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Close-ups with wide angle lenses - mst - 07-17-2011 Since there has been some talk about this topic in the AF-S 40 thread, I think it's a good idea to start a new thread to collect some sample images of what close-ups with wide angles look like. I certainly enjoy this interesting mix of wide perspective and large magnification ... in fact I already did with the ZF 25, which technically was the weakest lens of the whole ZF line-up, but the one I had the most fun with in the field. Anyway, a few samples from the Sigma EX 20/1.8, please feel free to add your's from similar lenses. Taken the same day (and at the same location) as the images I posted in the "In the field"-thread today: The small individual white flowers are about three mm in size. Quite decent bokeh for such a wide lens, me thinks. One more: Next time I'll hopefully wear dark trousers instead ... and have a polarizer at hand. -- Markus Close-ups with wide angle lenses - youpii - 07-17-2011 Some with Sigma 24/1.8. Very fun to play with but not as sharp at normal distances as my other lenses. I replaced it with the Zeiss 24/2.0. Close-ups with wide angle lenses - youpii - 07-17-2011 Sony/Zeiss 24/2.0 Close-ups with wide angle lenses - youpii - 07-17-2011 Minolta 35/2 It's one one the lenses that I use the most when I travel. The first two are on sale at Getty image. Close-ups with wide angle lenses - Brightcolours - 07-17-2011 Canon 35mm f2 on APS-C... not wide angle on APS-C, but stitching more than 1 image together makes it wide angle again: And in the spirit of the announced 40mm Nikon micro DX (35mm f2): Tokina 12-24mm f4 @24mm: Close-ups with wide angle lenses - mst - 07-17-2011 The non-stitched ones are shot with a tube, I assume? -- Markus Close-ups with wide angle lenses - Brightcolours - 07-17-2011 [quote name='mst' timestamp='1310919175' post='10104'] The non-stitched ones are shot with a tube, I assume? -- Markus [/quote] All are, with 12mm. Also the stitched ones. Only exception is the mushroom at night image. Close-ups with wide angle lenses - PuxaVida - 07-18-2011 All these images of yours are appetizing... And that makes me feel free to ask for an advice for a WA lens. So except for the Sigmas I've already checked, lenses with the following features are suitable for this type of photography I guess:
Serkan Close-ups with wide angle lenses - anyscreenamewilldo - 07-18-2011 well actually i'm out of here for a bit, but it's hard for me to resist a thread like this - so here are two old pics from the sony 16mm fisheye . . . and dare i say that mst takes the best people pics even without a polarizer . . . anyhow, two more ordinary pictures from me - Close-ups with wide angle lenses - mst - 07-18-2011 [quote name='anyscreenamewilldo' timestamp='1310989656' post='10121'] and dare i say that mst takes the best people pics even without a polarizer [/quote] <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Thanks One more, which you may have seen in the past already, but it fits the subject nicely so I post it here again. PC-E 24 on FX: -- Markus |