28mm?

[@McLeica]

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You make a very good point and it's very true. You sometimes have to pick and choose what you really want to shoot. For example I saw this mountain range in Death Valley with really interesting layers showing. The mountain looked like it had stripes and they way the sun was hitting it through the clouds looked amazing to my eye. I pulled over and tried to shoot it with the Q and it didn't translate to what I was seeing.

 

Agreed, however, having said that you often find gems in scenes you've shot that perhaps you didn't notice. I found that 21mm really frustrated me because of what you've described and yet 35mm wasn't enough latitude to get what I wanted to get into the shot. 

 

As I said earlier, I only shoot 28mm or 50mm, but it makes the 50mm feel like a proper portrait lens when you go back to it and at least you know why you're using it. 

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[Pete McGill]

Up until the Q I mostly shot 35mm and 50mm.  Also 70-150mm?? zoom back in my old film Nikon days.  I find the 28 to be a great focal length if you have a non-interchangeable lens camera.  It's great for landscape, architecture, group photos, environmental portraits, and anything inside a building.  About the only thing I would say it's not good for is isolation portraits (head-shoulder shots) because it doesn't make the most flattering images.  I love the ability to add some drama by using foreground objects that recede quickly into the background.  And at 1.7f I get some nice subject isolation when I want to, I just have to be in a little close to do it.

 

Since it's full frame and 24MP I can crop into a tighter view without too much loss of image quality.  I'd rather be a little on the wide side than on the normal or tele side.  Even at 35mm I would sometimes find myself wishing for a little more field of view.  The 28mm of the Q is perfect for my style of shooting, and the macro capability is great.  I see a lot of comments lamenting the fact it's not a 35mm.  I on the other hand much prefer the 28mm.  It seems more versatile to me.  To each his own....