Photography And Composition

I have been using ball heads for about 6 years. I do mostly landscape, astro, macro photography. Wow! I wish I had started using gearheads a long time ago. Ball heads, even really good ones, can still dip and mess up your composition after locking off, especially when zoomed at high magnifications. This gear head eliminates that issue. With very precise controls, you can get your composition perfectly without worry of it dipping after locking off. This is more for slow shooting so I wouldn’t use this for sports or wildlife where you need to act quickly. But for its purpose, it is great!

This lens gives an artistic perspective of any space or composition. This is the wide angle lens I use in my photography. These photos were taken with my Nikon D700.

Perfect on my monopod, makes composition a breeze.

I am enjoying shooting with this lens. It's making me think about my composition.

You need to think about your lighting and composition a bit more to really get the most out of the halation effect but when it comes together properly, it's magic.

I am an old school photographer, so an eye piece is important to me for my composition

It works great in bright sunlight. I'm able to get a good view of my composition.

What you need from a lens, if you want to control the composition of your work. 2x magnification is a bonus.

I purchased this lens just days before heading to Cuba for a week-long trip. I wanted this wide-angle lens on my M (Typ240), to go along with a Nikon D5 and 70-200. It was a great combination. As an F/3.4 lens, it's way smaller than the F/1.4 21mm which makes it ideal as a companion on a trip. I found myself primarily zone-focusing the lens...looking at the aperate I was using and setting the focus and then just worried about composition. I had previously purchased the shoe-mounted 21mm finder, and if you're concerned at all about composition, it is something you will need when using this lens. The results were fantastic...terrific color rendition and razor sharp images, in a nice lightweight package. A perfect fit for a Leica M camera.

I am not a professional, but could tell immediately the professional quality of this lens. It ads a new dimension in composition with its extremely shallow depth of field. Automatic focus is truly a snap. I've shot outdoor portraits of grandchildren and the outcomes are brilliant. Couldn't be more pleased with this lens. Price is relative when considering how often you will use this lens and the quality of the resulting pictures.