 Nancy Marie Ricketts |
Best Lens for Grand Canyon for Pans? I'm planning on a trip to the Grand Canyon in August. I will bring my Canon 5DII, and I want to know what lens should I take for panoramas. I have a Canon 14-70mm wide angle, but I want to get a new wide angle - the Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Autofocus lens. I also have a 4L 70-200 with an extender that I could do panoramics with, then stitch. Any advice?
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Nancy, My first choice would be the Canon 14mm L lens but it is an expensive lens. The 16-35mm and the 24-70mm will also work well. More than the glass is the angles, time of day and where the shadows are falling. A tripod and using as much DOF as your lens allows are essential, and possibly a ND or circular polarizer may help as well. It's all about the light and as Ernst Haas once said - "The most important lens you have is your legs". my .02,
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Bruce A. Dart |
You can make incredible panoramas by shooting with a not so wide lens in VERTICAL and merging them together in Photoshop. I could not often remember which images I wanted to use by the time I went to download them. One of my friends gave me a simple idea that works. Hold up your hand in front of the lens with the first one and then after you finish hold up your hand again. You can add fingers for the number of exposures unless you do more than five, LOL, but it will define the parameters.
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newjerseyphotos.net - Deborah C. Lewinson Contact Deborah C. Lewinson Deborah C. Lewinson's Gallery |
Hi Nancy, Great answers from Carlton and Bruce, but beware, the polarizer may change the light in the sky from frame to frame, you're safer with an ND or no filter.
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Allen M. Aisenstein |
I recommend using your wide-angle lens and shooting vertically. Take several shots overlapping about 25%. Set exposure mannualy and keep same for all shots. DOF is important. May use polarizer and grad-ND filter. Tripod, of course. Have fun!
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