50 and 28 OR 50 and 35?

50 and 28 OR 50 and 35?

  • 50mm and 35mm

    Votes: 96 39.0%

  • 50mm and 28mm

    Votes: 110 44.7%

  • 50mm and even wider than 28mm

    Votes: 40 16.3%
  • Total voters
    246
My current M2 kit is a 35mm Summicron, 50mm Summicron and a 90mm APO Lanthar. When I use ,y MP I use a 25mm Biogon, a 40mm Nokton SC and a 75mm Color Heliar.
 
50mm has always been the center of my photography universe, followed by the 85/90mm

I've been forcing myself to shoot wider and recntly bought a 35mm 'Lux and then got a wild hair and bought a mint 28mm Elmarit APSH.

I'm going to say 35/50mm because it seems to compliment the .72 viewfinder and I'm always a sucker for speed.

I have yet to give the 28mm a fair tryout.

A .58 or .68 Viewfinder? I would likely go with a 28/50 in all likelihood?
 
A good rule of thumb for a two-lens kit is that one should always be at least 2x the other.

Which means you pair a 50mm with a 25mm, or a 35mm with a 75mm.
 
I would get the 35 + 50 because I would only use one at a time and both are the most versatile for different types of shots. For casual scenics, the 35, for more isolated details the 50. I guess if I was actually going to carry both lenses around with me, It'd be a 28 and 50, but then again, if I was going to be doing this, I might just get a quality zoom. For me, shooting primes means shooting one prime and working with it.
 
I like the 50/24, I don't own a 28.... for my film SLR, But the 24mm stays on it 90% of the time.
But I voted 50/28, because for many, 24 is too wide, and the 50/28 is a great 2 lens kit

For my digital I like the 20/14, I don't own a 25mm, But, the 14 stays own 90% of the time anyway.

I prefer wide over normal in most cases.
Film/24mm
Digital/14mm (28 fov)
 
35 90

35 90

I'm doing it wrong too. 35 - 90, no 50.
However, if I were forced to choose from the above, I'd have to go the 50 + 28 as a two lens kit. I'd actually go the 50/ lux and the 28 elmarit, if you really forced me into details.
Michael

Tono10 said:
Well, don't know if I did it all wrong, but skiped the 50, and got a 35-90 two lens set-up to go along with my M2 (2.8 summaron and 2.8 elmarit). If I would miss the 5cm, I could always use the elmar on my III-f.

Answering to your question, and provided that your camera will accept the 28 with no extra gadgets, I choose 50 + 28 because of the difference in focal length.
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The subject of this poll has come up quite a bit on RFF over the years; see the link that backalley posted for one recent discussion.

Although I prefer the 35 focal length for street photography, I don't use it a lot for much else. For travel and as part of a two lens kit, I prefer 50/28. 50 is my go-to, default focal length. I like 28 particularly when I'm shooting in cramped quarters (indoors for example), or close to my subject or for certain kinds of landscapes/cityscape shots. I also choose 28 b/c of the particular lens: the CV Skopar 28/3.5, which is a marvel of solid construction, tiny size, and excellent optics; although its rep is as a contrasty lens, it renders tones beautifully in b&w. I recently got an Ultron 28/2 for a faster 28, and will likely take that lens w/ me to Europe this summer, along w/ a 50.
 
A friend recently gave me a Vivitar Series One 28-50mm f/3.5 zoom sized to fit OM SLR's. I've shot a few rolls with it and have been pleasantly surprised with the results. The aperture goes down to f/32 which has been unexpectedly nice. While I really like my Zuiko 50mm f/1.4 and my Zuiko 21mm f/2.8, this is great because I only have to carry one lens.
 
50 + 35 here.
Whenever I used a 28mm I always thought it was a bit too wide, so I sold it and got a 35 and was much happier. The fifty is my primary lens and I use the 35 whenever I need to due to narrow streets / places or if I want to include more of the surroundings in my images.
 
Deviating from the set options but I find 25/35&75 to be most versatile

Of course, depends on your style and subjects

I prefer inclusive photography where I'm taking in a scene or a subject with the environment

If you prefer isolating the subject, I'd do a 50&90/135 combo
 
28mm/50mm combo is the one for me. From time to time I try to use something longer but fail miserably every time.
 
michaelwj said:
I'm doing it wrong too. 35 - 90, no 50.
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Hi,

Same here. Almost. But for me all wrong worked out just right.
I was using my M6 a lot back in the 1990s taking pictures of bands in dark clubs.
Sometimes I wanted to capture the whole scene, sometimes I wanted to isolate or pull the subject in a bit more for a closer look. There was almost never enough light.

The only two lenses I used were my old
35mm Summilux and
85mm Summirex.

Still have them and they work great.
Recently been thinking of getting a 50mm though, just a matter of which one.

As to the question I'd probably do the reverse of what I did and go with a wider 28mm with your 50mm.
 
There's basically a couple of "sets" one can use depending on the situations expected:

50/35
50/28
50 or 35/24
35/20

I've done the 35/20 combo quite a few times and feel it works out quite well. It's not for everyone though (people who won't get close enough). I tend to use the 50 more as a novelty than my go-to lens, as I prefer a 35 as my normal.
 
28mm/3.5 Sankyo Khoki Komura and a 50mm/2 CV Heliar Classic on my black Zeiss Ikon at the moment, which I'm enjoying.
 
50/28 for a two lenss kit --what I take on vacation
35 for one lens -- what I take with me daily
 
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