@Charles: You wrote, "The 28mm is very different from the 35mm and 24mm." Could you elaborate what exactly you have in mind when making reference to this very difference between 28mm and 35mm?
kwe67 wrote:
@Charles@: You wrote, "The 28mm is very different from the 35mm and 24mm." Could you elaborate what exactly you have in mind when making reference to this very difference between 28mm and 35mm?
Often there is discussion suggesting that you can select one prime to encompass the 24 or 35mm FOV but in truth each FL is unique, 24, 28 and 35mm requires a mind reset on how you take shots. There are many photographers that cannot gel with the 28mm FOV and much prefer 35mm or both 24 and 35mm.
swifty168 wrote:
Yea Charles. Stop it. You're going to cost me a lot of money
But seriously though, loving the look of the 28/1.4E especially images with focus at mid-distance at f/1.4
Good stuff, Charles.
Thank you very much I used the 28mm Nikkor with my Nikkormat FTN when living in Jakarta, Medan, Balikpapan back in the mid 80's. It took me a short while to see the 28mm FOV but it ended being my favorite. Most manufacturers do not have a high end fast 28mm so I just used the 24 or 35. Leica of course had the 28 Lux but I had moved to Sony by then.
I would say if you do not immediately gel with the 28mm take about 3 months with it. There are excellent reasons for the cinematic feel and smart phones using 28mm FOV.
And 28mm gives about the widest FOV while avoiding distortions of the face and body of your subjects. Charles' crowd scenes are a vivid demonstration. The demand has strangely shifted to 24/25mm when once it was the 28mm that ruled the WA roost. All the major mounts (e.g. Nikon F, Leica M, R, Contax/Yashica, Pentax K, Olympus OM) had a deep bench of such primes, and often marketed as primes for travel and tourism. I have my bases covered with the CZ D28/2.8 C/Y, Leica Elmarit-M ASPH and the mighty E.
Visiting Vigo this afternoon having lunch at the wonderful El Captain restaurant on the port. If not obvious already the 28E makes for a superb travel lens and is proving to be my favorite go to lens. Last year in Spain I was flitting between the 24 and 35 Art on the D810. The real advantage over the Art lenses is the dynamic AF accuracy away from the center region.
charles.K wrote:
Visiting Vigo this afternoon having lunch at the wonderful El Captain restaurant on the port. If not obvious already the 28E makes for a superb travel lens and is proving to be my favorite go to lens. Last year in Spain I was flitting between the 24 and 35 Art on the D810. The real advantage over the Art lenses is the dynamic AF accuracy away from the center region.
Yes! You can probably easily just pack 28/58/105 and shoot the whole vacation not missing any other lenses much. Likely just sticking to 28 for 80% of the shots.
charles.K wrote:
Thank you very much I used the 28mm Nikkor with my Nikkormat FTN when living in Jakarta, Medan, Balikpapan back in the mid 80's. It took me a short while to see the 28mm FOV but it ended being my favorite. Most manufacturers do not have a high end fast 28mm so I just used the 24 or 35. Leica of course had the 28 Lux but I had moved to Sony by then.
I would say if you do not immediately gel with the 28mm take about 3 months with it. There are excellent reasons for the cinematic feel and smart phones using 28mm FOV. ...Show more →
Truth be told, I already decided on the 28/1.4E. Just waiting for the opportunity to buy it in Japan because the price differential is too big compared to local pricing here. The waiting and my inability to look away from posts like yours is turning me a bit green lol.
But fingers crossed for Nov this year
swifty168 wrote:
Truth be told, I already decided on the 28/1.4E. Just waiting for the opportunity to buy it in Japan ...
You have more patience than I. If you intend to purchase from Japan anyway, consider a near-mint copy from Map Camera. They are listing one on eBay for even a bit less than my similar copy from them last month:
rico wrote:
You have more patience than I. If you intend to purchase from Japan anyway, consider a near-mint copy from Map Camera. They are listing one on eBay for even a bit less than my similar copy from them last month:
$1488 and free shipping. Mine came DHL air express in 36 hrs flat. They really are a top-shelf seller.
Thanks for the tip. I hadn't actually figured out where I was buying from but even retail pricing from one of the big electronics stores like Yodobashi runs some $500 SGD ($360USD) cheaper before claiming tax back and I knew there was a chance I was visiting Tokyo soon anyways.
Just had a look at MAP camera: https://translate.google.com.sg/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=https://www.mapcamera.com/item/4960759148407&prev=search
I think this is the new price. Pretty good if so and I wonder what local Japanese pricing is for used mint copies.
Nice shots. I'm enjoying my 28 1.4E so far. But I have noticed it's seems to miss-focus more often than other lenses (for example, the 24 1.8G). Suppose I may need to do some AF fine tuning. That said, when it does nail the focus, it's superlative.
CATProductions wrote:
Nice shots. I'm enjoying my 28 1.4E so far. But I have noticed it's seems to miss-focus more often than other lenses (for example, the 24 1.8G). Suppose I may need to do some AF fine tuning. That said, when it does nail the focus, it's superlative.
Thank you very much I would take time to fine tune the AF as it is one of my best AF performing lenses. For streets shots I have been using AF-C and 3D and for portraits AF-C and AUTO. For street shoots I just use the lens hood with no lens cap as it seems to protect the lens well. I have the Thinktank Retrospective 10 which perfectly fits the 105E and 58G with the D850/28E.
