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Rick M

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About 75% of my shooting is at 35mm and below. Do you find yourself wanting the 16-85 to be wider? When i was shooting Dx with the 16-85, I found many of my shots were at or near 16mm.
 
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Michael J.

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I read lots of articles about landscape photography and saw so many photos that a wider lens came in my mind.

I will give a try the first time for my Christmas vacation the 16-85mm. The last 2 vacation I used "just" the 18-55mm and the 40mm for landscape and was very saticfied.


Yesterday I went to the camera-shop and had the sigma 10-22 as well as the tokina 11-16 on my cam. I did some shots. I had the cash in my wallet but I didn't buy any of them, I don't now why.

My wife was very surprised that the first time I wanted something and withdraw money from the ATM and tried the stuff which were in my mind and didn't buy it.
 
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Rick M

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For me shooting wide isn't about getting more in, but getting closer and a better perspective. Wider gets you closer to larger subjects. Longer focal lengths give you a flatter view while wider focal lengths bring you into the image. The 16mm gives you a 24mm view in Dx, wide, but not bringing you into the image. Just some random thoughts, wide angle lenses aren't just for wide open landscapes, it's a whole different perspective.
 
Michael J.

Michael J.

Senior Member
As you said Rick. Appriciate your commend as well as the other commands.

Cos of redaing many articles about wide-angles I think I will test first what can I do with my 16-85 after some experience I will decide again. Maybe that will be a another Nikon

I don't want make a quick decions thatg cost money and then I am not that satisfied.

My only quicjk decision was the 55-300 and I am not that satisfied. (AF) So I wanna go for a new tele-zoom and that cost me more at the end. Just do line out what I mean.
 
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Lee532

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Completely agree with what Rick says. I use my wide angle a lot to get very up close to subjects and fill the frame.
Wide angles can be great for landscape but you need to fill the foreground of the shot with something as the horizon will just disappear and look a very long way off.

Up close


Harvest Goxhill-0534.jpg by Lee532, on Flickr

Horizon looks a long way off



untitled-2787.jpg by Lee532, on Flickr
 
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NVSteve

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As others have mentioned, it depends on what you need "wide" for. I shoot wide quite often, but the widest lens I have starts at 24mm. Since most of my shooting is landscape, I often stitch 2 or more shots together rather than using a dedicated wide angle. But, I will probably pick up something like the 14-24 for tight interior shots.
 
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gqtuazon

Gear Head
This is very interesting. Since my D800E is currently being repaired, I have been hesitating in using my D7000 and my rarely used Nikon 16-35mm f4 lens. Since the field of view on the DX camera is much narrower, I have been using the 16-35mm f4 lens compared to my other lenses.

I don't know why, but after using a full frame for a while now and especially with the D800, I am not as excited to use any other cameras anymore.

For Michael - take your time. There are plenty of choices. UWA lenses typically offers more distortion which is why I try not to use it below 24mm lens for people shots.
 
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JDFlood

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If you consider a 35mm on a FX camera To be wide angle (D800), then 80%. I do nature, landscape, street and architectural. The 35mm f1.4 is my normal lens, but I will frequently use my 28mm or 18-24mm zoom. I think my photography got better when I stopped using a 50mm as normal. JD


I agree with Rick M. That is why you do it!
 
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