My last CV lens? Color Skopar 28mm 3.5 LTM

[Juan Valdenebro]

Unless your 35 is the also small CV 35 2.5, 28 3.5's size and flatness are a huge strength because it doesn't intimidate people...

For slower or less "risky" photography than street including people, any good 28 or 35 can be fine... It's also sharp, and I haven't noticed visible distortion...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Bingley]

Unless your 35 is the also small CV 35 2.5, 28 3.5's size and flatness are a huge strength because it doesn't intimidate people...

Right you are, Juan! And its small size also makes it a sneaky little shooter (e.g., see the second of Sug's shots above... the guy in the hat changing film... 🙄🙂)

Erik, Juan -- Thanks for your comments on the Manzanar shot.

 

[Vincent.G]

Roland and Juan, I own the nikkor 35 f2.5 s-mount which is a small lens. The optics of the LTM and S mount 28 f3.5 is the same as far as I know. I can only reason that the 28 offers a slightly wider perspective, which should be about a step of two away from the 35 (if I am not wrong). Somehow I just cannot find additional reasons to go for the 28 for the time being.

 

[ferider]

Your 35/2.5 is just fine 🙂

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Sure, skip the 28 3.5... I got it because it was perfect between my 15 and my 40 and it had been planned like that... But with a small Nikkor 35 you're done...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[roundg]

Thanks for all the input. I used to have the konica m-hexon 28mm /2.8. A great lens but too big for my use. I am a 50mm person, so I would carry my 50mm summilux everywhere. I need a small wide lens to compensate the summilux. and the CV28mmm is just sweet in size.

I have the thought that if CV made all its LTM lens in the same brass material and quality as the CV28, I should have been happy to keep all the 21,25,35,50,75,90 that I sold.

I don't think the factory cost on the CV28 is significantly higher than other CV lens. As I can remember, the CV28 was sold for USD289 when it's released--- one of the cheapest CV lens. Now the re-sell price for the lens is even higher.