Standard zoom lenses

The far-from-humble standard zoom is the perfect option for shooting a variety of landscapes

Once you’ve been seduced by the impact of using wide-angle or telephoto lenses for your landscapes, it’s easy to overlook the versatility and creativity offered by the humble standard zoom lens. But with a focal length ranging from moderate wide-angle to short telephoto, it’s a great lens for shooting many landscapes. At the widest setting of 24mm on FX (or 18mm on DX), these lenses offer a great focal length for capturing the wider view of a landscape, without the background elements of the scene becoming too small in the frame. Even so, they are wide enough to make use of foreground details in a similar way to ultra wide-angle lenses. At focal lengths around 50mm on FX or 35mm on DX you will be shooting at distances that give a more…

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N-photo: The Nikon (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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