Johann Espiritu
Lawyer / Ninja
I switch between a 28 (Biogon) and a 35 (ASPH 'Cron) as my "standard lens". The 35/1.2 Nokton and 50 Planar are for special missions only. 🙂
I believe it was Stephen Gandy who somewhere one his site commented that he didn't like the 40mm focal length. Also, being used to zooms I didn't give it that much thought really.
But the simple fact is, my first RF was a Canonet with, you guessed it, a 40mm lens. Revelation is too much of a word here, but that camera makes pictures the way I percieve the world. No step closer, no step back.
On the M2, I have an excellent 35 and 50. But still I am contemplating buying a 40 with a seperate finder for it. Let's make it a fast one too.
50mm for me at home. It helps exclude extraneous visual elements.
35mm on vacation, because things are more interesting there than here.
35mm, 35mm, 35mm! More great photographs shot with that focal length than all others combined. I'll make a wager on that. 😉