Lens for Landscape and Night Photography

oscarvdvelde wrote:

unefemme wrote:

Yes I do have Samyang 14mm f2.8, however my mistake that I did not further explain earlier. What I am searching for is a lens that enable me to shot the city with lightings.

Many thanks

Do you use a tripod or do you shoot hand-held? For tripod+city any lens would do as you will stop down anyway. In such case a lens should be judged by resistance to flare (matters more at night than during the day) and the quality of the star effect as you stop down.

Hi, I do use a tripod.

For hand-held shooting a F1.4 lens can give you 4x shorter exposures or 4x more light, compared to f/2.8. Or you may like IS instead.

As you have the 14mm Samyang are you looking for something less wide?

That is the thing, I try to make a backup so basically f1.4mm lens will go with one camera and the zoom one will be with another one. At home I can always compare and decide which one I like more. (I know.. I make things complicated LOL)

Edit: do you mean lightning? Then you would need a less wide lens and not one with a bulbous front element which catches rain drops. The wider you would shoot the more upward tilted and the more chance of rain. Probably 28mm or 35mm/40mm are better for this use (I used EF 28mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.8 for this, with lens hoods).

No, I mean the lighting. Like this one below, how I love the effect coming out from the lights. This was taken with 24-70mm f2-8

Am wondering if 17-40 and 16-35 give out the same quality? (Perhaps a silly question, but I just start to learn Night Photography)

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