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Jack of Most Trades, Master of None

Started Feb 11, 2022 | User reviews thread
ThePhotographyEnthusiast
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Re: Jack of Most Trades, Master of None

thunder storm wrote:

ThePhotographyEnthusiast wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

It's a master of low light landscapes / cityscapes. It has great stabilization without IBIS and with IBIS even more, and it's sharp across the frame wide open. As long as you manage to avoid the AF from hunting in those low light situations it's great for these kind of tasks, although the focal length isn't the most common for these kind jobs.

Another strong point is it's contrast in back lit situations.

This has been my main use for the lens along with still life. I think where you live greatly plays a factor in which focal lengths are suited for cityscapes/landscapes.

Here in Sydney 85mm and longer is actually great for cityscapes due to all the different vantage points we have.

Yes, for some cities it works very well to use a (moderate) telephoto lens. Stockholm is another one.

I think a 100-400mm can work better for some distances but I’ve found that here in Sydney that 85mm works well for the majority of places and only a few I’ve been too would be too tight or too far.

As mentioned above 85mm is very versatile too, I’ve seen some people use this focal length as a walk around lens and get excellent results with that too.

85mm is too long for my taste as a single walk around focal length. 40/45/50mm works for that for me. And I need 28mm at least as the widest FL.

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45 is more than enough, but 500.000 isn't

It actually is for me too but Jason Vong specifically does really great walk around with 85mm. I feel some people really see in a certain focal length which for me is 35mm.

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