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Suggestions for wide angle lens (for landscape/astro/street)

Started Jun 11, 2021 | Questions thread
XtJerry
XtJerry Forum Member • Posts: 88
Re: Suggestions for wide angle lens (for landscape/astro/street)
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nemendes wrote:

...I have 35mm, 56mm, 90mm, 50-140. Recently i bought x100v to try wider focal length for myself.

Looks like you are in good shape for portraits and for most street photography.

For astro I like our Rokinon 12mm f/2.

For street photography I prefer 23mm to 35mm focal lengths.  ( I don't get right into people's faces, so I actually use my 18-55mm to give me flexibility for street.)  I would prefer to take my 16-80 for street, but it is too big and obvious if I need to be more discreet.

If I am doing more urban general photography than people, I use mostly my 16-80mm with my 10-24mm in a small messenger bag just in case I need wider than 16mm.  I love the exaggerated perspective that a wide angle (or fisheye) lens gives when shot with the camera aimed way other than just horizontal.  Crazy tilts with buildings are fun for me.

For landscape and general photography I take my 10-24mm, 16-80mm and 70-300mm (w/1.4 teleconverter) with my fisheye tucked in a corner of the bag.  If I travel light I drop the 70-300mm.

I find that I seldom go wider than 16mm, but for those times that I need wider my 10-24mm fills the bill as I have many choices with one lens in my bag.

You might consider just adding the 16mm f/2.8 as a starter for expansion or perhaps the 10-24mm.

There is a bigger difference in effect between focal lengths at the wider end of the spectrum as against the telephoto end.  If 16mm was as wide as I could go I could live with it and do panoramas if wider was needed.  18mm just isn't wide enough for my style of landscape and general photography.

 XtJerry's gear list:XtJerry's gear list
Fujifilm X-T5 Samyang 8mm F2.8 UMC Fisheye II Fujifilm XF 16-80mm F4 Fujifilm XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR Fujifilm XF 70-300 F4-5.6 R LM OIS WR +3 more
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