Vintage Lenses For Landscape Photography

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Vintage lenses for landscape photography. Nikon 50mm f18G - Our Choice. In the 24-35mm range I like my. This is ideal for landscape photographers who like to run and gun without the burden of a tripod.

Nikon 24-70mm f28 - Landscape lens for FX cameras. Konica AR 2428 Rokkor 2825 X-Fujinon 2819 Nikkor 2428 Canon FD SSC 3528 TiltShift Topcor RE 2828 SMC Pentax K 282AKA Contax Hollywood. These lenses were the 16 mm f14 23 mm f20 35 mm f20 and 56 mm f12 that allowed me to cover the broad subjects I was used to namely documentary travel street and nature photography.

All of them deliver outstanding sharpness wide open but bokeh improves noticeably by stopping down to f2 and smaller apertures. If youre interested in this reputable vintage lens you can buy it here. Pentax 85mm f18 Super Takumar.

Prime Lens Typically used in portrait photography primes lenses work just as beautifully as landscape lenses and are especially adept at capturing urban landscapes especially urban ones. Canons own answer to the 24-70mm this lens is super sharp and sees minimal distortion across the image. The Canon EF 16-35mm f28L III USM 2200 and Canon EF-24-105mm f4 IS II USM 1100 are great updates to classic Canon.

To me a vintage lens would have to be better than any modern lens in some way in order for it to be viable. A wide-angle lens is one of the best lenses for landscape photography because youll never have to be strategic with your cropping. Sigma 14-24mm f28 Art For amateurs.

A systematic pattern of pixels will not produce the randomness of halide crystals in an emulsion. It is a great lens that covers an ideal focal length range for landscape photography. My own personal choice in this focal length though is the EF 24-70mm f28L USM II.