On Dec 17, 2005, at 10:34 PM, Derby Chang wrote:
I find the 15mm/3.5 really hard to use. Not that it isn't a great
lens, which it undoubtedly is. But I find it hard to get a
composition that interests me. Keeping the background undistracting
is a task. And I even find it tricky to see exactly what is in
focus. I've had the lens for a few months now, and have only
managed to get a handful of shots that I like.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index5/05_12_15mm/index.htm
I like the pelican shot at
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index5/05_12_15mm/04.htm
Good balance, good color, nice composition. Well done.
There's no denying that making good compositions with ultra-wide
lenses is difficult work. After a year or more of using a 15mm lens
with my Leica cameras, I decided that 110+ degree diagonal FoV was
simply too much. About 90 degree diagonal is a much more useable. On
35mm cameras, I stepped back to 20-21mm; on the Pentax *ist DS, the
14mm is my ideal for ultrawide, like with this photo of Arundel
Castle in the UK:
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/large/37O-half.jpg
Pentax *ist DS + DA14mm f/2.8 -- ISO 200 @ f/11 @ 1/250 sec, Av mode
Godfrey
