ranger9
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Interesting that Mattias Burling (buried deep in the comments) has settled on a 21 mm (too wide even for the window let alone the framelines!) and a 40mm which sounds like a nice focal length pairing.
Anyone else have thoughts?!
If I were starting from scratch, I'd think a 28 and a 50 would be an ideal walking-around combo on a Pixii. The 28mm gives a 48-degree angle of view (along the long side of the format) and the 50 gives a 28-degree angle of view -- enough of a split to make it worth carrying two lenses.
Personally, I've become habituated to the traditional "normal lens" coverage angle of about 40 degrees, so a 35mm focal length works best for me on the Pixii. I'm kind of an introvert, so I like the idea of a 40mm focal length (which covers 35 degrees) but it's so close to 35mm that I can't see much point in owning both.
Adding a 24mm EXIF setting and using the unframed outer area of the viewfinder for its 55-degree coverage probably will appeal to street shooters, but if I' were going to go wider than my 35mm, I'd want to go a lot wider, even if it means using an accessory viewfinder. I get a lot of use out of my 16mm f/1.4 on my Fujifilm camera (the Pixii would have the same 76-degree angle of coverage) so one of the Voigtlander 15s would be a logical choice for me -- I'm just not sure those built-in lens hoods would stay out of the Pixii's rangefinder patch!