Beginner 50mm lens for landscape??

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Hi photofolks I will be away in west scotland with a group of deafies next month I couldn't afford a wide angle lens alike a 20mm or 24mm for landscape shooting. Should I use a 50mm lens for landscape shooting instead of either the 20mm or 24mm lens What your advice about this lens? Thanks
 
Any lens can be a landscape lens, I actually prefer normal to telephoto focal lengths as it is useful in more scenarios than wide angle.

In short, 50mm will be fine, you'll just have to be imaginative in some instances.
 
Focus on specific details of interest.. actually having a tighter FOV will let you potentially remove clutter from your images. Also if you want to get a wider/larger image you can always take several and stitch them together. You'll end up with a more detailed image than you would with a wider angle lens anyway (though it is situational, depending on movement etc).

Do you have a zoom lens or are you just taking the 50mm?
 
There seems to be this notion that you must have or need a wide angle lens for landscapes - you don't! (shock horror ;))

Sometimes using longer focal lengths give a far more engaging image. As David above says, if you need wider, stitch them, but look for compositions that you can get with the 50.
 
Taking a few steps back (or forward) won't work or give you same kind of FoV. Also sometimes its not possible to take a few steps back or forward for that matter.

Also as Paul says, wide angle doesn't equal landscape. Telephotos and also mid focal range lenses are useful. Sometimes getting everything in the frame (TM) just makes the whole image boring.

According OP's profile he has a D810 with tamron 15-30mmm/2.8 :confused:
 
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You can use any lens in landscape (my favourite has always been an 85mm). In fact your 50mm will give a natural perspective and will suffer less from 'getting too much in' than a wide angle would. Get creative - eg large aperture and focus on foreground interest. The aim doesn't have to be to record everything in sight fully sharp.

Weather up there is often mercurial. Challenges might be exposing to control bright highlights in skies, and atmospheric haze.
 
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Also looks like you have made two threads :confused:

According to your profile you have a D810 with tamron 15-30mmm/2.8 :confused:
You seem to have the (ultra) wide angle well covered.
 
A 500mm lens can be used if you want

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Taking a few steps back (or forward) won't work or give you same kind of FoV. Also sometimes its not possible to take a few steps back or forward for that matter.

Also as Paul says, wide angle doesn't equal landscape. Telephotos and also mid focal range lenses are useful. Sometimes getting everything in the frame (TM) just makes the whole image boring.

According OP's profile he has a D810 with tamron 15-30mmm/2.8 :confused:
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So the question is what lenses does the OP have?
 
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As Ned said, any lens can be used for landscape. Any lens can be used for anything, come to that; the only difference being that lens can determine how you approach a subject and the style of the results. How you "see" is more important, as that would determine the lens you use.

I gather you're using a full frame camera for which 50mm is the standard focal length; I personally use the standard lens for my format when photographing landscapes, especially in Scotland.
 
Have a look at Flickr or similar and see what can be achieved by using a 50mm.
 
There is a guy who regularly posts images on Facebook (Alexander McCalister) he takes images on Skye. He exclusively uses a Canon 6D and. 50mm Sigma 1.4 Art lens and nothing else. His work is excellent.
As others have already commented, there is no such lens as a "Landscape" lens, use whatever suits your mood/budget.

Andy
 
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I used to use my canon 70mm-200mL when i had it, no problem.:D:)
 
Lou Nardi said:
Hi photofolks I will be away in west scotland with a group of deafies next month I couldn't afford a wide angle lens alike a 20mm or 24mm for landscape shooting. Should I use a 50mm lens for landscape shooting instead of either the 20mm or 24mm lens What your advice about this lens? Thanks
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Nothing stopping you taking overlapping shots and stitching them together in editing. I use Adobe Elements for this
 
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