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New M6 Mkii user!! the obligatory help me decide on my next lens

Started Jan 3, 2022 | Discussions thread
Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: New M6 Mkii user!! the obligatory help me decide on my next lens
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CQui wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

... I sold my 11-22 only because I’m not a huge UWA landscape shooter, but I may pick up the aforementioned Laowa 9mm (recti) for occasional use.

Not sure I understand this. The Laowa 9mm costs nearly half as much again as the 11-22mm, it's even wider, no zoom, no autofocus, no IS and apparently not usable at f/2.8, so it's effectively no faster (unless you really need to stop subject movement, and that's getting specialised for UWA). If not GAS, then why?

Because...

9mm is better than 11mm ?

Then why not the Laowa 4mm ?

For landscapes I prefer the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 rectangular fisheye to a 4mm circular fisheye - the stereographic projection can be very unobtrusive, it doesn't scream "fisheye shot" if you line things up carefully.  But 102° (f = 9mm) along the length of the image is going to be harder to fill than 90° to 53° (f =11-22mm) if you're not a huge UWA landscape shooter.

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