No one is indifferent to the grandeur of a beautiful landscape. Nature is capable of offering us the most impressive views imaginable. When you think you have seen the most beautiful landscapes in the world, suddenly you travel to another place where you find impressive photographs and you realize that there are even more wonderful landscapes. When you find one of these places, there is nothing you can do other than compulsively film to ‘steal’ that scene and bring it home forever, because of course staying there is not possible. Because if you could, you would, but since you can’t and you also love photography because you shoot with your camera to take it as a souvenir.
What happens is that sometimes you come home and you’re disappointed because you didn’t manage to capture all the beauty. This occurs mainly because on the site there are many factors that improve the view, the aroma of the sea or the desert, the colors of nature (there is no camera to overcome them), the breeze, the touch of the flowers, the feeling of space?come on, the contact with nature that so ties us up. All these things can’t be put in your digital box, it’s impossible. However, there are two things you can counter. You and your camera lens or your camera lens and you. Order doesn’t matter to me because they’re both equally important.
- Your work to capture the immensity and beauty of a landscape is indisputable.
- We have already commented countless times that photography is not done by the team.
- But by the photographer.
- You have many resources to capture all the magic of the place possible.
- Starting with its artistic skills and ending with everything.
The lens in this case can help you make better photographs, for that you have to work in symbiosis, you feed the lens and the lens feeds you, its benefits are only possible if you know how to enjoy it and your photographic eye will get the best performance if you have a lens adapted to the landscapes.
Size and weight. The first thing is your health, so I do not recommend wearing super heavy equipment when discovering landscapes, it is normal that you have to take long walks to find the most spectacular places (don’t you think you will find them in The Road?) And wearing heavy equipment is a big drawback. Same thing when you get there, all you want is to go home?
Focal distance. This is the heart of the problem. This aspect is essential when photographing landscapes, since the part of the scene that can fit in your frame will depend on the focal length, in other situations it may not be as important, but in a landscape, leave this beautiful mountain out of the countryside. Therefore, the most recommended lenses for landscapes are the wide angle. Just so you know what we’re talking about, here’s everything you need to know about the focal length of your lens.
Apertura. La aperture is the size of the diaphragm, that little hole that lets in the light. The larger the aperture, the more light can enter. This can be seen in the number “f” on the lens. The smaller the lens number, the more light it is said to be brighter, this aspect, which in other types of photography is crucial, here is not so, on the one hand because it serves to blur the background and landscapes A focused background is more interesting and because you won’t need a particularly bright lens , since you’ll be outside and almost certainly using a tripod. The higher the aperture of a lens, the higher its price. Therefore, you should determine whether you want versatility or whether you will use it only for landscapes and prefer to pay less.
Distortion Wide angles always deform. Some more than others, but they all do. Ultra wide angles or also called fisheye are the ones that distort the most. Now distortion is not something you should be obsessed with and more if you’re not a professional. On the one hand, because it assumes a creative effect sometimes sought after and even modified to further exaggerate it. On the other hand because it can be corrected with editors.
Fixed or variable focal length. The lenses can be fixed or variable, the former have a fixed focal length, as the name suggests, and they do not allow zooming, so if you want to cover more or less landscapes, you will have to be you to move Benefits: better image quality and best price. Cons: very little versatility, on the other hand, variable lenses are much more versatile because they allow you greater flexibility when playing with the scene, including a more or less wide field of vision depending on your interest. Being more expensive and the quality of the optics decreases, the latter is not as obvious as it seems, so it should not become an insurmountable obstacle and less if you do not dedicate yourself to landscape photography professionally.
That said, I’ll give you some recommended lenses to capture the beauty of a landscape (or several?).
Sigma 10-20mm f/ 3. 5: It has no image stabilizer, but you won’t need it on a wide angle and using a tripod (which will probably be the case). With a fast and quiet approach, it is excellent value and perfect for landscapes. You can find it for just over 400 euros on Amazon for Canon and Nikon.
Canon 10-22mm f / 3. 5-4. 5: With the same focal length as the previous one and a little more money (about 600 euros) you have an original Canon, it has a very fast focus and the results are amazing.
Nikon AF-S DX 10-24 mm f / 3. 5-4. 5 G: very good lens, with a fluid, silent and crisp autofocus. It does not have image stabilizer, but that is not its biggest drawback, but the price, which in this case exceeds 800 euros, so it may be worth considering the Sigma option 10-20 mm if the budget is adjusted.
Tokina AF 12-24mm f / 4: This lens has been highly rated by users. The difference with its analog Nikon in terms of price is very considerable (the Nikon lens triples the price), however, in terms of performance, it is not so much. Obviously the Nikon is much better in terms of sharpness, distortion? But if your passion for photography is more of a hobby than a profession, you don’t need to spend that much because you won’t notice the difference as much.
The lenses used for full-size cameras are also valid for cameras that are not. Therefore, unlike the previous ones, the following lenses would be valid for all types of cameras.
Sigma 12-24mm f/4: Robust and well built, this wide-angle Sigma art series deserves to be taken into account.
With a maximum aperture of f/4 throughout its focal range, it offers very good brightness, minimal aberrations and a lot of sharpness, plus it offers protection against dust and splashes.
With image stabilizer, very fast focus, light, bright and with professional results. Very versatile. For Canon, it is highly recommended.
Nikon 14-24mm f/2. 8G: For Nikon users, probably the most sought after, for its clarity and contrast. A professional goal at the price of “professionals” but if you can and want to spend almost 2,000 euros?I look forward to your photos on the forum!
Are you sure you’ve already had the bug to buy and expand your equipment?Always remember that a photo is not taken with the camera or lens, you take it. Before you spend a lot of money on targets or other accessories, be sure to manage your light, focus or composition well. If you don’t master these variables, won’t there be a lens to save your photos?
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