What’s a good lens for landscapes?

A landscape lens allows you to get close to subjects, exaggerating the difference in size between a near object and its background. Creative photographers can use this to create excellent separation between subject and background for a strong sense of presence or for a pan-focus effect with everything from foreground to background sharply in focus.

The photographic style’s lens requirements

Landscape photography tends to require a wide-angle and/or super-wide zoom lens:

• Shorter focal lengths ensure panoramic effects
• Greater depth of field can be achieved using foreground subjects
• The ability to zoom in wide-angle ensures you get exactly what they want in the shot