Trius
Waiting on Maitani
100% agreed. It's that "silly little 4mm" that often makes for failure for me.
pluton
Well-known
Historical evidence indicates that this is an incorrect statement.
Nokton48
Veteran
It's personal. I like my MC Rokkor 21mm, 28mm, 35mm, and 50mm.
I am about to pull the trigger on the 24mm MC Rokkor. I've been looking for one for a good while.
Try to borrow the 24 and 28 and see which -you- prefer. I want both, myself.
I am about to pull the trigger on the 24mm MC Rokkor. I've been looking for one for a good while.
Try to borrow the 24 and 28 and see which -you- prefer. I want both, myself.
Bill58
Native Texan
My most used SLR wide angle is the 24 Nikkor. When you say that "The 28mm was developed after the 24mm, that makes sense that the reason for the former was maybe to sell more lenses. I also got rid of my Canon 28 LTM also due to use of my Canon 25 most often.
BTW--I also have a Nikkor 20/f4 that I used Sunday at an airshow to capture some big USAF airplanes. It did the trick.
Bill58
Native Texan
F100 28 AI-S 2.0
Next time tell him to hold the fish out in front of him and it'll look like a monster!
Great fish and great shot.
MCTuomey
Veteran
That steelie looks pretty good without any "perspective enhancement" help!
Leigh Youdale
Well-known
My Nikon experience is limited to 20mm, 28mm, 35mm and up. I've found the 20 very useful for special situations but too wide for general use, and the 28 not wide enough for many general applications.
Compare to my RF kit which has (or has had) 15mm, 21mm, 25mm, 28mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm and 90mm.
I've kept the 15, even though rarely used, because it is a specialist lens with useful characteristics.
I then decided to keep the 28 as it is the widest frameline on my M6 and is a generally pretty useful lens. I sold (and may yet regret it) the 25. It was f4 maximum aperture whereas the 28 is f2 but it was also a lens I used a lot for travel. But I also felt that 25 and 28 were too close together,but that 25 and 35 were too far apart.
So I decided on the 21 and the 28.
I sold the 40 as I felt that with good 35 and 50mm lenses the 40 fell in the middle and the 35 is just as small, just as fast and just as useful as the 40. (Plus my M6 and R4A don't have 40 framelines).
If I had to make a choice from scratch now I'd pick the 35/1.4 as my most used lens and I'd try to get a 24/25 fast prime - need something faster than the f4 of the CV lens though.
Compare to my RF kit which has (or has had) 15mm, 21mm, 25mm, 28mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm and 90mm.
I've kept the 15, even though rarely used, because it is a specialist lens with useful characteristics.
I then decided to keep the 28 as it is the widest frameline on my M6 and is a generally pretty useful lens. I sold (and may yet regret it) the 25. It was f4 maximum aperture whereas the 28 is f2 but it was also a lens I used a lot for travel. But I also felt that 25 and 28 were too close together,but that 25 and 35 were too far apart.
So I decided on the 21 and the 28.
I sold the 40 as I felt that with good 35 and 50mm lenses the 40 fell in the middle and the 35 is just as small, just as fast and just as useful as the 40. (Plus my M6 and R4A don't have 40 framelines).
If I had to make a choice from scratch now I'd pick the 35/1.4 as my most used lens and I'd try to get a 24/25 fast prime - need something faster than the f4 of the CV lens though.
newsgrunt
Well-known
24 f2 manual focus was my go to lens. 24 1.4 is the new love. had 28 but it was neither here nor there, personally think it's a kinda wasted focal length when one has 35 and 24. ymmv 