Lens help

[FoG]

ok I am going to be taking a lot of landscape photogrpahy and I touched on the subject of lenses with a thread in share your shots... What I would love to know from you guys in the know is what lenses would you suggest are must have ones in a kit for klandscapes and also what filters I am at the moment as you can tell by my sig using a superzoom that is a couple of years old this is purely to get used to Aperture and shutter priority modes I have on order a polarising filter and Uv filter for this and also a ND filter just to build my knowledge as will be upgrading to DSLR by years end .... however I do not want to waste my money by buying lenses that will waste my time doing landscapes ... so what would you suggest for a minimum set-up and what would you put on your wish list for a decent semi pro set-up....

Thanks for all answers in advance !

[RexK_Cozumel]

It really depends on your style. Do you want the ultra wide angle photos that are popular now or something more like ansel adams? Or something else completely? Personally I have shot landscapes with everything from 10mm to 200mm. it really just depends on the situation at hand.

Somethings that I would say that every landscape photographer should have however is a good tripod, filter holder system, ND filters and ND grad filters, polarizing filter, a cable release. I also like the blue and gold filter but that is a personal taste thing.

[FoG]

Originally Posted by RexK_Cozumel

It really depends on your style. Do you want the ultra wide angle photos that are popular now or something more like ansel adams? Or something else completely? Personally I have shot landscapes with everything from 10mm to 200mm. it really just depends on the situation at hand.

Somethings that I would say that every landscape photographer should have however is a good tripod, filter holder system, ND filters and ND grad filters, polarizing filter, a cable release. I also like the blue and gold filter but that is a personal taste thing.

Well at the moment I like the idea of wide angle not because it is trendy at the moment but purely as the area I live in lends itself well to it... whilst I would love to do tighter shots as I get more used to the area (recently moved here) where some features will lend itself to the closer aspects. I know I had the 15-55 and 28-700 kit lenses as standard what I wondered would be what to add to these for this type of work ... I know about the filters etc etc through reading up but when it came to aperture and so on I am very much still a novice so wondeered what you guys would use just to narrow my field a bit or I will end up with Lenses I rarely use which would be a watse of my limited budget

[RexK_Cozumel]

What camera brand are you going to go with first? And are you going to go full frame or crop body? Generally for landscape shots you do not need a super wide aperture lens since you will be stopping down the lens anyways for maximum DOF.

[navcom]

If you are going to do landscape photography, you need good, mid-to-wide, glass. I use my 16--45mm lens the most followed by my 40mm limited prime, a 28mm manual prime (30 years old), and a 50mm manual prime (also 30 years old). The older lenses give fantastic color rendition in many circumstances which is why I love using them. I'm also lucky enough to use Pentax gear which is compatible with pretty much every lens Pentax ever made.

I would recommend primes if you can as they usually give the best quality, although my 16-45 does very well...which is why I use it so much.

As for aperture, it's not really that important to have fast glass for landscape photography as you are almost always using a tripod. Plus you need depth of field so choose a lens which has good qualities at mid to small apertures.

I will also carry a good zoom with me for high-definition panoramic work along with a nice pano head. I carry a 55-300mm zoom.

For filters, I pretty much use Singh Rays. I have a set of 6 ND grads (Cokin P style...3 each of hard and soft transitions) as well as a set of two reverse ND grads. I also use a gold-n-blue circular polarizer and a variable ND circular filter as well to get motion. I also have a warming polarizer which I use on occasion.

[FoG]

Originally Posted by RexK_Cozumel

What camera brand are you going to go with first? And are you going to go full frame or crop body? Generally for landscape shots you do not need a super wide aperture lens since you will be stopping down the lens anyways for maximum DOF.

I have a shortlist but at the moment Canon and Nikon are looking likely I am definitely not going full frame beacuse the expense at the moment cannot be justified by the lack of experience so that would be later onceI have more experience and maybe more ability

Originally Posted by navcom

If you are going to do landscape photography, you need good, mid-to-wide, glass. I use my 16--45mm lens the most followed by my 40mm limited prime, a 28mm manual prime (30 years old), and a 50mm manual prime (also 30 years old). The older lenses give fantastic color rendition in many circumstances which is why I love using them. I'm also lucky enough to use Pentax gear which is compatible with pretty much every lens Pentax ever made.

I would recommend primes if you can as they usually give the best quality, although my 16-45 does very well...which is why I use it so much.

As for aperture, it's not really that important to have fast glass for landscape photography as you are almost always using a tripod. Plus you need depth of field so choose a lens which has good qualities at mid to small apertures.

I will also carry a good zoom with me for high-definition panoramic work along with a nice pano head. I carry a 55-300mm zoom.

For filters, I pretty much use Singh Rays. I have a set of 6 ND grads (Cokin P style...3 each of hard and soft transitions) as well as a set of two reverse ND grads. I also use a gold-n-blue circular polarizer and a variable ND circular filter as well to get motion. I also have a warming polarizer which I use on occasion.

That is brilliant just what I was looking for advice wise thank you will definitely now have a look into prices and aim for this type of set-up. Thank you !! Also any advice on what seels what doesn't etc would be good howeverI think I may have an outlet that can buy prints as they do run of the mill wall art and to be honest I reckon I can best what they have so far so that at tleast would be a start income wise