Is the 28mm Biogon the ugly stepchild?

[Honus]

Dave,

Here are a couple from my China trip w/ the R-D1. There are a lot more, but I am still processing from the trip. I just ran a roll of Tri-X through the M6 with it as well that I can post later.

I have no complaints with the lens. Both resolution and color rendering are excellent. More to come ...

 

[ampguy]

very nice Robert!

very nice Robert!

The top one has a very cinematic look to it, the blue sky.

The 2nd one shows how accurate this lens is.

These photos want to make me want to pull mine from the classifieds, but I just don't use mine much relative to 35s and 50s.

Dave,

Here are a couple from my China trip w/ the R-D1. There are a lot more, but I am still processing from the trip. I just ran a roll of Tri-X through the M6 with it as well that I can post later.

I have no complaints with the lens. Both resolution and color rendering are excellent. More to come ...

 

[dcsang]

Thanks for that Robert... very impressive - looks like a winner and would be a savings of about 1/2 the cost of the Elmarit-M

Cheers
Dave

 

[raid]

I am planning a good test of 28mm lenses during the summer. Maybe then I could test such a lens to see how it compares with its peer lenses.

 

[dcsang]

I am planning a good test of 28mm lenses during the summer. Maybe then I could test such a lens to see how it compares with its peer lenses.

Raid,

I'd like to see it beside the new Elmarit-M (most recent version) - mind you, if the 28mm is even close to the 35mm then I'd be happy with it.

Dave

 

[fuwen]

I like this lens very much. Not many good examples of photo so far as mainly used for family shots. I have never tried other RF 28mm though, but are quite happy with the SLR C/Y 28/2.8 Distagon.
http://www.fuwen.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=81&Itemid=143

 

[Johann Espiritu]

I've been liking my 28mm Biogon (and 28mm in general) more each time I use it. Steven is right in saying that its "about as wide as you can usually go without calling attention to the fact that you are using a wideangle" - enough to see wider than human perspective, but not to the effect that the angle of view itself becomes the subject in itself.

Some samples here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yophoto/

Just do a search for "Biogon" and you'll narrow it down considerably. 🙂

Also, it's the "widest" I can get on my .72 M7 - making it practical in the sense that I don't need an external VF to use it.

Build quality is excellent, and it really has that "Zeiss" contrast and resolution to it. It's the perfect match to the 50mm Planar.

Hope that helps,

Johann

 

[fuwen]

Looks like there are quite a number of supporters for the ZM28/2.8 🙂

 

[Johann Espiritu]

Charles Harbutt and 28mm

Charles Harbutt and 28mm

Once I got to know Winogrand's photos, I was sold on the 28mm. I tend to be a fairly static composer.

Same here. Had a conversation with Charles Harbutt and he said he uses 28mm the most. I was sold after that.