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If you could have only 1 UWA

Started Jan 11, 2020 | Discussions thread
Mottenhaus Forum Member • Posts: 72
Re: If you could have only 1 UWA

burritosandbeer wrote:

So I want to fill a gap in my lens selection, but my budget isn't allowing for a plethora of options. Currently the widest lens I have is the 14-42 kit zoom from my G7.

I want an ultra wide-angle lens.

I want it for landscape
I want it for astro
I want it for interior/real-estate photography
I want it for architectural photography
I am likely to do environmental portraits with it as well

The current two contenders are

A used Panasonic 7-14 mm f/4
A new or used Laowa 7.5 mm f/2

My normal tendency would be to get the zoom, as it will give me a better chance to frame the shot from my position than a prime, and later get the prime if I still want it, but the difference in aperture is significant enough that for astro I don't know if the 7-14 will do the job.

Any one have both? If you could only have one what would be your choice?

The pro UWA zooms are out of the budget, I'm sure a 7-14 mm f/2.8 would probably solve both problems, but this is a fairly limited section of what I shoot, so while that may be true, the price difference places it too far out of reach for just a toy lens for me.

The Laowa might be too restricted vs a wide-angle view.

The 7-14/4 or 9-18 probably fit better to a G7.

My favourite is the OLY 7-14 PRO in combination with a E-M1/M5 plus Grip.

The 7-14/F 2.8 is one of the most impressive lens I ever used.

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