The question is more towards the correct usage of this lens :)
is it truly for landscape only? Can it be used for wedding/maternity or any indoor activity like concert? I believe we can though haven't seen much examples to looking for some guidance before go and swipe card :)
Of course. You can use it for whatever wide angle purpose you like. f/4 is a little slow for indoors and concerts, but high ISO on the 6D can make up for that. It's a decent lens, although much more prone to distortion than I was used to with the 10-22.
Depending upon your needs, you might consider the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8. It's manual focus and won't accept filters, but it's extremely sharp, wider and faster than the 17-40, and less than 1/2 the cost.
Of course. You can use it for whatever wide angle purpose you like. f/4 is a little slow for indoors and concerts, but high ISO on the 6D can make up for that. It's a decent lens, although much more prone to distortion than I was used to with the 10-22.
Depending upon your needs, you might consider the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8. It's manual focus and won't accept filters, but it's extremely sharp, wider and faster than the 17-40, and less than 1/2 the cost.
Rokinon is Interesting! See all good reviews! Thanks for the information!
keep people away from the edges at anything under 24mm.
Got it but then the actual use would between 24 to 40mm only when it comes to the group of people.
It's true of ANY wide angle lens BTW, not just this one. The wider a lens gets, the more shapes at the edges are distorted. For exactly the same reason that shadows get distorted as you lower the light source. The sight-line to the corners of the frame is VERY oblique compared to at the center.
The question is more towards the correct usage of this lens :)
is it trr landscape only? Can it be used for wedding/maternity or any indoor activity like concert? I believe we can though haven't seen much examples to looking for some guidance before go and swipe card :)
I use mine for portraits. The only thing about using this lens is the lack of shallow DOF and not being able to get enough light. I was going to sell mine and get a fast wide prime. I couldnt decide on a focal length and the newer primes are just way overpriced. I figure I'll just rent a fast prime when I need it and continue to use this lens. If you want a wide zoom for portraits maybe look at the 16-35/2.8 but its over twice the cost.
If you have the cash I would say it's a nice addition to your collection for the 6D. If you really need something wide I would suggest get the Rokinon as scalvert suggested.
just so you know, the 17-40 will be about the field or view and distortion your sigma 10-20 is on your 50D
FWIW, i did a test shoot indoors at my wife's kickboxing class with it to see what kind of shutter speeds i could get in a well lit gym for a shoot i will be doing. no flash, no composition, just seeing how the gear handled the light and what speeds i would need for various movements.
the first was shot with the 17-40L at 17mm you can see noise as the ISO was up at 6400 to get a shutter of at least 1/400 to freeze this action.
the second was with a 50mm at f/1.8, 1/400, but the iso was 3200 and the image is much better exposed and a lot less noisy, i probably could have shot at 1600 and pulled the RAW up in post or closed the lens down a bit for more DOF.
its not the best indoor lens, especially portraits where cleaning the noise makes them less sharp. my primes performed much better obviously and were more versatile, i'll be renting some fast primes for the official shoot.
outside the lens is great, indoors you need faster, unless you use flash.
just out our curiosity, i toyed with selling my 17-40 and buying one of these to complement a faster prime. how easy is it to focus these on people? landscape is no problem, just focus to infinity :) or live view if closer focus is needed, but for other subjects, like hose that tend to move, for instance?
if I am keeping 50D and 10-20mm then dont need to buy 17-40mm -- answer to this is yes I am keeping both 50D and 10-20mm as 10-20mm goes well with 50d compare to 6D.
After reading the thread again I am dropping idea of buying 17-40 and now looking for Rokinon 14mm though my purpose is to have a wide angle lens and also help me to shoot sometime portraits otherwise I have 50mm as well as 85mm and they goes well with portraits so not a big deal.
just out our curiosity, i toyed with selling my 17-40 and buying one of these to complement a faster prime. how easy is it to focus these on people?
To be honest, I've never tried the Rokinon for that. I mostly use mine for interior real estate photos and landscapes. I suppose it depends on your familiarity with manual focus. The mechanism is very smooth, and the DOF at 14mm gives you a lot of leeway. The printed focus scale on this lens is not accurate, but for my purposes setting the lens to focus around 1 or 2m and f/8 covers everything.
Important tip: the Rokinon produces complex distortion that cannot be fixed with a simple barrel adjustment, however THIS inexpensive software works great for correction. The difference is amazing. See example here.
just out our curiosity, i toyed with selling my 17-40 and buying one of these to complement a faster prime. how easy is it to focus these on people?
To be honest, I've never tried the Rokinon for that. I mostly use mine for interior real estate photos and landscapes. I suppose it depends on your familiarity with manual focus. The mechanism is very smooth, and the DOF at 14mm gives you a lot of leeway. The printed focus scale on this lens is not accurate, but for my purposes setting the lens to focus around 1 or 2m and f/8 covers everything.
Important tip: the Rokinon produces complex distortion that cannot be fixed with a simple barrel adjustment, however THIS inexpensive software works great for correction. The difference is amazing. See example here.
Interesting finding Shannon! I like the way software is helping. I believe I can use the same for my 10-20 also right?
Once there was a situation that I was covering a baby shower and they kept the cake in a room of size 10x10 and I didn't have any other choice but go with 10-20 and later one I found that most of the in room photograph had a corner issues with people in the room.
