When it comes to landscape photography, you can certainly use a prime lens, but most professionals prefer the versatility and convenience of a zoom lens. So, what are the essential zoom lenses for a landscape photographer? This great video tutorial features an experienced landscape shooter discussing three essential zoom lenses for the genre.
Coming to you from Mark DenneyThis great video discusses three essentials zoom lens for landscape photography. While advocates of prime lenses will say that you can always “zoom with your feet”, the effect is not the same as when zooming and moreover, physically moving to a new location is not always reasonable or even feasible in landscape work. Additionally, landscape photographers often work in a way that minimizes some of the advantages of prime lenses. For example, most landscape images are taken at an aperture of around f/8 or f/11, which is where most lenses are sharpest, so issues like sharpness in low-mode scalability is usually not an issue. On top of that, weight is often a consideration, and it’s nice to be able to carry one lens around instead of two or three. Watch the video above for the full rundown from Denney.
And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out “World photography 1: Landscape photography and post-processing with Elia Locardi. ”
