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 p.11 #13 · very best wides for nex 5n...... | |
Jacob D wrote:
Douglas,
Which 5 CV lenses do you have, and in your opinion what are "excellent" lenses in the same/similar focal lengths on the 5N? I'm not giving you a hard time, just curious about your thoughts.
Did you pick up a 28/2 or are you sticking with the 28/2.8?
CV 15/4.5, 35/1.4, 50/2.5, 50/1.5, and 85/3.5. Technically, I'd say the 35/1.4 is the worst, the rest are acceptable, but none of them blow me away. The 50/1.5 is very good in the center, but the edges aren't as good as they should be. The 85/3.5 does have pretty even sharpness across the frame, which should be expected, but it isn't incredible sharpness or anything.
I'd say, at this point, of the 35mm rangefinder lenses that I've tried, the ZM 35/2 performs the best overall, but it still has some color shift on the 5N, and it makes me wonder how much sharpness I'm loosing from the camera's filter arrangement. The hardest lens for me to loose will be the ZM 50/1.5, because I'm getting into the "vibe" of it, it is a great size, and it actually has pretty good edge sharpness when stopped down a bit (better than the Nokton.)
I ordered the FD 17/4, 28/2, 50/1.4, 55/1.2 (both FL and FD versions,) and the 85/1.8, but I haven't received them yet. I must say though, in informal testing, the FDn 28/2.8 and 50/1.8 that I've had since high school perform as well as any rangefinder lens I've used, and you can get each of them for less than $30. So it seems to be a matter of cost vs. size.
I'm not sure I've got it in me to do some exhaustive test to post online, once these FD lenses arrive, because I'll get an idea pretty quickly whether they outperform my rangefinder lenses. If they do, I'll probably sacrifice the size of the nice little rangefinder lenses. My biggest concern is with the FD 17/4, because it is SO much bigger than my current options in that range, so it'll have to be pretty darn good for me to switch.
I could end up keeping the CV 15/4.5 and ZM 50/1.5, and just replacing my various 35mm lenses with the FD 28/2 (and I'll just return the rest of the FD lenses.)
p.s. I probably shouldn't speak too badly about rangefinder glass, since I could have 10 of them up for sale soon. we'll see... 
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