ASA 32
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Thank you for the (mostly!) encouragement and comments.
Help me learn to love my 35mm lens?
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Emile de Leon
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35mm can be a problem...esp coming off years with a 50mm..just too much space to account for..
But this can be a good thing too..and when you get used to it..you may shoot more so w/it than the 50mm..
Wide and fast and small..can't beat a good 35mm..!
Summicron ver4 f2.0 and 1.4 pre come to mind here as the perfect M lenses...even though for general use..I grab the asph 1.4 all the time. Shoulda never got rid of the ver4 f2..
But this can be a good thing too..and when you get used to it..you may shoot more so w/it than the 50mm..
Wide and fast and small..can't beat a good 35mm..!
Summicron ver4 f2.0 and 1.4 pre come to mind here as the perfect M lenses...even though for general use..I grab the asph 1.4 all the time. Shoulda never got rid of the ver4 f2..
Erik van Straten
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A 35mm lens is useful when a 50mm lens is not wide enough.
Erik.
Erik.
ASA 32
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A few with the ZM Biogon 35 f/2 on an overcast day. With eyeglasses and M262 (no LV) it's hard to see the entire field of view. All at f/8 ISO 200.
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raid
Dad Photographer
... and a 50mm lens is useful when a 35mm lens is not long enough.
The conclusion is then that both lenses are needed.
ASA 32
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I think the conclusion is that both lenses are useful.
David Hughes
David Hughes
You don't have to love lenses just using them is sufficient but after a while you may appreciate having them...
Regards, David
Regards, David
bulevardi
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I'm a 50mm dude too.
Or 85mm rather for portraits.
For large subjects, architecture, I love 15-30mm to get very wide.
I'm going to play with a 45mm now, ... but something in between is very very out of my comfort zone.
Or 85mm rather for portraits.
For large subjects, architecture, I love 15-30mm to get very wide.
I'm going to play with a 45mm now, ... but something in between is very very out of my comfort zone.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Yes, but you can crop from a 35 in case of need (I know for many this is a blasphemy, sorry). You cannot add something to a photo taken with a 50 ...
Just kidding, do not take it seriously 🙂
Last week I shot a roll with my 50 Heliar after almost an year shooting only 35 and 28 and I found it so difficult...such a small view in it !
robert
PS: want to love a lens? Shoot, shoot and than shoot again !
Yokosuka Mike
Abstract Clarity
Precisely, without a doubt.
Erik van Straten
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OK, it is useful, but what is the best 35mm lens?
Erik.
Erik.
bulevardi
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Why not go for a 30mm, it's a little wider than 35, and you can still crop -blasphemywise- to 35 if you need/want to cut out.
Yokosuka Mike
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Richard G
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That is even deeper than Erik’s comment.
Erik van Straten
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Hmm, I do not remember in 50 years of photography the existence of a 30mm lens for 35mm photography.
Erik.
ChrisPlatt
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Here's one:
http://kmp.pentaxians.eu/lenses/wide-angle/k30f2-8/
Pentax K (bayonet) SLR manual focus lens
Very good but not common and not cheap...
Chris
Erik van Straten
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Thank you, Chris, I've never heard from this lens. Looks like an aspheric.
Erik.
Erik.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Erik van Straten
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But how do we get rid of these distortions when working analoge? The Ultron f/1.7 is much better: no distortion at all!
Leica M5, VM-Ultron 35mm f/1.7, 400-TMY2, Adox MCC110.
Erik.
Contarama
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The infamous Nikkor fast 28 afd is purportedly 30mm.
