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Fastest non prime wide angle lense

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:17 am
by kipper
Whats the fastest lense non prime less than 28MM

Looked at the 12-24 ED DX but that only has aperture of like 3.

Ive started to really get used to an aperture of less than 4 since playing with my 50mm 1.4

Re: Fastest non prime wide angle lense

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:42 am
by birddog114
kipper wrote:Whats the fastest lense non prime less than 28MM

Looked at the 12-24 ED DX but that only has aperture of like 3.

Ive started to really get used to an aperture of less than 4 since playing with my 50mm 1.4

All Nikon glass:
17-35 AFS/ 2.8
17-55Dx/ 2.8
20-35/ 2.8

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:46 am
by kipper
What prices are these lenses Birdy.

Although I was looking more of a non prime that has a wider focal range then the kit lense but also better apperture. So something along the lines of 12-24 but around the 2.8 apperture. Focal length of 12 with apperture of 2.8 would produce some nice shots at dusk with no tripod :)

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:04 am
by birddog114
kipper wrote:What prices are these lenses Birdy.

Although I was looking more of a non prime that has a wider focal range then the kit lense but also better apperture. So something along the lines of 12-24 but around the 2.8 apperture. Focal length of 12 with apperture of 2.8 would produce some nice shots at dusk with no tripod :)


I don't think you can find anything in WA (Non prime) with the wide apeture less than 2.8, if it existed, it will cost you an arm and a leg and a wife and a kid and your job :lol: Only Nikon 10.5mm fish eye, it's not so popular
:lol: If you have a wife and no kid then you can't have it or no wife and no kid then you have no qualification :lol: you should achieve all the above factors to qualify for your lust.
Prices posted in Bargain Section under: Lens lust

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:07 am
by Greg B
Birddog114 wrote:I don't think you can find anything in WA (Non prime) with the wide apeture less than 2.8, if it existed, it will cost you an arm and a leg and a wife and a kid and your job :lol: Only Nikon 10.5mm fish eye, it's not so popular
:lol: If you have a wife and no kid then you can't have it or no wife and no kid then you have no qualification :lol: you should achieve all the above factors to qualify for your lust.


This is gold Birdy. Have you been getting into the Moet before lunch?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:31 am
by jdear
greetings!

very interesting, I tend to use the other end of the aperture value to create a deep depth of field - then again i rarely use my wideangle for anything other than landscapes - unless there are ppl in it.

The camera ken duncan uses - linhof technorama 617s has a lens from f5.6-64 (technorama Apo-symmar 5.6/180). The other lenses available on this system are f5.6-45. He shoots everything up in this high area, and also on fuji veliva - ISO 50. - hence the need for a tripod - he uses a ball head, again i think its a linhof.

My old 15mm ais lens is f3.5, but it blurs the edges of the photo unless its aperture is over f8 - f11 seems to be its sweet spot. I assume the fisheye has this same drawback?

Most lenses have a max f value of f22. f2.8 is the fastest i have on 20mm ais, but i would rarely shoot down this end.

All depends on your application really. For landscapes id use larger f stops.

:)
keep on learning!

JD

PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:45 am
by kipper
Too cheap to get a tripod :)

Might get one when I get back or in the UK