I am heading to scandinavia and Iceland this year end.
Currently, I have a 70mm-300mm lens and standard 55mm lens. I was wondering if I should get a ultra wide angle or fisheye lens.
Any Filter recommendations? I have CPL, ND4, UV filter.
Thank you!
totally depends on your shooting habits and your targetted subjects.
someone did a scandinavian trip using only 50mm f/1.8 but his shots are mainly urban and cafe-stuff.
not everyone are good in ultrawide becos that the perspective varies widely from variation of distances, and if you are that type who dare not go near subjects and positioned yourself in poses that will attract attention, you may not do ultrawide in urban settings. despite so, wide to ultrawide are widely used in landscapes, and may be of interest if your itinerary covers so. u dun necessarily have to do ultrawide, a normal wide angle of 18-50mm at crop factor of 1.5 (most nikon and canon bodies) will just do the job, but to exaggerate scale, you often need something below 15mm (at CF 1.5). no comments on fish eye since i dun have one either.
your 70-300mm seems rather long, and probably very heavy. do u usually used it in singapore? would u consider the weight worthwhile for shooting perhaps a faraway tower from a tall building? just note that this tele can also be used if you are shooting wildlife, for really, you need a lot of skills as well as fast lens at very tele length. u will have good chance at static subjects, but not a whale that bops in and out of water at unpredictable position at unpredictable timing. so think twice over your 70-300mm. you might want something much shorter and lighter for normal street focal length, ie way below 200mm.
just to share my opinions. not an expert on focal lengths and i guess others who are more versed with street shooting may guide u better.
filters wise
- uv filter usually used to protect lens from dirt and impact (it save my 18-200mm once)
- ND filter but light suppressing and exposure prolongation such as waterfall
- GND filter, you can use it anything that have a brightly exposing sky, but note that GND filter are large filters that require an external holder, which means you cannot cap on the cap when u use it, ie u got to change the cap for the filter holder, and some people dun like that. so all depends on how u shoot.