Glasses - 28mm + external VF or go for 35mm?

[NZDavid]

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I've used a 2.8/28 Elmarit but swapped it a few years ago for a 2.8/24 Elmarit ASPH -- a superb lens. I have used external finders for both lenses and don't mind them a bit. I wear glasses. I agree with Hoppyman, above, that the Voigtländer finders are pretty good, and they are more economical.

 

As part of my ongoing aim to think in angles of view not just focal lengths, it's worth noting:

 

24mm = 84º

28mm = 76º

35mm = 64º

 

Those few millimeters can make a significant difference at the wide end.

 

I don't think you would go wrong with any of these lenses, but for landscapes and environmental portraits, unless you really want to go wide, I'm thinking the 35 would be the story.