Screamin Scott wrote: I still have & use over 50 different "prime" lenses, both MF & AF on my cameras... Not only Nikkor, but Konica, Leica, Minolta, Yashica, Helios, Pentax & others (the non Nikon ones I use on a mirrorless camera camera with adapters)... Should have put a "smiley" or LOL in the original post so we knew you were kidding...As for the OP's question, all lenses are simply tools to be used for the purposes they are best suited for. Landscapes can be shot with any lens out there, it depends on whether they want a "panoramic" type image or to isolate a distant feature...
OK, this picture was shot in 2008....I still have most of these lenses & have added to them too (acquired more than I sold that is). These are just my Nikkor & 3rd party Nikon mount lenses
Well I use whatever lens I need to get the effect I am looking for. So it could even be a long lens if need be. Some are zooms, some are primes, and then there is my fisheye for really, really wide. Zooms are great when you have limited room to work with, and cannot compose with your feet. Long lenses are good for places where you can't get to your desired subject, due to those pesky no trespassing signs, or you have something in the very distant background you want to appear closer than it is, mountains, and ridge lines as examples. Also if you want to, or have to isolate the subject because of other things you do not want in the image as well. The variable aperture is not a problem because you are not usually shooting wide open, or I hope you are not. Again it is a matter of picking the right tool that works for the image. I always carry a few lenses with me to be able to switch up as needed.
Depending on what part of the landscape you want to capture. Normally I use my 18-200 but to zero in on a specific feature, I might switch to the 100-400. Too many people simply assume that a "landscape" shot is a wide angle view.
Screamin Scott wrote: OK, this picture was shot in 2008....I still have most of these lenses & have added to them too (acquired more than I sold that is). These are just my Nikkor & 3rd party Nikon mount lenses
Screamin Scott wrote: OK, this picture was shot in 2008....I still have most of these lenses & have added to them too (acquired more than I sold that is). These are just my Nikkor & 3rd party Nikon mount lenses
Never bothered to count them, but likely about 100, give or take a few in Nikon mount, plus maybe another 25 or so in other mounts.... I rarely sell any lenses. When I went digital, I kept my older manual focus lenses, unlike a lot of people. I have added mostly AF lenses over the last few years. I got an AF 50mm F1.4 for $35 (Oh, I did get a MF 20mm F4 for $35 a few years back too), but then paid a bit more ($400) for an AF Nikkor 80-200 F2.8 D ED, $200 for a MF Nikkor 300 F4.5 ED IF AIS, $350 for a Sigma AF 10-20mm F4/5.6 EX and $310 for a Nikkor AF 180 F2.8 ED IF... My cameras will all take even the older MF lenses, so it's hard to part with any as they all have a "signature" look that modern lenses are hard to duplicate...My other lenses I mount & use on an Olympus Pen E-P3 mirrorless camera (several fast F1.4 Minolta in this bunch)
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