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Title: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: stirinthesauce on July 18, 2009, 08:52:30 PM
What is your favorite superwide lens, with stipulations.  Must be a budget lens meaning L glass need not be mentioned.  Also, must be able to work on a full frame camera (EF, no EF-S).  Any brand welcomed.

Discuss   :)
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: stevetoney on July 18, 2009, 11:56:52 PM
I wish I had the experience to be able to provide a worthy recommendation, but weren't you the person that was fluffing the Tokina...what is it a 11-16 f2.8...back when I was doing my wide angle zoom lens search?  I know it gets good ratings.
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: gearscout on July 19, 2009, 09:20:02 AM
What is your favorite superwide lens, with stipulations.  Must be a budget lens meaning L glass need not be mentioned.  Also, must be able to work on a full frame camera (EF, no EF-S).  Any brand welcomed.

Discuss   :)

Well, it's hardly "budget glass" but what's the point of listing super wides made of plastic?  Nikon 14-24 is my favorite.  Full frame, full performance.

(http://gearscout.com/14mm/Firefall_small-3552.jpg)

Firefall - June 2009 - Atlanta

(http://gearscout.com/14mm/Firefall_small-3662.jpg)

All shot @14mm/Nikon 14-24 2.8

(http://gearscout.com/14mm/Firefall_small-3261.jpg)
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: stirinthesauce on July 19, 2009, 04:20:45 PM
very nice images^^

Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: Brian E. on August 11, 2009, 09:10:54 PM
Love my Canon 28mm f/1.8 prime :)

(http://bemerick.smugmug.com/photos/616465308_2nfMC-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: Brian Skalinder on September 12, 2009, 03:39:54 AM
Love my Canon 28mm f/1.8 prime :)

Beauty!  Just curious:  did you adjust contrast / color curves at all in the pic posted?  And do you know who washed, waxed, & buffed the car before the wedding?  Every time I look at the pic, my eyes glaze over when I hit the color of the car and I have trouble pulling 'em away.
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: phanophish on September 14, 2009, 05:23:40 PM
My favorite lens is my 17-55/2.8.  Beautiful glass and super sharp.  I don't own a full frame body so have very few FF lenses.  I also like my sigma 10-20 for more creative stuff but it is not the caliber of glass as the Nikon 17-55.
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: Teen Wolf Blitzer on September 14, 2009, 05:57:28 PM
stirinthesauce  left?   :(
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: Brian E. on September 15, 2009, 05:56:25 PM
Love my Canon 28mm f/1.8 prime :)

Beauty!  Just curious:  did you adjust contrast / color curves at all in the pic posted?  And do you know who washed, waxed, & buffed the car before the wedding?  Every time I look at the pic, my eyes glaze over when I hit the color of the car and I have trouble pulling 'em away.

Haha.  Yes, I upped vibrance a couple notches and boosted the contrast just a bit.  I did it on purpose, it's not supposed to look 100% natural.  But I think it turned out awesome!
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: phanophish on September 15, 2009, 10:29:50 PM
Love my Canon 28mm f/1.8 prime :)

Beauty!  Just curious:  did you adjust contrast / color curves at all in the pic posted?  And do you know who washed, waxed, & buffed the car before the wedding?  Every time I look at the pic, my eyes glaze over when I hit the color of the car and I have trouble pulling 'em away.

Haha.  Yes, I upped vibrance a couple notches and boosted the contrast just a bit.  I did it on purpose, it's not supposed to look 100% natural.  But I think it turned out awesome!

Personally I like nearly everything about it.  The depth of field blurring the B&G and guests in background.  Rich over saturated almost cartoon like colors.  Reflections of guests, and I'm guessing you, in the paint.  It really is a great image that you can dig deeper in to and holds the viewers attention.  It definitely a great image.  I'd love to see another frame with the B&G's face but I'm not sure it would end up being a better image as I do kind of like the abstraction you get by cropping them out of the frame.
Title: Re: your favorite superwide, with stipulations
Post by: Brian E. on September 16, 2009, 10:47:14 AM
thanks a lot Phish :)  I'm the reflection on the left.  Here's a couple more, even though I'm sure it'll let you down, haha:

(http://bemerick.smugmug.com/photos/616463552_ibnGx-L.jpg)

(http://bemerick.smugmug.com/photos/616479528_CnDSA-L.jpg)

(http://bemerick.smugmug.com/photos/576838691_bXZz4-L.jpg)

(http://bemerick.smugmug.com/photos/576859253_Ktyg3-L.jpg)

(http://bemerick.smugmug.com/photos/576772643_naebL-L.jpg)