poll...favourite daily carry lens?

[Monz]

For me, it has always been 50mm, whether on a rangefinder or on a SLR. 35mm always seemed a bit wide for my kind of photography.

 

[sf]

no fair. What about us MF people?

45mm in 645 format...yummy

 

[bmicklea]

I alternate between the 35 and 21 on my Bessa. Although thanks to GeneW I'll soon have a little Olympus Stylus tucked away in my jacket at all times so I guess I'll have to get used to the 28!

Unlike rbiemer I can't claim any ties to normal - the 50 has always seemed to narrow for me.

Great poll...

 

[Rafael]

My usual lens kit is 35-50-90. When I leave the house, the 35 and 90 are in my bag. The 50 is on the camera. So I vote 50.

 

[jshelly]

generally speaking
outside: 50mm
inside: 28mm

Ditto,

I couldn't agree more.

 

[wilt]

50, either of the German/Canadian (Summicron from the early 1980's), the Soviet (Jupiter 8) or the Japanese (Zuiko 1.8 on the OM 2) tradition. OK, I carry a Minox often enough, so I guess I could vote for the 35 option as well.

 

[PlantedTao]

35mm skopar...
it has great dof, with a quick tab for focusing. the small size makes it the most used...my only other lens is a 50 nokton which is a bit big for travel. the nokton is great and I like the 50mm images best, but the skopar handles so well in street situations.

having the xpan is great too...I get two lenses in one, wide and 45mm 🙂

 

[GeneW]

It's 35mm for me because that's what my XA has on it.

Gene

 

[sevres_babylone]

35mm on my R-D1, which is really (about) 50mm. Either the CV 35 2.5 PII or the Canon 35 2.8 I bought from Joe.

(So, if I vote, do I check off 35 or 50?)

 

[dostacos]

currently the 28/1.9 ASPH ULTRON is on my Bessa R2 and got most of the work at the County Fair Saturday.

having said that, my car camera is a Bessa R with the 25 on it.

 

[ARCHIVIST]

It was a toss up between the 50 and 35 ...............the 35 won!
For general, not specific, work it gives a greater flexability than the 50.

Peter

 

[Mark Wood]

Absolutely no competition for the pre-aspherical 35/1.4 Summilux in my case. There are differing opinions on this one but mine is razor sharp right across the frame. It's also so small.

 

[back alley]

so far, 126 votes and 50 is still in the lead.

 

[back alley]

i have to say that i'm sort of surprised with these poll results.

i thought that 35mm would be the runaway favourite, followed by 50 but with 28 showing more of a presence.

i know many people talk about using a 50 but i thought they were just more vocal and not more in numbers.

is this what others might have expected also?

joe

 

[markinlondon]

Frankly I'm not surprised, Joe. Much debate goes on here about the merits of various 50mm lenses. Much more than other fl's or so it seems to me, maybe I just home in on those threads.

Mark

 

[FrankS]

Aside from the 50mm being a very versitile focal length, there are many more (affordable) 50's to be found than 35's. In the FSU LTM stuff for example, there is only the J-12. There are about 6 different FSU 50's.

 

[OldNick]

Aside from the 50mm being a very versitile focal length, there are many more (affordable) 50's to be found than 35's. In the FSU LTM stuff for example, there is only the J-12. There are about 6 different FSU 50's.

Frank, as far as I am concerned, the J-12 needs no help or company. From my recent use of it, it appears to be a great general purpose lens.

Jim N.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Rangefinder? 50mm. Yes. Definitely. Yeah. 50mm. Definitely.

 

[thurows]

Left a couple of choices off the list. I'd choose a 21mm.

 

[back alley]

assuming that you have one consistant favourite...what is your favourite everyday carry lens?

i have included only the focal lengths that i might use, so if you're fav is not on the list, sorry.

i have carried the 28 at times (current favourite), the 35 and the 50, and i guess the 40 for a short time too. for my purposes here if you use a 40 then click on the 35 choice.

for those who may have missed the first post and my reasons for the limited choices...