On 12/25/2014 1:54 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Likewise, the heavy rains of the past 3 days have ended, the sun is shining and the temp is in the high 50s. Just
came back from a walk carrying the new 9-18 but I don't think there's anything of note on the card. A bit ominous I
think for the utility of the lens. I'll have to double check but I think I spent more time at the 18mm end of the
range rather than the 9mm end.
I'm sure I've mentioned before that I use it MUCH less than the 75-300.
It's like the OM 18/3.5. When I got it, I thought I'd find all these great SWA
landscape shots. But not so much. :-)
There certainly are landscape shots the 9-18 is great for. I sorta wished I'd
gone to the trunk and pulled it out for the
WA sky reflections shot I recently posted. As it was, a couple of 12 mm shots, with maybe 70% overlap worked for most of
the subject. But the fence was close enough that the wire didn't line up easily. "What fence?", someone with an amazing
memory might ask. The answer is that I cropped it out on the wide shot, which worked out well. Still there on the closer
shot.
But in many cases, super wide just makes everything too small. In many others, even 9 mm is not enough, and a series for
stitching is perfect.
Where a SWA really shines is for close quarters. The image of the violin players in restaurant serenading us, it would
have been perfect, but they were between me, the door and the 9-18 out in the car. There, a panorama was not practical,
as the subject was a bunch of moving people.
This shot of a tree protruding onto a boardwalk (17mm on 5D FF) simply isn't possible with anything else.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MorroBay/ElfinForest/slides/_MG_1203ptl.html>
This one, very close in, through a small opening into the space enclosed by the canopy of a dwarf oak tree, might be
possible with fancy panorama gear with pivot at lens nodal point, etc., but a SWA is much simpler. it's really a closer,
more miniature subject that it appears. <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MorroBay/ElfinForest/slides/_MG_1141ptl.html>
And sure, a serious panorama would catch more of this, but guided tours barely give time for a couple of unassisted
shots. <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MorroBay/HearstCastle/Roman/slides/_MG_1277.html>
Soooo, no, it's not an everyday/every session lens for me, but allows me to get
quite a few shots I would otherwise miss.
And I also wished I'd taken the 75-300. I saw a pretty great blue heron at the edge of a pond but not near enough
reach on the lens to even make him recognizable.
Ya gotta carry 'em to use 'em. :-)
Wide to Tele Moose
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