Prime vs. Zoom Lenses… which is best for landscape photography?
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- Forget the f-stop! There are other things to be considered. And ultimately, there is no doubt about which lens type is the better choice anymore! Zoom lenses or prime lenses? I give a clear answer!
Christian Irmler
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Always enjoy watching your videos Christian. Totally agree with you. For landscape photography the versatility of the zoom lens far outweighs the extra sharpness of the prime lens in my opinion
Hi Mark, thank you so much, my friend 😊
Nice greetings,
Christian
Great video Christian. I think you made some great points showing some beautiful examples. Personally I now carry 2 types of wides when doing landscape, a zoom and a prime. I mainly use the prime for astro due to its faster aperture. Have a great weekend buddy cheers 🍻 👍
Hi Adrian, thanks a lot, buddy! I agree, faster prime lenses are definitely a good choice for astrophotography 😊
Have a great weekend,
Christian
Good video and an interesting and up-beat discussion! I'm not in the 'better or worse' camp for this. My experience is that zooms and primes are optimal in different situations. My bag always has two primes in it - a fisheye and a mid-tele macro. These two only add a kilo to the carry and give me a lot of options. I'll then only take big primes if i have a specific image in mind that is suited to a given focal length. So, for me, the 'better choice' depends on the particulars of the location and subject matter.
Hi @luzr6613, yes, I see that exactly like you: it depends on what you want to photograph. When it comes down to portrait photography, for instance, or even astrophotography, prime lenses are definitely the better choice. I was primarily talking about classic landscape photography in this video, of course. But also here: fisheye lenses are usually prime lenses, but can be quite a good idea to use for landscape photography. I think, I saw a Canon that was zoomable, but I've never used it. Difficult architecture 😊
Thanks a lot for your kind comment, my friend!
Nice greetings,
Christian
How are you my friend Beautiful landscape nature awesome photography
Hi Sharat, thanks a lot, I'm fine. I hope you are also okay? 😊
Nice greetings,
Christian
Great video. You are right that prime lenses are better in image quality but like you said a pro grade zoom is realy really good also. It's just how high demanding you are on the images. I never use primes. I prefer to find the composition exactly right in the field instead of processing. I always feel that prime lenses put limitations on my possibility. Thanks for sharing! Grt guido
Hi Guido, yes, I see it like you. They are sharper, lighter, faster, and cheaper, but they limit me in my possibilities when it comes down to framing up a composition 😊
Thanks a lot for watching, my friend!
Nice greetings,
Christian
Sehr interessant, Christian! Hab mich noch nie mit dem Thema beschäftigt und finde deine Erklärungen sehr aufschlussreich. Die ausgewählten Bilder sind traumhaft, wie immer! Genieße dein Wochenende und liebe Grüße 🖖🏼 😊
Hi Chris, vielen lieben Dank! Hab auch einen schönen Sonntag 😉
Schöne Grüße,
Christian
Thanks for an interesting video. It is also a matter of what you are used to using lenses. Usually they have a narrow area where they are at their best and if you are pixel peeping, you will have problems if you do not buy the most expensive systems such as MF, LF or FF, which is not possible for me yet. I've mostly been interested in the artistic, so I sold my Zoom optics when I went digital and it's only recently that I've acquired 3 Zooms, one of which is a cheap amateur lens.
Hi Thomas, it is definitely also possible to shoot landscapes with prime lenses, but then you have to deal with the mentioned limiations. An interesting question would be: would I prefer premium primes over cheap zooms for landscapes? I think, I would anyway go for the zooms in that case, as a clean composition is more important to me than high image quality. But I agree: if you like to shoot with primes, there is definitely nothing wrong with that. Photography is not only all about the goal, the photo. It is also all about the way to that photo, the journey. And limitations can also lead to creativity, on the other hand. That is also a thing we should take into account 😉
Enjoy your weekend,
Christian
Hi Christian, it’s always a pleasure your videos every Saturday. Nowadays the Zooms are made in a very high quality. e.g. the 24-70 GMII is the gold standard, in real world almost no one can see the difference to the 50mm 1,4 GM, beside pixel peeping.
I‘m exploring your channel more and more, from this video jumped to sharpening in LR, concerning to support the mood of the image, subtle and not with a sledge hammer. Great concept. 👍
Ended up with the three years old sharp photographs in the field. 😊
Wish you a nice weekend and a lot of fall colors. Liebe Grüße aus Berlin, Daniel
Hi Daniel, yes, absolutely. The quality of zoom lenses is incredible today so that it is hard to tell a difference when we see two images side by side.
And thank you so much for your kind words about my videos, my friend. Oh yeah, the older ones are quite funny 😉
Enjoy your weekend,
Christian
Wieder ein sehr informatives Video, toll👍😄
Vielen Dank 😊
I realy enjoy watching your video's Adrian. Thanks soo much for all effort you put into it.
Hi @ScenicPaddler, thank you so much, my friend! Means a lot 😊
Enjoy your weekend,
Christian
Do you have a video on how to use metaphores in landscape photo? On Landscape article The Metaphoric Landscape By Joe Cornish.
Hi Thomas, that's quite a detailed topic within storytelling. I didn't make a video about that yet, but I will think about it. Thank you for your input 😉
Nice greetings,
Christian
Are there cases where f-stop and t-stop are significantly different in noise production? (So, for example, setting aside any differences in optical quality, comparing a prime and a zoom at comparable focal length but both at f5.6)?
Hi Eric, thank you, that's a good question. Now, it is like that: if you mount 2 different lenses on your camera, which is in manual mode, you will get 2 slightly different exposure times at f/5.6, for instance, as each lens is different in light transmission. But the t-stop is not the number one criterion for me when it comes down to lens choice, I have to admit. It is an interesting value, though there are other things much more important to me, I have to say 😊
Thanks a lot for watching, my friend! Have a great weekend,
Christian
Ultimately everyone can, and should, decide for themselves which lens is a better choice for them. The fact you feel qualified to make that decision for anyone else is why I subscribed, and then unsubscribed from your channel. I thought I'd give it another shot. No more.
Hi Patrick, I think you got me wrong. I never make any decisions for others, I just share my long-term experiences in my videos. Everyone can and should decide by himself which type of lenses he prefers, of course. The arguments I mention in my videos should just inspire, based on more than 30 years of experience. If you don't agree with my points, feel free to put your own experiences in a comment. My videos are always to be understood as an open discussion, which can even be really interesting. I'm always interested myself in other perspectives and experiences.
However, I'm sorry to hear that you left. Wish you all the best for the future.
Nice greetings,
Christian