best pic - 28 or 35 ?

[jmilkins]

Often depends on what other gear combos we own I suppose. And shooting habits. I often like to get wide and low with foregrond interest when using a wide - but that's landscape , not street.

Therefore 28 for me definitely, because I'm always backing away with a 35 or40.

However, I don' t own one in RF because I can't justify it in a lineup at the moment that (wide to standard) includes 15, 25, 35 Hex AF, 40, 3x50s...

So I use the Oly XA4 or the great GR1s for a 28mm.

I reallly like the 24mm in SLR, but I just can't get the hang of the 25mm for RF - I don't know why, but I'm much more comfortable with the 15mm.

Guess it is time to practice!

 

[Nachkebia]

btw I also step back with 35mm, I am starting thinking about 28mm ZM 🙂

 

[back alley]

btw I also step back with 35mm, I am starting thinking about 28mm ZM 🙂

think about the 25!

it's fabulous.

 

[Nachkebia]

25mm definetly 🙂 actualy I just need free time to take some pictures and stop buying some lenses, I have amazing setup 🙂

 

[narsuitus]

If I had to use only one lens for the rest of my life, it would be my slightly wide 35mm f/1.4. This fast slightly wide-angle lens and my fast slightly telephoto 85mm lens are my "bread & butter" lenses. Approximately 80% of the 35mm film format that I shoot and sell is made with those two focal lengths.

However, if I used the 35mm format to capture primarily scenics and architectural shots instead of people shots, the 28mm focal length would definitely be more important for me.

 

[clarence]

The CV 25mm Snapshot-skopar is a really intuitively designed street-shooting lens. The focus stops are placed at just the right increments. The field of view is also wide enough that I usually don't bother with framing and shoot from the hip without anyone noticing.

Clarence

 

[ChrisPlatt]

IMO like the 50mm, 28mm is pretty much a useless focal length.

"Excelsior, you fathead!"
-Chris-

 

[back alley]

no 28 or 50?

what's your fav chris?

joe

 

[ChrisPlatt]

For me, 35mm is a "normal" lens; 28mm just
isn't wide, and 50mm is a too-short telephoto.

35-40mm ~ 75% of my shots;
85-105mm ~ 20%;
24-28mm - <5%.

I keep buying other focal lengths, but they never seem "right",
so I never use them. They become useless ballast in my bag...

"Excelsior, you fathead!"
-Chris-

 

[back alley]

I keep buying other focal lengths, but they never seem "right",
so I never use them. They become useless ballast in my bag...


sounds like a good time for a sale!!

😉

 

[ghost]

IMO like the 50mm, 28mm is pretty much a useless focal length.

"Excelsior, you fathead!"
-Chris-

thanks for sharing your wisdom. 😀

 

[back alley]

as i've said before...i would pick 35 if i had only one lens and the 25/50 combo if it were a 2 lens kit.

i'm pretty sure i could survive without a 'long' lens but it's nice to have a 90.

 

[Nachkebia]

back alley : you think 85mm sonnar worth a try? I don`t quet like long portraits I am more into wide angles but close up datails are also very good

 

[ChrisPlatt]

thanks for sharing your wisdom. 😀

Sorry, but it's a quiet Sunday.
This crank is just stirring the pot... 😉

"Excelsior, you fathead!"
-Chris-

 

[back alley]

you mean the new zm 85?

i'd like one to play with.
so far, i don't think there have been any seen or photos from one posted anywhere.

when i shot with slr cameras one of my favourite focal lengths was the 85 - i had a canon, iirc.

 

[ghost]

sonnar pictures here:

http://www.imx.nl/photosite/zeiss/test85/t004.html

 

[back alley]

oh yeah, i forgot about those.

 

[Nachkebia]

anyhow, lets wait and see.. Thanks for the info!

 

[narsuitus]

I shoot both 28mm and 35mm. I prefer the 28mm (28mm for 35mm small format and the equivalent 65mm for 6x9cm medium format) when shooting architectural and scenic shots. I prefer the 35mm or 40mm when shooting people shots with the 35mm camera. However, since I shoot more people than buildings and landscapes, I voted for 35mm.

 

[jan normandale]

"has given you your best shots, as in, the pics you like the most?"

Joe, I think I have had some outstanding shots from my 28 but a 35 is my "go to lens" day in day out. Sometimes I'll pull out a 40 or 45 but the 35 is a workhorse for me.

The 28 is a specialty/WA lens in my opinion, at the narrow end of viewline for wide angle lenses. I've been able to jam some great shots into that frame that I could not have obtained with the 35mm.