Will you use your Canon 70-200mm for landscape shots?

5 years 7 months ago #596652 by Linda Duncan
Actually what is the top 3 lenses that you will use for shooting landscapes?  Does the 70-200mm get into that list? 


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5 years 7 months ago #596697 by Nikon Shooter

Linda Duncan wrote: Actually what is the top 3 lenses that you will use for shooting landscapes?  Does the 70-200mm get into that list? 


Manufacturers will tell you use their lenses but nobody is 
telling "what" should come through!

I did landscapes even with a 600 mm!!! The compression
is awesome. It's all to be experienced Linda!  :P

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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5 years 7 months ago #596704 by effron
The answer to first question, yes. Second is subjective, third no.

Why so serious?
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5 years 7 months ago #596706 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Linda

Each of us has a different vision into whatever subject is in front of us - some will go 'wide' others will go 'narrow'. Some will seek to show it all, others will seek to highlight just a portion of the whole. It's what makes photography so wonderful ... because it's subjective

I shoot heaps of landscapes - nearly always from 200mm to 800mm of lens; I do portraits outdoors from 90mm to 300mm; and I do panos using about 75mm x a dozen or so images stitched togehter

It's all called "horses for courses"

Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
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Phil from the great land Downunder
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5 years 7 months ago #596826 by garyrhook
You use whatever lens is appropriate to the subject, and your goals. Sometimes that's a long lens to get to what you want. Sometimes it's a short lens. I personally like to shoot tiny landscapes (if something catches my eye) as well as grand landscapes. It all depends.


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5 years 7 months ago #596829 by Linda Duncan
Good answers and insightful.  Thank you all.  


You mind me asking if you all have a f/2.8 or f/4 70-200mm?  


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5 years 7 months ago #597139 by garyrhook

Linda Duncan wrote: Good answers and insightful.  Thank you all.  


You mind me asking if you all have a f/2.8 or f/4 70-200mm?  


70-200 f/2.8, 200-500 f/5.6, 1.4TC. Plus an assortment of other lenses.


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5 years 7 months ago #597630 by effron

Linda Duncan wrote: Good answers and insightful.  Thank you all.  


You mind me asking if you all have a f/2.8 or f/4 70-200mm?  


I had the 70-200 f/2.8 and sold it a few years ago. Didn't use it much, and regretted selling it the day after I shipped it out.....:(

Why so serious?
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5 years 7 months ago #598040 by fmw
I've used lenses from 14mm to 500mm for landscape work with 35mm cameras.  As with any photographic subject, use the lens that gets you what you want.


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