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needed money, sold all my fast lenses.
the problem of being financially strapped at times.
3.5 vs. 2
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needed money, sold all my fast lenses.
the problem of being financially strapped at times.
Juan Valdenebro
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I agree with most previous members here... What I do with the 3.5, just can't be done with the 2 or the 1.9... I use the 3.5 because it looks so very flat... Amazingly flat without hood... Obviously it's a fine lens, but it's a king when to its optical qualities we add the way it looks...
Most of the time I shoot it at f/8 and f/11 with Tri-X (400-3200) and prefocused... When I want speed, I prefer a 1.4 lens because I'll really need that aperture... In fact, I can shoot the 3.5 wide open in low light: f/3.5 and 1/60 are good for low light at 800 ISO, and f/16 1/500, more than seven stops above that, is normal overcast light... I mean, 3.5 is faster than most of my shooting, and why carry -instead of the tiny, sharp, distortion free 3.5- a big 28 all day (in my case) if I carry a small 40 1.4 for real low light, with the benefit of a second focal length?
And I don't need or ever want a fast 28: I use that focal length for street shooting, not for indoors or low light... I use a 28 to show what surrounds me, and that's done with my 28 stopped down always... With a fast 40 I get selective focus in a way a 28 couldn't even dream about, no matter its speed...
Cheers,
Juan
Most of the time I shoot it at f/8 and f/11 with Tri-X (400-3200) and prefocused... When I want speed, I prefer a 1.4 lens because I'll really need that aperture... In fact, I can shoot the 3.5 wide open in low light: f/3.5 and 1/60 are good for low light at 800 ISO, and f/16 1/500, more than seven stops above that, is normal overcast light... I mean, 3.5 is faster than most of my shooting, and why carry -instead of the tiny, sharp, distortion free 3.5- a big 28 all day (in my case) if I carry a small 40 1.4 for real low light, with the benefit of a second focal length?
And I don't need or ever want a fast 28: I use that focal length for street shooting, not for indoors or low light... I use a 28 to show what surrounds me, and that's done with my 28 stopped down always... With a fast 40 I get selective focus in a way a 28 couldn't even dream about, no matter its speed...
Cheers,
Juan
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thanks for the responses to my querry...have decided to keep the tiny terror and just save up for a fast 40...
jsrockit
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Yes, I should have elaborated. The 28mm 3.5 CV is the best budget 28mm lens out there. The fast 28mm CVs are either not that great (f/2, focus shift, generic IQ) or are just huge (both 1.9 / 2.0). I had the CV 28mm 3.5 and sold it when I bought the Elmarit ASPH 2.8. Used that for awhile and only saw slightly less distortion on the elmarit. For 1/4 of the price of the used elamrit, I decided the CV was the better lens for me. Sure, it's slow, but it is damn good.
