25 or 28 ?

[Graham Line]

Can you drag out a stack of your favorite prints and near-misses, to analyse which focal lengths you used and evaluate whether something wider would have been better for the moment?
The best reason to buy another lens is that photos are getting away from you. 🙂
With a CLE, I have 28/40/90 available but keep thinking about a 25 -- leave a 28 on there long enough and it feels like a normal.
There should be enough finder visible around the outside of the frame lines that an auxialiary finder isn't mandatory.
25 is about the level where you start getting into extreme tilts and dramatic perspective. Reflex cameras are nice for 20s and 24s if you need to see that before you shoot.

 

[ch1]

At the end of the day - what I want is for this darned contest to come to an end. My Nikkor 5.0cm has been on the Bessa R2S so long now that it's starting to fuse to the body! 😱

Can't wait to start using my Nikkor 3.5cm and CV 28mm again.

Curses to you HCB!!! 😀

 

[ch1]

Oh wait a minute - I get it now. They killed the pic upload so us late in the day folks cannot get into the contest! 😡

Fix is in! Fix is in! 😀

 

[tom_f77]

Joe,

For what it's worth I think you made the right choice. I had the 28/1.9 and 25/4; really liked using both - one with a bit of extra width, and one with a bit of extra speed. Some of my all time favourites are from the 25 though, so in the end I sold both and bought the 25/2.8 as a one lens compromise. Two CV 25mm shots attached just to show you not to be scared by that extra 3mm.

Tom

 

[JohnL]

Hoot (and maybe others) make a good point about need for a separate finder with anything wider than 28mm. This is the widest I have with my RF. For my SLRs, I have down to 12mm rectilinear. I find this extremely useful for interiors, which I do a lot of for my work, but you really need to hold the camera vertical, or else be prepared to straighten things up in post.