[ptyork]

Originally Posted by NeilE

The first image was taken with the 14mm. The camera was basically sittng directly on the water. I would never use the lens enough to justify the price of it, but it's shocking how much difference there is between 14mm and even 17mm. It's just a crazy fun lens to play with. If I'd had my own with me I would have used it a lot more.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who can't justify $2000+ for a prime. Still, I'm sure it was a fun one to use. Incidentally, I'm surprised that you shot so many with the 24-70. As you said in your article, I'd have thought that one to be a "just in case" type of lens. Also interesting to see how relatively little use the telephoto got (again contrary to original expectation). I suppose the landscapes were more interesting than the penguins.

Hey, any chance of getting that first shot at 1920x1200. It'd make a fantastic wallpaper...

[ptyork]

Originally Posted by NeilE

The first image was taken with the 14mm. The camera was basically sittng directly on the water. I would never use the lens enough to justify the price of it, but it's shocking how much difference there is between 14mm and even 17mm. It's just a crazy fun lens to play with. If I'd had my own with me I would have used it a lot more.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who can't justify $2000+ for a prime. Still, I'm sure it was a fun one to use. Incidentally, I'm surprised that you shot so many with the 24-70. As you said in your article, I'd have thought that one to be a "just in case" type of lens. Also interesting to see how relatively little use the telephoto got (again contrary to original expectation). I suppose the landscapes were more interesting than the penguins.

Hey, any chance of getting that first shot at 1920x1200. It'd make a fantastic wallpaper...

[NeilE]

Originally Posted by ptyork

Glad to know I'm not the only one who can't justify $2000+ for a prime. Still, I'm sure it was a fun one to use. Incidentally, I'm surprised that you shot so many with the 24-70. As you said in your article, I'd have thought that one to be a "just in case" type of lens. Also interesting to see how relatively little use the telephoto got (again contrary to original expectation). I suppose the landscapes were more interesting than the penguins.

Hey, any chance of getting that first shot at 1920x1200. It'd make a fantastic wallpaper...

I'm surprised I shot that many with the 24-70 as well. The reason the wide angle got so much use is because I quickly learned that I really liked taking pictures of icebergs. I don't have patience for penguins. Of the 6600 photos only around 250 were penguin shots. The 70-200 was useful for fine detail on icebergs at a distance.

No, sorry

Neil