What is your favorite Lens for Landscape on M8

What is your favorite Lens for Landscape on M8

  • 15mm

    Votes: 27 17.4%

  • 21mm

    Votes: 41 26.5%

  • 24mm

    Votes: 33 21.3%

  • other

    Votes: 54 34.8%
  • Total voters
    155
For me wide angle/Ultra wide angles belong to the dominant foreground style of landscape/city scape shooting. That is you find a subject in the distance, decide how big it should be in your frame, move to where it is that size, close your lens down and then turn into a squirrel looking for something attractive to put into the foreground. This is actuall a good style for high MP P&S digicams....lots of DOF.
The short and medium tele lenses are for those scenes that have ugly or unapproachable foregrounds that you want to shoot past......fences, powerlines, harbors, freeways/highways. They are also good for those that want distance detail, as they magnify. Lenses shorter than the diagonal of the sensor actually demaginify/reduce the image detail and with digital, the leaves on that distant tree will turn into blobs floating in the air.
On the M8 I have been reaching for my 50 Cron.
Bob
 
It completely depends on what you want. I never use (any more) wider than 28, but longer than that anything is usable, depending on motive. All on film:

28mm (lots of foreground):

195947744_xtFnK-XL.jpg


35mm (note: no foreground, but the sky is interesting - you only get this with a wide):

195928625_sxHh8-O.jpg


50mm:

126035206_WnQZa-XL-1.jpg


90mm:

223937992_kGxib-XL.jpg


135mm:

394252256_sadPt-XL.jpg


200mm:

80514270_9K65S-O.jpg


The classic Adams set on 6x6 was 50, 80, 150 and 250mm, roughly translating to 28, 50, 90 and 135 on 35mm film. The Moon over El Capitan was shot with both 80 and 250 and over-layed in the darkroom.

Look at some photos from other people that you like, and see which focal length you get attracted to.

Roland.
 
Last edited:
Ferider: Thanks for the great visual aides! Excellent ;o) I admit I was in the camp that a good landscape lens must be wide to include as much "landscape" as possible. Now I've happily learned something new. This is what is so great about RFF. You learn a lot from the experienced ;o)
 
I've just started with an M8 but on 35mm my landscape lenses tend to be pretty wide (between 17 and 24mm) or medium telephoto (100-200mm). Can't wait to get shooting some landscapes with the M8, I imagine the 24 and 90 will be the choices.
 
35mm Summilux. Three vertical stitches.
50mm Summicron. Four vertical stitches.
The idea is to get more detail from a longer lens onto a larger sensor.
I have a lightweight vertical bracket with holes drilled for 28,35 & 50mm nodes.
 
Jeicob, Ok bracket next monday. Leica gave me those two node measurements. Anyone know the measurements for 50 Summicron and 90 Macro - I've been guessing up to now.
 
Hmm The Elmar-M 50/2.8 is the smallest lens to carry



snow-1.jpg








And if you want wideangle, just stich the images. This was handheld without special care, as I did not plan to stich them initially:



Panorama1.jpg
 
Last edited:
Tuesday.
HERE is the ultra-light-weight stitching bracket.
I did it with a hacksaw in a mitre box. Had a hard time finding the imperial screw taps over here. I now have 1.8 meters of useless alu profile.
You must GET THE NODES RIGHT for your lens. Ask Leica, they only publish the distance to the front element.
 
Last edited:
Well, Roger, you changed my thinking here...
I'm going to follow your course, and see what happens.
Still keeping the 29ASPH and the UC hex in the bag, though, as well as the ZM 25.
I'm not sure the 90 Summicron is right for my M8: at my age, I have to use my 1.25 magnifier to focus the damn thing!!!!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom