That opening image is just brilliant. Was it also the 60D @ 8mm?
Thanks, but no.
Oh go on...
I think someone made that choice somewhere, but I'm fed up with limitations.
Thanks, Joeseph! The Central Station of Amsterdam is old, big, and rather beautiful. Built by Pierre Cuypers (famous architect here, also built the Rijksmuseum) finished in 1889.
That's what I love about my Viltrox 13mm (20mm FF equivalent) for street photography. That lens has been glued to my Fuji, and it's typically a process of manual zone focusing. You have to be embedded with your subjects to make it work. The feel is almost visceral. I think I only begin to get that feel when I'm shooting at least as wide as a FF 24mm angle of view and wider. 28mm is almost too restricting for me. But the process begins to unravel when wider than 20mm. I don't mean to dwell on street photography--I only mention it because I think it's important to touch on this perspective that might otherwise get overlooked in general discussions of UWA lenses.
I don't have much experience with UWA but I do know that if used well an UW can create amazing looking images. In film too. One of my favourite films of all times is 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet, with Henry Fonda as one of the jurors. That whole film is filmed in one room, except three short scenes (at the beginning, the end, and in the bathroom) and particularly the use of wide angle lenses is masterful and amazing. But the whole cinematography in that film is crazy good. And strong performances by a star cast also helped a little of course...
