OK so I got a question on landscape (especially golf courses) and lenses. Background, I know only just a little about how this all works, and very much consider myself a beginner getting back into after about a 15 year hiatus from a camera other than my phone.
I have the Fuji T30 II (gang gang @jsg_nado) with a wildly versatile 18-135mm lens that I think is perfect first lens for me now to travel with one small camera and one small lens and offer a ton of variety. Howeva – 27mm isn’t the wide angle effect I’m looking for on these landscape shots, so my question is as follows–because I’m not a professional and this is mostly for me and for now at least I don’t want to buy another camera of the full frame variety, how low do I need to go?
The real question is basically what am I giving up in the 12-14mm range versus 15mm, because the 8-16mm is a red badge and obviously about twice the price of the 10-24. I don’t know a ton about this stuff obviously because I have no clue if those 3mm are worth it. I’m happy to pay up if so, but don’t want to be wasteful if the answer is no under any circumstances. TYIA
PS I realize on these ASP-C sensors most purists would ask, why on earth would you be shooting landscapes non full frame… but alas, i love my t30 ii
PPS, I have considered a prime, but i love being able to adjust framing with a zoom because often I am shooting and playing so don’t always have time to be changing my positioning as much as one would like to. In the long run I might consider a prime that I have for when I’m solely shooting, but for now I def want some sort of wide angle zoom.