28mm vs 35mm

28mm vs 35mm

  • 28mm

    Votes: 147 43.8%

  • 35mm

    Votes: 189 56.3%
  • Total voters
    336
Only on RFF could a thread like this end up like this! To all those involved: get a zoom!
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Oh, do shut up! Why does someone always come along and ruin a perfectly good theological argument by injecting reason into the discussion?

:angel: 😀
 
skahde said:
It took me very long to realize that 35mm for me is neither fish nor fowl. To short to pick details or people, to narrow to work in tight environments, not wide enough to work with a little dramatic perspective. With 28/50mm I can do all of this and more.
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Whereas I realized quite quickly that a 28mm is neither fish nor fowl: neither a 'wide standard' like a 35mm, nor a true wide angle like a 21mm.

Cheers,

R.
 
35mm takes pictures that look like they were taken in mid 90s with P&S cameras (horrible time, by the way). If one is after this certain look then 35mm wins, hands down.

I voted 28mm. 50mm and 28mm that's all I have (need)
 
taxi38 said:
What a fascinating thing to say,I'd be interested if you could go a little deeper.
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Alex Webb (color) uses a 35mm and Daido Moriyama (B&W) uses a 28mm...

I'm just speculating but that is in fact one reason in some photographers focal length choice.
 
yeah...i just started liking the 35mm (from 50mm)...tried the 28mm canon, found it a bit too wide... well as someone once said, "Tame your 50mm", I take that to mean take my time to master one FL before trying too many at once...

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35mm Goggled Summaron, Neopan 400@800.
 
Do the math:
15mm * 1.8 ~28mm
28mm * 1.8 ~50mm
50mm * 1.8 ~90mm
90mm * 1.8 ~160mm
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These are my RF (and SLR) lenses and so I voted for the 28.

Of course you could have started with a 12mm -> 21mm -> 40mm -> 75mm -> 135mm

Not a coincidence you see the Leica standard focal length replicated in these equations.
 
My ideal combo is a 21, 35, 75, and 135. That said, every time I take a 50, I enjoy using it and get shots I really like. I've tried the 28/50 combo, but for some reason it never really works for me. The 28 isn't a wide-wide like a 21 and it's too wide to be used in place of a normal, which a 35 can be in an emergency. Then there's the available light issue - several times a week, I shoot at 1.4 and there are no 28 1.4s available for rangefinders.
 
28,35 and 47-- those are the crops (well, not the 28) available on the ricoh GR with the latest firmware. The 47 gives 5.8 megapixels.
 
35 and 75 here.

I find a lack of intimacy with 28, mostly likely do to the distortion. 35 emulates the FOV of vision which is probably why it feels most natural to me.
 
I have 28mm for DSLR, but I didn't even tried it on FF. Not even once. Sold 35mm lens as well. Happy with 50 prime and normal zoom.
On RF side I have 35mm for close ups and wide. Looking at 28mm pictures and they are too wide for street photography for my taste. And some distortions are present on landscape, not my cup of tea either.
I don't mind to try it by myself but 28 RF lens costs the fortune, even ORION-15 is above $200 mark. Comparing to my SLR prime which is $60 and two times faster.
 
I feel like 21/28 and 50mm do it for me when I walk about and have no specific photo in mind. They are focal lengths I find more comfortable in 'creating shots' and probably the shallower depth of field or the wider perspective help.

35mm I prefer when I know what i am going to take photos of and I plan to shoot only that event and/or subject, group of people, etc, and also I want to be able to take several pictures of the same subject without changing lens or camera.

Do not know if that makes sense.
 
*chris said:
hi guys along with my rf i have a slr camera and am interested in picking up something to go with my 50mm. i had a wide angle lens in mind so the 28mm seemed to be my first choice. i am wondering if you guys can post why you favor one over the other. thanks. i mostly shoot around town,nature, at events and sometimes my friends. so i guess a good all around lens is what im looking for too (aka 35mm 😉)
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Sometimes I carry just 35 and 50, other times I want 20/50/90, other times I want 24/50/135, etc. Lately with the M9 I've taken to carrying just 28 and 50. My current Nikon F kit is 18/50/85/105. My CL kit is 21/40/90. And so on.

There's no one answer to this. And yes: I do not like zooms in this range overall. I'd rather have two good primes.

Pick your poison and figure out how to make the most of it. 🙂

G
 
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