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Close-ups with wide angle lenses
#1
Since there has been some talk about this topic in the AF-S 40 thread, I think it's a good idea to start a new thread to collect some sample images of what close-ups with wide angles look like. I certainly enjoy this interesting mix of wide perspective and large magnification ... in fact I already did with the ZF 25, which technically was the weakest lens of the whole ZF line-up, but the one I had the most fun with in the field.



Anyway, a few samples from the Sigma EX 20/1.8, please feel free to add your's from similar lenses.



Taken the same day (and at the same location) as the images I posted in the "In the field"-thread today:



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The small individual white flowers are about three mm in size.



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Quite decent bokeh for such a wide lens, me thinks.



One more:



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Next time I'll hopefully wear dark trousers instead ... and have a polarizer at hand.



-- Markus
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#2
Some with Sigma 24/1.8. Very fun to play with but not as sharp at normal distances as my other lenses. I replaced it with the Zeiss 24/2.0.



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#3
Sony/Zeiss 24/2.0



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#4
Minolta 35/2

It's one one the lenses that I use the most when I travel.

The first two are on sale at Getty image.



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#5
Canon 35mm f2 on APS-C... not wide angle on APS-C, but stitching more than 1 image together makes it wide angle again:

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And in the spirit of the announced 40mm Nikon micro DX (35mm f2):

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Tokina 12-24mm f4 @24mm:

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#6
The non-stitched ones are shot with a tube, I assume?



-- Markus
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#7
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The non-stitched ones are shot with a tube, I assume?



-- Markus

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All are, with 12mm. Also the stitched ones. Only exception is the mushroom at night image.
#8
All these images of yours are appetizing... And that makes me feel free to ask for an advice for a WA lens. So except for the Sigmas I've already checked, lenses with the following features are suitable for this type of photography I guess:
  • FL between 24-50mm
  • higher magnification ratio
  • decent MTF even at wide apertures
  • decent background blur (with smooth transitions in colors)
I use F mount and FX sensor and have no problems with MF... Any suggestions?



Serkan
#9
well actually i'm out of here for a bit, but it's hard for me to resist a thread like this - so here are two old pics from the sony 16mm fisheye . . . and dare i say that mst takes the best people pics even without a polarizer . . .



anyhow, two more ordinary pictures from me -



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#10
[quote name='anyscreenamewilldo' timestamp='1310989656' post='10121']

and dare i say that mst takes the best people pics even without a polarizer

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One more, which you may have seen in the past already, but it fits the subject nicely so I post it here again. PC-E 24 on FX:



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