Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
I find that if I have a lens that is getting dusty on the shelf and not being used, I send myself out "on assignment" with one camera and that very lens in order to re-acquaint myself with it. There is a reason that I got the lens and I like walking around & finding that reason.
I find myself doing this a lot with my 35mm Summaron f/3.5. It's slow, flares a lot and is older than my Canon 35mm f/2. Logically, I should get rid of it seeing as I have another 35 but this Summaron is amazingly sharp in the right condiditons. It's a TINY lens too so the compactness of it is nice. The way that it draws is very pleasing. With regard to the R-D1, I don't even use 35mm much as I'm always shooting with a 15, 21 or 50. I still shoot film with my M4 so the 35mm Summaron works perfectly there but also perfectly on the R-D1, just not the focal length I run to on the digital.
In a nutshell, I've sold most of the gear that I've owned and only regretted the sale of a few lenses and one body. If it's unused and there is not real connection with it, then let it go, but maybe give it a chance one or two days just on one body and see if there could be a reason to keep it.
I find myself doing this a lot with my 35mm Summaron f/3.5. It's slow, flares a lot and is older than my Canon 35mm f/2. Logically, I should get rid of it seeing as I have another 35 but this Summaron is amazingly sharp in the right condiditons. It's a TINY lens too so the compactness of it is nice. The way that it draws is very pleasing. With regard to the R-D1, I don't even use 35mm much as I'm always shooting with a 15, 21 or 50. I still shoot film with my M4 so the 35mm Summaron works perfectly there but also perfectly on the R-D1, just not the focal length I run to on the digital.
In a nutshell, I've sold most of the gear that I've owned and only regretted the sale of a few lenses and one body. If it's unused and there is not real connection with it, then let it go, but maybe give it a chance one or two days just on one body and see if there could be a reason to keep it.