which is often helpful for landscapes. The Tamron and Samyang lenses don't take filters.

Looks like I have to rent the Tamron 15-30mm as you suggested to see if this will go with my need.

Many thanks once again for your feedback.

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