（When/How）Do You Use Super Wide Angle Lens (20mm/eq or Wider)

[Einst_Stein]

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I have TL 11-23mm (16~35mm/eq), but I found I actually used it mostly in the 16~23mm (24~35mm/eq) range. The super wide is not quite useful as I thought it would be. The usage is almost always in shooting architecture inside, sometimes in shooting tall architecture when I cannot stand far enough. 

Do you use super wide angle lenses? when? 

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[jankap]

It is horses for courses, isn't it.

[spydrxx]

Very infrequently, usually for landscape shots when I can't adequately distance myself from my subject.

[Derbyshire Man]

12 hours ago, Einst_Stein said:

I have TL 11-23mm (16~35mm/eq), but I found I actually used it mostly in the 16~23mm (24~35mm/eq) range. The super wide is not quite useful as I thought it would be. The usage is almost always in shooting architecture inside, sometimes in shooting tall architecture when I cannot stand far enough. 

Do you use super wide angle lenses? when? 

Shooting in layers/framing, eg a church though a gate, an event through layers of people doing something interesting. Just using it to capture a wide scene is often dull unless there is a marked contrast in colour/tone/drama.

[Einst_Stein]

40 minutes ago, Derbyshire Man said:

Shooting in layers/framing, eg a church though a gate, an event through layers of people doing something interesting. Just using it to capture a wide scene is often dull unless there is a marked contrast in colour/tone/drama.

Sound a universal good advice for any photography.

[Einst_Stein]

I an actually comparing Laowa 12-24mm zoom vs. Leica 11-23mm or Fujifilm 10-24mm or the similar, hoping to consolidate to the 12-24mm zoom. I think I am settling on 12-24mm zoom, though it does not have AF.