stanj wrote:
I think those complaints are about the mk1 version; the mk2 is fantastic and blows the much famed 35L out of the water. It's just that the 35mm focal length is "safer" and thus more popular.
I got both. the 35 doesnt get used as much anymore since I got the 24 but only because I kind of realised I spent money on it but wasn't using it. Now I have remembered that the 35L is in my bag I want to start using it again.
Bothe stellar lenses however, I remember someone saying once that people buy lenses like this for their background rendering. This was certainly true in my case.
goosemang wrote:
i do a fair amount of low light people/life type shooting, where i basically open up the 28 and shoot it at like iso 6400 just to get things documented. i convert a lot of this to black and white, and the results are usually not meant to be admired in any lens performance sense. the lens is there to take the shot on the most basic level; it's not about capturing an optically excellent image.
a lot of the really low light shots i take i let things go to black all over the place, and just use whatever patterns/outlines the light source provides or something like this, you know? i'm not exactly concerned about moustache distortion or whatever simply because of the nature of the end result i'm going for doesn't require it. same for other things like 3% vs 1.35% distortion, sharp corners, chromatic aberration, etc..... don't care. CA is like a 15 second fix in LR. if i'm shooting like this all that matters is that the lens functions, has reasonable optical performance, and can physically get the job done.
i'd say don't get caught up on the little details if this sound like the type of low light stuff you're doing. just $0.02 from where i'm coming from, fwiw...Show more →
Events, shows, people, journalism, etc. etc..... I mean, that's not all I'll be using it for, the low-light question really referred to if getting the IS was a bad idea. But I do care about the optical quality as it's how I make money
At this point it just seems like I should save up until the MK2 is financially viable.
