are there any cheaper alternatives to the 35 1.4L? i am looking for something for the 5d
in the 28-35mm range. i dont mind manual lenses i was also thinking of picking up a Haoda horizontal split focusing screen so i can make it easier to use manual focus.
any advice would be great
Any and all of these smoke the Canon EF 35/2 (which is a joke, really...compared to their FD 35/2 versions), for a lot less $. Check the alt forum for tons of details on these options.
There are a number of good manual focus alternatives you can consider in that range. They include:
at 28mm
Olympus OM Zuiko 28mm f/2 - a nice and relatively small fast 28mm
Nikon 28mm f/2 AiS - very decent lens and not very expensive
Zeiss 28mm f/2 - Available in Contax/Yashica mount and just recently in ZE (i.e., Canon Mount) pretty expensive but a very nice lens
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Pentax FA limited 31mm f/1.8 - a very highly regard lens and although it can be used as an autofocus lens on Pentax bodies, it can be used as a manual lens on Canon. It isn't exactly cheap, however.
at 35mm
The three that Ed mentioned and
The ZF 35mm f/2
The Nikon 35mm f/2 and the 35mm f/1.4 - the f/1.4 is somewhat weak wide open mainly because of veiling flare.
The Leica 35mm f/2 is also a very nice lens and isn't too expensive.
I hope this helps, but you will get a lot more advice on the alt forum.
