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Scott Murray said:
I think I will use my 16-35 only as I find the distortion with the 14mm can be too much at times and would take extra time editing.
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At times the distortion of a 14mm lens can add to a photo, but for what you want and need, I agree you should do better with your 16-35mm lens. Good call, Scott. :)
 
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sonicbuffalo_RIP

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The 14-24 has a reputation for a reason. Scott, take my word for it. You wouldn't be sorry you had it. I'd buy another if I was going FF in DSLR's again, but I'm not. The images it produced were brilliant.
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very minimum corrrection in LR.
 
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Scott Murray

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sonicbuffalo said:
The 14-24 has a reputation for a reason. Scott, take my word for it. You wouldn't be sorry you had it. I'd buy another if I was going FF in DSLR's again, but I'm not. The images it produced were brilliant. View attachment 125579

very minimum corrrection in LR.
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Yeah I am referring to my 14mm Rokinon I do not have the 14-24 yet and would not be able to get it by next week so this is why I say my 16-35 will have to do for now ;) unless I can get a correction profile for the Rokinon. I can still see some vertical lines out of whack in your pic too ;)
 
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rocketman122

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Best to shoot up to 24mm if you can. If u have no choice then u have no choice. No choice is when u cant get it in by going back and u have to go wider.

This is a lens id love to get if i were to do re shooting consistenly.
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Cheap and more than sharp.

The 14-24 is a killer lens. But again for re, best as wide as 24mm
alway best to take a bit extra all around so u can pull the tips to straighten the edges straight with a little perspective control

Also do 2-3 ahots on the tripod with 1-2 stops bracketing and then do an hdr compile in ps. Watch the clouds though. Do it fast when youre ahooting so u dont have such
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rocketman122

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Waiting to hear more news on the Tamron 15-30 2.8 vc. I dont feel i could justify buying the 14-24. I hate wa lenses and the tamron ( by tamrons words) is suppssed to be on par or better but thats hearsey. ahould be exactly what i need though fot the price theyll tag it. Im guessing 1200 marbles. My tamron 17-35 2.8-4 is great but i want something a bit better
 
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rocketman122 said:
Waiting to hear more news on the Tamron 15-30 2.8 vc. I dont feel i could justify buying the 14-24. I hate wa lenses and the tamron ( by tamrons words) is suppssed to be on par or better but thats hearsey. ahould be exactly what i need though fot the price theyll tag it. Im guessing 1200 marbles. My tamron 17-35 2.8-4 is great but i want something a bit better
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Yeah I am weighing up the benefits of the 14-24 and who knows it may be in my bag soon.
 
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aroy

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rocketman122 said:
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This is a lens id love to get if i were to do re shooting consistenly.
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Cheap and more than sharp.

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Most Architects use TS lense, as it is easy to correct for perspective distortion in camera. With a proper TS lense you rarely worry about distortion correction - it is corrected.

Otherwise if you use DXO software you can correct for most distortions. I believe that you can use a shot of a grid to correct complex geometric distortion.
 
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sonicbuffalo_RIP

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Scott Murray said:
Yeah I am referring to my 14mm Rokinon I do not have the 14-24 yet and would not be able to get it by next week so this is why I say my 16-35 will have to do for now ;) unless I can get a correction profile for the Rokinon. I can still see some vertical lines out of whack in your pic too ;)
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yeah! I forgot to tell you that the black band on that guys hat was crooked! :anonymous:
 
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rocketman122

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aroy said:
Most Architects use TS lense, as it is easy to correct for perspective distortion in camera. With a proper TS lense you rarely worry about distortion correction - it is corrected.

Otherwise if you use DXO software you can correct for most distortions. I believe that you can use a shot of a grid to correct complex geometric distortion.
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well its the reason why I want that TS lens..I think youre preaching to the wrong person?
 
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Ruidoso Bill

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This is a lens id love to get if i were to do re shooting consistenly.
http://www.rokinon.com/product.php?id=246

I could never use a fixed lens for Real Estate photography, a 24 just isn't wide enough for many of the homes/rooms I need to shoot. I correct it in lightroom and have no problems, the client is more concerned with good lighting and nice rich color, I never use HDR for Real Estate, even a little looks fake.
 
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