In Ken Rockwell's article
Your Camera Doesn't Matter he quotes Ernst Haas as saying in one of his workshops "The best wide angle - two steps backwards"
Well having changed my Canon 17-85 for a 24-105 I was missing the wide angle end of the range as 24mm on a 1.6 crop factor body (20D) only equates to 38mm in full frame/35 mm terms so as it was my birthday I thought I would treat myself and see if a really wide lens would give me a different perspective on life
or would Ernst be right and would two steps backward give the same result
Well the lens arrived a few days ago and I have to say I'm bowled over - it gives a totally different way of looking at things. Sure if you just want a bit more field of view then moving back will do it for you (although that's not always possible). But if you want a different view on reality straight out of the camera then an ultra wide angle is the way to go.
I've posted a few of the first results in my gallery - links below
Victoria Square
We are not Amused
Hall Green Station
Powell's Pool
- all shot as wide as the lens will go