Picking a Lens for Panos That Limits Edge Distortion

While you can use a wide-angle lens to shoot panoramas, to limit any edge distortion, you should ideally try to use a lens that is a minimum of 35mm (on a full-frame camera), but shoot for 50mm or more. This distortion, which you might not notice all that much on a single image, gets magnified in a panorama. So, instead of trying to “fix it in Photoshop,” pick a lens that works best for panos, like something 50mm or longer (I often use the 70mm on my 24–70mm lens that I have with me for landscape shoots).