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20mm Vs 24mm for landscape

Started 3 months ago | Discussions thread
John Crowe
John Crowe Veteran Member • Posts: 3,476
20mm, 24mm, shoot both with your zoom and see.

It really comes down to your preference.  I would spend more time with you zoom at 11mm and 15mm and see how they compare and what you like.

I have always been a wideangle fanatic so I have had pretty much every focal length from 11mm to 35mm, plus circular fisheye.

In the wideangle range I have only had fisheye and 17mm TS-E for ten years on FF. I have recently forced myself to photograph at 24mm for the reasons you mentioned and I am enjoying the difference.  I do also have 12mm.  The 17mm will always be my go to focal length and I do a lot of shifting stitching to also get down to 12mm but with much larger files with much more detail.

There is a significant difference between 20mm and 24mm, so if you intend to get a prime be sure which one you would use more often.

It is easier to compose successful images with the 24mm, but the 20mm can certainly add more drama, and is very rewarding when the subject presents itself.

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