Wide Angle Wildlife by Russ Burden
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Most photographers recommend using a long lens when photographing wildlife. But in certain circumstances you can get great results by using your wide angle lens ...
Wide angle lens
Is a lens with wide covering power. It has a focal length which is less than the diagonal of the film format with which it is being used.
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Many wide angle lenses also give you the option of using a normal focal length. Normal focal lengths are considered as those being within the range of 28mm to 50mm.
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Moderate wide angle lenses are less of a issue since they have narrower angles of view. Beyond about 35mm you should not run into any "problems.
Why choose a wide angle?
Lenses with a shorter focal length in the range of 17mm-40mm provide a broader view and are used to tell a story and/or record a bigger scene with a foreground and a background.
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I really wanted to get a wide angle conversion lens for my DCR-TR7000 Digital 8 camcorder, but information on the 'net was scarce as to which one to buy. Sony has two, the VCL-0637H, and the VCL-ES06.
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Wide Angle Lens
A wide angle lens is one that has an angle of view significantly wider than a normal human perspective. Typically less than 28mm (on the 35mm system).
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Water is considerably denser than air,which means colour, clarity and contrast fall off very quickly the further you are fromthe subject, even in the clearest conditions.
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an adaptor that reduces the focal length of another lens, increasing the field of view ...
WIDE ANGLE & VERTICAL CAMERA TITLE - If you attempt to 'zoom' the camera to a wide angle, then tilt the camera on its vertical side and lock the exposure, it will make the objects which are the central image, appear smaller and less detailed.
Wide angle Lens: A lens of a short focal length which makes subjects seem far away, allowing more of a subject or a scene to be fitted into a photo at close distance.
Wide Angle Lens: A lens with a focal length shorter that the normal lens. In 35mm photography, lenses shorter than 50mm are considered wide angle lenses.
Wide angle - In terms of lenses, wide angle means giving a large field of view. Examples of wide-angle photography are landscapes and street photography. It corresponds to a short focal length.
WIDE ANGLE LENS- The normal angle of view of the human eye is approximately equivalent to a 50mm lens. That is, if you stood without moving your eye, the portion of the scene from left to right that is in your "normal" view.
wide angle - The focal length that gives you the widest angle of coverage.
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wide angle lens
A lens that captures a larger field of view than a normal or standard lens. For full frame digital SLRs a standard lens is 50mm, any lens with a shorter focal length is normally referred to as wide-angle.
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Wide angle lenses are those with focal lengths of 35 mm* and lower. The typical qualities of these lenses are a wide viewing angle, (60° to 180°) and a large depth of field.
2. Wide Angle Lenses - different lenses can totally change the impact of a shot with converging lines. I find that a wide angle lens can be particularly useful - especially when positioning yourself between the two lines.
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What wide angle lens would you recommend for a SP 350 in an Ike housing? hey Ron, I'd use an Inon UWL-100 + Inon dome unit with the ikelite 67mm adapter. - scott
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Ultra-wide angle lens.
Extra-wide angle lens, usually those with an angle of view greater than 90°. For 35 mm cameras the description usually applies to lenses of shorter focal length than about 24 mm.
ULTRA-WIDE ANGLE LENS - An extra-wide angle lens. Generally refers to 35mm camera lenses with focal lengths shorter than 24 mm.
Try a Wide Angle Lens - One of the techniques is using a wider angle lens. This allows you to get in close (point 3) but also fit in a lot of the pet.
Wide angle lenses usually aren't as good optically as normal and telephoto lenses. Optical resolution from the center to edge of the image degrades a little quicker with wide angle lenses than normal and telephoto lenses.
Wide angle lenses
Wide-angle lenses are mostly used in landscape and other types of photography where you need to include a lot of a scene. Lenses shorter than 50mm are consider wide angle.
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Wide Angle Lenses: Wide angle lenses distort perspective (actually, it is not the lens but the way that it is used that causes the distortion of perspective).
Wide angle lenses are more susceptible to the problem of vignetting than other types of lenses. For that reason filter makers often make low-profile or slimline filters for use with wide angle lenses.
Wide Angle Lenses
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A photograph can tell a thousand stories, they say. In the art of photography, one of the key elements is the choice of right lens to obtain the right filed of view.
"Wide Angle" redirects here. For the PBS television series, see Wide Angle (TV series).
One of Canon's most popular wide-angle lenses - 17-40 mm f/4 L retrofocus zoom lens.
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You will tend to use the wide angle more often than your telephoto setting.
LW46 wide angle adapter has good contrast and sharpness, low distortion
The best feature of PANASONIC DMW-LW46 is it can be used on any focal length of LX3, from 24mm to 60mm, in otherword, with LW46 attached, the LX3 now has a 18mm-42mm zoom lens.
Extra-wide angle lens, usually those with an angle of view greater than 90°. For 35 mm cameras the description usually applies to lenses of shorter focal length than about 24 mm.
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Since wide angles open up perspective they should not be used for close up portraits as the facial features of a person will be distorted beyond recognition and you can be sure you won't make many friends this way.
Ultra-wide angle lens giving 180 angle of view that produces a circular image on 35 mm, 5-9 mm lenses showing whole image, 15-17 mm lenses giving a rectangular image fitting just inside the circle, thus representing 180 across the diagonal.
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A 24mm wide angle lens can create unbalanced composition very easily by taking the objects in front of the lens at close range.
Using a wide angle lens means that the camera is much closer to the subject than the subject is to the background. This exaggerates perspective and makes the background seem small and distant.
An ultra-wide angle and a lot of prep work got Peschak close to this Aldabra giant tortoise.
Photo: Thomas P. Peschak/ Save Our Seas Foundation
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Above, a wide angle shot taken at an equivalent focal length of 18mm. That would be "0.5 x" on most digital cameras - you need either an SLR or an adapter to go that wide. This was taken using an FZ10 with a Raynox 0.5x adapter.
Short, or wide angle lenses, are anything shorter than 50mm, for 35mm format. Common focal lengths are 35mm and 28mm. Short lenses are available down to 14mm, referred to as a fisheye.
A 17-40mm wide angle lens was used to create a unique perspective. Here, three SNJ-2 planes depart Republic Airport on a cloudy day in Farmingdale, New York.
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For typical wide angle lenses on a Nikon DX DSLR format SLR, you may download a table here for your bag.
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24mm - 35mm = Wide angle
50 mm = Normal, the same picture angle as your eye
80mm - 300mm = Telephoto
300mm = Super Telephoto
Please note also that focal length has a direct effect on perspective.
Now, do you need wide angle lenses to take photos of homes or interiors as well as beautiful landscapes and seascapes?
-Camera Sizes and Lens F-1 Lengths 8mm 16mm 35mm Normal 12mm 25mm 50mm Wide Angle Telephoto 6 to 9mm 25mm and above 13 to 17mm 38mm and above 35mm or less 100mm and above EXPOSURE CALCULATION NOTE: 360 is a constant factor (number of degrees AND ...
Zooming the lens to a wide angle, or using a short focal length lens, requires fewer pictures to cover the same view but makes objects in the panorama appear smaller and more distant. You should avoid using fish-eye lenses that distort the image.
Ultra Wide Ultra Wide Angle is a "house brand" of Meade. These eyepieces are well corrected, with very large apparent fields of view, of 84 degrees. Ultra Wide Angle eyepieces are reported to be generally similar in design to Naglers.
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A telephoto lens has a longer focal length and narrower field of view than a normal lens and have a shallower depth of field than wide angle lenses.
Wide Angle Lens: Any lens that includes more in the viewfinder than a normal lens is wide angle. Wide angle lenses often have a very high depth of field and can yield very interesting perspective shots.
A wide angle zoom and a telephoto zoom. The wide angle should start at 28mm and go to somewhere between 70mm and 105mm. It need not be too fast (= expensive). A typical lens would be a 28-105/3.5-4.5 or something similar.
Again, I recommend using a wide angle lens, say 28mm. Put your camera on manual and set the shutter speed dial to Bulb (B). This allows the shutter to remain open for as long as the cable release is locked on.
Once in a while I use a wide angle lens for portraits of children. It's a unique approach and gives a very different kind of stylistic look.
A moderately wide angle lens gives a certain amount of perspective distortion, the first shot in particular makes her feet look very big in proportion to her head.
Lens choices range from wide angle and telephoto to a wide variety of zooms and close-up or "macro" lenses. The major brands of SLR cameras also have extensive accessory systems that let you tackle almost any photographic task.
This means that if you mount a wide angle lens like a 14 or 17 mm on a full frame camera, it will result in a vignette at the edges of the frame.
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