Nicely explained. I'm always mindful also that sharpness of an image at the furthest distance isn't really worth worrying over. Its such small detail in the photo. Its how your eye would see it in the real world anyway.... especially my eyes. 😄 Top vid. Nice 👌 👋

I was on the verge of buying an expensive wide angle lens. Now instead I will use my zoom lens at 24mm in the way you described and I expect I won't need another lens. Many thanks.

Great tip, and excellent, to the point video (as usual), thank you!

I like this style of video. Great information explained in an easy to follow way. Thanks

Hi Robin, I'm going through your videos and I must say, they are as varies as there are focal lengths in lenses! LOL. This one in particular is packed with eye opening information! Thank you! Cheers, Ray.

Glad I found this tutorial.

Excellent, simple photo tip. Bang goes your sponsorship from wide angle lens suppliers :-)

Very informative video, beautifully explained. Note the most vital photographic accessory, a Paramo coat!

Amazing what a big difference that small change makes. Thank you!

Thanks Robin...very informative as ever.

Good advice and excellent examples.

A useful reminder! Thank you👍

Good tip, thanks!

Thanks for this.

Good video Robin, amazing how much wider a lens looks when it’s closer to the ground.

Really good pedagogical technique. Lkd&Subd. Cheers.

Really appreciated this. It's great to get concise, well-presented information. Many thanks.

So well explained!!! Excellent video. Thank you!

Such a nice explanation, you packed a ton of good information into that short video. The way you describe taking the shots in this video is actually how I've been using it when traveling on my 24mm prime lense over the years. I just take them all handheld, it's such a joy being able to change the position so easily and play around with it in such a short period of time compared to setting up a tripod etc. Even though 24mm might not be a super wide as pointed out in your example you really need to focus on keeping a steady level if you want the lines to be straight. I don't think I would have guessed the 24mm correctly if this wasn't my go-to focal length for this things. I simply figured it looks kinda familar and the distant objects are not tiny yet. Super wide angle shoots can indeed look awsome but I fail to make them consistly look good. I actually mostly ignore ensuring getting distant things perfectly in focus, set a suitable focus point at the front like you pointed out or if there is no nearby point to focus on I just focus on the background and the wide angle ensures everything critical is in focus anyways. I'm curious now, at which body height do you typically hold your camera when using 24mm focal length when taking snapshots of standing people around you when they are the main focus of the image? 24mm is wide enough to have a dramatic impact on how the images turn out depending on whether you shoot at waist level (with the display angled upwards), you holding the camera at arm's height or actually bringing it to eye level like when using the EVF? When people are close (let's a maximum distance of 2-3 meters) the images get a very different feel and the effect is very pronounced compared to a more typical choice of like a 50mm. I actually mostly take these photos from waist level to create an interesting perspective, maybe you have some good insights on this topic as well.

Excellent! Thank you!

24mm is the just about the widest viewing angle one normally needs. If you need more stuff brought into your picture (e.g. a complete rainbow) you can always do a panorama or stitch 3 or 4 frames together. If you go much wider with your lens to get the characteristic wide angle perspective the foreground tends to become really huge and dominant and at the same time the background steps back a couple of light years. 😊

Great video,just keep going 👏 👍 💪

Thanks for the tip, very helpful! Was Steve your model in the final image? You probably had to buy him a Bakewell Tart to sign the release! 🤣

I guess you were using the lumix g9 for the shots. The first lens was probably Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4. What was the second wide angle lens? Nice shots and tutorials!

Have you found any use here for small tripod like accessories like the Joby gorillapods or the Playpod. Light weight and close to the ground support? or just not necessary?

Robin, thank you. A question. is wide angle wider than natural vision - how else can you define it meaningfully. ( nice low angle of the sewer pipe ) As for Allowing my images into an AI - who knows where they will end up. i would rather make human errors than forget that photography succeeds only because of the human element.

what camera did you use for take video scene at 5:26?

Even a 50mm lens could look wider than it is with this technique.