One Lens!
- Thread starter RevHtree
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The problem with the 28-75 (which I agree is a nice lens) on the XT is that it's a 1.6 crop sensor. It's effectively a 45mm lens which isn't wide enough, at least for my taste, for many landscape shots.
You could, get the 28-75 AND pick up a Tokina 12-24. I love that lens!
You could, get the 28-75 AND pick up a Tokina 12-24. I love that lens!
Ebn
Member
That's very true about it not being wide enough. What it does do is get you to view things slightly different and get you to take a look at your composition. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't.
Here's some landscape shots with the Tamron that I've taken.
http://www.pbase.com/ebn/mt_whitneymono_lake
Here's some landscape shots with the Tamron that I've taken.
http://www.pbase.com/ebn/mt_whitneymono_lake
louist
New member
It will depend on the type of nature photographs you wish to shoot and to a certain degree, your shooting style also.
If you prefer to shoot "long", then I don't see a problem with shooting nature using an 100mm macro lens. I do it a lot with the 180 macro myself since I prefer good subject isolation.
However, if you wish to have some wide/normal angle capabilities, then there isn't a "macro" lens that will do both tasks at a satisfactory level. Macro lenses are specialised in their design to achieve their design parameters and thus many features of a macro lens would actually be considered design failures if it were present in a normal lens. Take AF speed as an example, macro lenses' AF motors move slower, with smaller actuation increments to ensure AF accuracy and consistency in performance, and as a result, the AF on all macro lenses are sluggish in even the most perfect situations. This isn't a desirable quality in a normal lens that you will use to shoot a variety of subjects from birds at the zoo to families at parties.
It would be my recommendation that you consider 2 separate purchases to address both needs independently. This will ensure that your equipments perform for you at the levels that they won't be held responsible for poor photos
and at the same time protect your investment in these lenses.
If you prefer to shoot "long", then I don't see a problem with shooting nature using an 100mm macro lens. I do it a lot with the 180 macro myself since I prefer good subject isolation.
However, if you wish to have some wide/normal angle capabilities, then there isn't a "macro" lens that will do both tasks at a satisfactory level. Macro lenses are specialised in their design to achieve their design parameters and thus many features of a macro lens would actually be considered design failures if it were present in a normal lens. Take AF speed as an example, macro lenses' AF motors move slower, with smaller actuation increments to ensure AF accuracy and consistency in performance, and as a result, the AF on all macro lenses are sluggish in even the most perfect situations. This isn't a desirable quality in a normal lens that you will use to shoot a variety of subjects from birds at the zoo to families at parties.
It would be my recommendation that you consider 2 separate purchases to address both needs independently. This will ensure that your equipments perform for you at the levels that they won't be held responsible for poor photos
and at the same time protect your investment in these lenses.
