Leica 24 or 28mm when I own a 35?

[mujk]

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On 9/10/2020 at 10:37 PM, bherman01545 said:

I've read that the 21mm F/3.4 Elmar has some of the lowest distortion of any Leica wide-angle lens

Based on my experience, the lens is very well corrected for (barrel) distortion, but the wide FOW naturally amplifies the resulting geometric distortion in the corners. The short focal length also makes the effect of converging parallell lines when the camera is pointed e.g. upwards more pronounced. Also the perspective is quite different from what the eye sees. But it depends of course on the subject if these inherent features of a wide angle lens are seen as a problem or not.

[astrostl]

28 is awfully close, and I'm not big on 24s on Leica because it's *just* into viewfinder territory. Big fan of 21s.

[Fontan]

Me personally I would get neither and would consider 15 or 90 depending on what you typically shoot. 

[Paulus]

Am 13.9.2020 um 07:24 schrieb Fontan:

Me personally I would get neither and would consider 15 or 90 depending on what you typically shoot. 

With a 15 mm there’s not much to shoot imho . 
the 90 mm summicron asph is to difficult to focus in comparisson with a 50 or 35. 

[stephengv]

Get the 28 Elmarit ASPH II. I also have a 35 Summicron ASPH, both lenses share 39mm filter size. 

Now, the 28 and 35 are worlds apart. Perspective wise, a 28 and 35 is different. It complement each other. 

I use a 28 for wide shot, 35 for normal shot and 50 for tele shot. Haha

[Jeff S]

15 minutes ago, stephengv said:

Now, the 28 and 35 are worlds apart. Perspective wise, a 28 and 35 is different. It complement each other. 

I use a 28 for wide shot, 35 for normal shot and 50 for tele shot. Haha

Pedant alert. Perspective (relationship between near and far objects) derives from camera to subject position; from the same shooting position, perspective is the same regardless of focal length.  Focal length offers different fields of view (from the same shooting position, one can crop to similar field of view and maintain perspective).  However, if you typically stand farther away from your subjects when using a longer focal length lens, then you’ll change perspective in the process.

Jeff

[martinot]

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I think about getting the 28 Elmarit ASPH II, but I am not sure it is the optimal combo if you already (only) have a 35 and 50.

Perhaps a 24/25 would be a better complement to a 35?

The 28 Elmarit could however be a great complement for a users who only have a 50, I think.

Best is of course to have all those lenses (and some more!).

[Paulus]

vor 3 Stunden schrieb martinot:

I think about getting the 28 Elmarit ASPH II, but I am not sure it is the optimal combo if you already (only) have a 35 and 50.

Perhaps a 24/25 would be a better complement to a 35?

The 28 Elmarit could however be a great complement for a users who only have a 50, I think.

Best is of course to have all those lenses (and some more!).

It's a lot of weight to have all lenses..☺️

[Fontan]

16 hours ago, Paulus said:

With a 15 mm there’s not much to shoot imho . 
the 90 mm summicron asph is to difficult to focus in comparisson with a 50 or 35. 

You know, I used to have notion (still do, actually) that there is a range of focal length “sweet spot” with rangefinder cameras. But going wider, despite limitations that come with it, has certainly widened my range of creativity. We recently bought a vacation home in Joshua Tree in Southern California, and the sheer vastness of open space really lends itself to a wider focal length, at least for me. As for longer teles the limitation comes from the difficulty of focusing but my blasphemy with Visoflex now alllws me to nail focus more often than not. I use 28 and 50 in between, and the intervals between those four progressive focal length I am very comfortable with at the moment. 

[Ko.Fe.]

I made many attempts to use 28, while 35 was my main. It didn't worked. Nor 24, because it is odd FOV to me. With 21mm it is fine. Even no VF might be needed.

[martinot]

12 hours ago, Paulus said:

It's a lot of weight to have all lenses..☺️

Yes, I never bring all my lenses with me (for any of the camera systems I own). That would be insane.

I see I missed the quotation, but my post was meant as a reply to the post by stephengv (sorry, if that was not clear).

Edited September 18, 2020 by martinot

[stephengv]

I use the 28,35,50 combination because I don’t want to change lenses all the time. I want to be used to similar focal lengths. 

[martinot]

3 hours ago, stephengv said:

I use the 28,35,50 combination because I don’t want to change lenses all the time. I want to be used to similar focal lengths. 

Yes, three lenses is generally a great number of lenses to bring (one on camera, and two in a camera bag), I agree.

Nothing right or wrong, and each to his own in selecting what to bring.

I however personally find that 25, 35, 50 makes for a lot less of overlap between them.

(If I buy a 28/2,8, which seems to be a really great lens, it would be to in some cases slim it down and only carry two lenses with me; a 28 and 50.)

Edited September 18, 2020 by martinot

[stephengv]

8 hours ago, martinot said:

Yes, three lenses is generally a great number of lenses to bring (one on camera, and two in a camera bag), I agree.

Nothing right or wrong, and each to his own in selecting what to bring.

I however personally find that 25, 35, 50 makes for a lot less of overlap between them.

(If I buy a 28/2,8, which seems to be a really great lens, it would be to in some cases slim it down and only carry two lenses with me; a 28 and 50.)

Yup to each his own. Yup there is an overlap, however the overlap, in my own opinion, is beneficial to me. Funny, I also have the same setup on my CL haha. 

[Mikep996]

I don't like carrying additional lenses...which is the primary (NPI!) reason I have a MATE!   When I go out with only primes, I always take a 50 and usually either a 28 or a 21.  On rare occasions I carry the 50 and the 90. I never carry the 21 and 28 at the same time.  My least used lens is the 90 although I shot one of my favorite photos with it.  I have to admit I've been futzing with the idea of a Q2 so I've been out recently with just the 28 to get an idea of what that would be like.  At the moment, to quote an old saying, "I feel strongly both ways!"  

[T25UFO]

24mm, 35mm and 50mm on the M.  I used to have a 90mm as well, but my son has 'borrowed' it.  Now have 75mm on the SL.  Thought about the 90mm but 75mm is a good compromise if just using one lens most of the time.