25mm worth it if you have a 28?

[nightfly]

I've got the 28mm CV 3.5 which I like very much but I'm thinking of going a bit wider still. Just wondering how different the 25mm CV is in practice. Looks like a fun lens for street photography, probably a little less versitile than the 28 but a nice companion for a 35mm for travel.

 

[back alley]

25 & 50 is nice combo although i also like 25 & 35.

there is a bit of difference between the 25 & 28, enough that i have and will be keeping both.
i would take a look at my inventory of gear and see if there was another lens missing in the line up and then evaluate to determine which i might want/need more.

 

[raid]

There is a considerable difference in how each of these two lenses will show images. The 25mm is "quite wide" whereas the 28mm is "little wide", if you know what I mean. The 28mm can be used as a wide "normal" lens whereas the 25mm is really wide.


I use both.



Raid

 

[back alley]

after having the 21 i don't see the 25 as very wide anymore and the 28 is becoming more of a normal lens these days.

 

[VinceC]

25mm is about 10 percent wider than 28mm. I own both but never carry both. As Raid said, the 28mm is really a "wide normal" whereas 25mm is really wide.

I vastly prefer 25mm over 21mm. The 21mm is just too wide for me in almost every situation, so that I end up fighting it, whereas the 25mm seems very natural. I wear glasses, and the 25mm focal length seems to take in my entire field of view when I look at a scene and don't move my eyes.

On the other hand, many people really like the 21mm focal length, which better compliments a 28mm lens.

 

[rvaubel]

I have the CV 25mm but miss the rangefinder coupling. The Canon 25mm/f3.5 looks appealing, to replace it as an ultimate travel lens.

Forget the Kobalux 21mm/f,28 if size is an issue. Its very wide. It's fine for normal use but for the CL/compact pair your other choices are better.

Rex

 

[peter_n]

I have a 28 and a 24 (close to 25). Very different lenses. I love the FOV of the 24 and it has become my favorite wide-angle. Try the 25 I think you'll like it!

 

[Avotius]

I dont think so, you would be better off with one or the other I think.

 

[Dougg]

I got my 25 as a package with the Bessa-L, and this is a natural combination, great for "walking around". I also used the 25 on my CLE but soon got a 28 to fit its viewfinder framelines and for the RF coupling for ease in close shots indoors. The 28mm has an M-bayonet mount so won't fit the Bessa-L. Further, the 25 is enough wider to make it useful as well, though I probably wouldn't carry both lenses at the same time. I have and use both 24 and 28 on my SLR, and I don't see any conflict in having both 45 and 55 for 6x7 format...

 

[rover]

I own both but never carry both.

Vince answered the first question that came to my mind for those of you who have both. Doug is in this camp too.

the 25 is enough wider to make it useful as well, though I probably wouldn't carry both lenses at the same time.

How about the rest of you with both lenses?

 

[peter_n]

That's a good question and I have done it just once when the situation was a party in a fairly confined space. Otherwise its 24, 35, 50 with 35 as the "normal" lens.

 

[Ronald M]

I would never are both 28 and 25. 35/25 are a nice combo. 21/28/35 are nice if you want 3 lenses.

I carry the 25, and my 21/28 have not seen daylight in years.

 

[back alley]

i don't normally carry both the 25 & 28 at one time.
the 21 i often carry alone, maybe more so now that i have the bessa L for it.
i like the 25/50 combo and the 28 alone.

 

[Rayt]

I have both 24/25mm and 28mm lenses. The 24/25 is for scenics while the 28mm is for people/environmental portraits. I take which ever one depending on what I intend to do with it of course. I personally feel the 28mm is the widest I should go when there are people in the picture and I don't want their heads to look like the Coneheads.

 

[clarence]

I've used an Orion 28mm lens and a CV 25mm lens. I find that the difference in depth of field makes scale focusing and street shooting much easier with the 25mm lens, especially at the maximum aperture of f/4. It is less than half a stop smaller than your CV 28mm / 3.5; you will not have to worry too much about the loss in speed.

Clarence

 

[peter_n]

A quick one for the Leica 24mm/f2.8. Unbelievable lens.

 

[BillBingham2]

My 25 is on a Bessa L too 100% of the time. I would say it would be a great lens to get if you paired it with a L and never took it off. If you were adding to your lens rotation/kit, I'm not sure there is enough difference. But then my kit range is a bit more (15/40/105) and if I want to carry the 25, it stays on the L.

B2 (;->

 

[BillBingham2]

I find my Nikkor 24/2.8 very cone-heady, yet my CV 25/4 not. I think it is very much dependent upon the lens design, some make cone head almost anywhere in the frame, others are more resistant. B2 (;->

 

[Rayt]

I shot Nikon SLR before the Leica M and I guess the 24mm AiS scared me off this focal length for people. I now have the ZM 25mm and so far not much Conehead effect.

 

[clarence]

I can attest that the CV 25 exhibits little of the aforementioned 'conehead effect'. There was a recent post in the general discussion forum about using wide-angle lenses for portraiture, and I believe there was some useful information there.

Clarence