help: 25mm ZM or 21mm Color Skopar?

[meandihagee]

i want a wide for a project that requires shooting in narrow hallways and cramped spaces.

i like the extra speed of the 25mm because it's going to be pretty dark, but i already have the 35/1.4 nokton and i think 25 may be to close to 35 in a kit.

i want all the pictures to have the same look and i'm guessing the zm will differ from the nokton.

on the other hand, the 21mm may be too wide and will give an unnatural perspective of the hallways.

any thoughts?

thanks

 

[mfogiel]

For cramped spaces a 21mm should work better, you also gain some DOF, which will be useful.

This was shot with the 21/4.5 C Biogon wide open at 1/30th

 

[Turtle]

I agree with the above on all points.

 

[ampguy]

The CV 21 gives minimal distortion for interiors, so if you have fast film or an M8/RD1/Nex it can work great for interiors without flash.

I haven't used the ZM 21s, but would consider them if you shoot outdoors in the sun a lot. the cv 21 can flare when pointing at/towards bright lights, though sometimes in cool ways.

 

[meandihagee]

cool. thanks for your tips

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Depends on your set of other lenses. I sold my 28mm lenses and got a nice CZ 25 instead. My current most used set of lenses: 12mm, 25mm and 35mm - sometimes 90mm. This all on the M8.2 with 1.33 crop factor. No need for a 21 in this setup (I sold that one too).