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Since we seem to be on a beach theme I thought I would share one from a few months ago. This was taken just below the Cliff House above Ocean Beach.
posted by Benson at 11:24 PM
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Benson, I like this shot of Ocean Beach. It's an unusual perspective of it. I like the way the waves appear. How did you do this? Which lens was it? It looks like an ultrawide.
--WT
This was taken with the D70 kit lens at 18mm. Funny you mention ultrawide lens because I have on my wishlist an ultrawide. Nikon has a 10.5mm and Tokina makes a good 12-24mm. Anyone with thoughts on which is better?
You California guys are killing me with your photos of maginificent beaches and hiking on the hills leading down to the ocean! ;-)
It's 40 deg and boring-looking here - and the closest ocean beach (which while quite nice, can't compare to California coast) is 3 hours away.
Anyway, Benson, I really like the way you framed this stetch of ocean on 3 sides and the way you got the dramatic clouds to also act as part of the frame on the top. Excellent!
-- SteveR
Benson,
That explains it, 18mm is an ultrawide in the 35mm world, and it still has the "look" of an ultrawide even though it's cropped by the dslr sensor.
I bought the Sigma 15-30mm. At the time, the Nikon 12-24mm just came out, and was very expsnsive. Also, the Sigma 15-30mm covers the full 35mm frame, so I'm able to use it as a true ultrawide on my film cameras.
I have not read up on the two lenses that you mention, but I will now that you mentioned them.
I've been happy with my Sigma, but it's very bulky and heavy, and I find myself not using it as often as I expected. I recently purchased a 17mm prime that is very nice, the Tokina ATX 17mm f3.5. I still find that my 24-135mm Tamron zoom covers the majority of my needs when I"m nut using my primes.
--WT
p.s. Steve, SF's ocean beach is just a few minutes from my house. Sharp Park Beach, where we saw the hawk is about a 15 to 20 minutes drive from my house :).
Benson, I think the 10.5mm is too limiting as an ultrawide prime lens. It has the equivalent fov of a 16mm 180degree rectilinear fisheye. While that is very cool, I think it will have limited applications. OTOH, the 12-24mm will be much more usable, IMO. I read some good comments about the Tokina 12-24mm on the web.
Also, didn't Sigma announce a 10-20mm? If so, that one may give you less overlap from your current lenses.
--Warren
Nice scenic photo...would be kind of perfect if a little bit of foreground could be included. I'd agree that ultrawide lenses can be very expensive,like the 10.5mm. I tend to concur with Warren and go for the 10-24mm.
PAT
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