Those detail shots at the end (from the lagoon I think is Fjallsarlon) are awesome. I felt your pain on trying to make the ultra wide work with that bluebird sky, great save in the end. I get so fixated and stubborn on locations like that and never think laterally - really nice to see the payoff here as a reminder.
Canon's own RF 16mm f/2.8 is a great, inexpensive autofocus lanes. I use it quite a bit. I also use the TTArtisan 11mm f/2.8 - this is a fully manual lens too, again not expensive, but it has great build and image quality. I use them on the EOS R5 and EOS R with great results.
Man I love it ! I mainly use the rf 15-35 ( need to borrow one for a bit ? 😉 Lol ) thanks to your little accident that damaged yours I'm now looking for a backup lens. And I'm stuck between this nisi lens and the rf 16 2.8 prime. This has certainly given me some things to think about !
Future Brendan here... I ended up trading in my 15-35 for a 14-35 and the 16 f2.8. But it's worth noting that the 16 f2.8 is an stm lens, so you can't really use filters on it
@@BrendanvanSon that is interesting ! Can I ask why the 14-35? I strongly considered that lens for the price but jumped on the 15-35 2.8 because I got it used for a screaming deal
BVS, NiSi makes a 15mm f/4.0 lens for Sony that I think is the counterpart to your lens. If it is, try shooting "sunstars" with it. Its aperture blades have been optimized to create sharp 10 spoke sunstars. (Ten straight blades.) The trade-off however is that bokeh is less than ideal.
I rarely shoot wider than 24mm, or even want to. But i recently bought the RF 14-35 F/4L when it went on sale last Black Friday. I've found it's best when you have a really strong foreground and nothing of interest is too far away. It's definitely not a lens for big vistas, not for me anyway. I also usually use it in portrait orientation because the distortions are more manageable. I was thinking about the NiSi 15mm but I'm an autofocus brat.
Yeah, I agree on the width. It works best when you're in big landscapes with lots of foreground interest. And, like you said, works best portrait. I usually do portrait orientation, so it works for me. As you'll see in the future, I have the 14-35mm as well.
I also got the lens from NiSi at the time and was really impressed by the image quality. I found it remarkable that you don't actually need a correction profile in Lightroom (I think there still isn't one). But still I wasn't happy with it, the light intensity was o.k. for me. But I just didn't like the fact that it's completely manual. And since I now own the RF 15-35, the NiSi lens has become obsolete.
Those detail shots at the end (from the lagoon I think is Fjallsarlon) are awesome. I felt your pain on trying to make the ultra wide work with that bluebird sky, great save in the end. I get so fixated and stubborn on locations like that and never think laterally - really nice to see the payoff here as a reminder.
Thanks! Glad you liked the images
Canon's own RF 16mm f/2.8 is a great, inexpensive autofocus lanes. I use it quite a bit. I also use the TTArtisan 11mm f/2.8 - this is a fully manual lens too, again not expensive, but it has great build and image quality. I use them on the EOS R5 and EOS R with great results.
Yup. As you'll see fairly soon, I'm using the canon now as well!
Really great video today. Beautiful country there. Be safe.
Thanks bud
Man I love it ! I mainly use the rf 15-35 ( need to borrow one for a bit ? 😉 Lol ) thanks to your little accident that damaged yours I'm now looking for a backup lens. And I'm stuck between this nisi lens and the rf 16 2.8 prime. This has certainly given me some things to think about !
Future Brendan here... I ended up trading in my 15-35 for a 14-35 and the 16 f2.8.
But it's worth noting that the 16 f2.8 is an stm lens, so you can't really use filters on it
@@BrendanvanSon that is interesting ! Can I ask why the 14-35? I strongly considered that lens for the price but jumped on the 15-35 2.8 because I got it used for a screaming deal
BVS, NiSi makes a 15mm f/4.0 lens for Sony that I think is the counterpart to your lens. If it is, try shooting "sunstars" with it. Its aperture blades have been optimized to create sharp 10 spoke sunstars. (Ten straight blades.) The trade-off however is that bokeh is less than ideal.
Hey, yes, as far as I know that the same lens (different mount). I'll give it a try for sunstars one day. Cheers!
I rarely shoot wider than 24mm, or even want to. But i recently bought the RF 14-35 F/4L when it went on sale last Black Friday. I've found it's best when you have a really strong foreground and nothing of interest is too far away. It's definitely not a lens for big vistas, not for me anyway. I also usually use it in portrait orientation because the distortions are more manageable. I was thinking about the NiSi 15mm but I'm an autofocus brat.
Yeah, I agree on the width. It works best when you're in big landscapes with lots of foreground interest. And, like you said, works best portrait. I usually do portrait orientation, so it works for me. As you'll see in the future, I have the 14-35mm as well.
I like Kvernufoss a lot. Pretty hidden from the road and I have been there alone for more than an hour.
It's crazy how there can be 2,000 people at skogafoss and literally no one at this waterfall. Shows how much people don't like walking lol
I also got the lens from NiSi at the time and was really impressed by the image quality.
I found it remarkable that you don't actually need a correction profile in Lightroom (I think there still isn't one). But still I wasn't happy with it, the light intensity was o.k. for me.
But I just didn't like the fact that it's completely manual. And since I now own the RF 15-35, the NiSi lens has become obsolete.
Yeah, the image quality is great. But if you can afford a 15-35mm or 14-35mm canon there's really a need for it
Vlog alway great but not stabilized!!!!!!! Bad shake…
Really great video today. Beautiful country there. Be safe.