Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are, to me, two purposes of wideR angle lenses.... and a third that is different.... 1) Your back is against the wall and you want more in the frame...... A step back will not work.... Typically inside a Church, etc. 2) You want to change the proportions of what is close to what is far away..... This focuses attention to the near for wider angle lenses... This is all about relative camera location to the chief subject.... Terminology is PERSPECTIVE. If you wish to focus attention to the foreground thing, you go wider.... House and mountain in the background, where you wish to have the viewer pay attention to the house.... If you go longer in FL, the mountain becomes more dominant..... This works well when you are free to move around,,, 3) and hardly needed to state.... if you want to go REALLY wide, like a panorama, you use the wider angle lens, VERTICAL mode, take your multiple exposures and stitch them together.... What you are doing is to use the 3:2 proportions of the lens to get more vertical image....In fact, 50% more vertical.... than you would get in landscape mode. The stitching makes up the expanded horizontal range. Use a tripod to get it right, but with stitching SW what it is, you can hand hold with good results..... When doing this, LEVEL is most important..... Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at gmail.com On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:43 AM Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I picked up a 23mm lens for my GFX system - that?s 18mm in the 35 world. > > I?ve never used anything nearly so wide before and I?m daunted. Normally I > live in the medium-telephoto world. > > Suggestions about work that uses ultra wides? Thoughts about composition > and handling most welcome. I do remember that keeping the lens level is > essential. > > Thanks! > > Adam Bridge > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information