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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM users - how often do you shoot below f/4? | |
I do not own the 16-35GM but I do have the 16-35/2.8L which the same shooting experience pretty much
To preface the comments below, a wide angle is a more “acceptable” lens to run f/4 on, because you don’t need particularly high shutter speeds between the 16 and 35mm focal lengths.
That means, for budget reasons if I had to choose between a 16-35/4 + 70-200/2.8 or a 16-35/2.8 + 70-200/4, I would choose the former combination
However, if you do have the 16-35/2.8, I would expect 2.8 to be used fairly often.
Since at 16/2.8 there is plenty of depth of field for even single row group photos, whenever your iso is above 100, it’s mostly optimal to stop down to f2.8, since the depth of field situation is still quite acceptable in most situations
Something else to be considered is that the 14GM is lighter, 1.33 stops brighter, and if you crop it’s equivalent to a 21/2.5 or 24/2.8! (That is, it’s brighter than 2.8 below 24mm).
The less than perfect MTF of wide angle lenses in general means that this kind of cropping degrades image quality less than usual!
Therefore, if you are also running some other 24-70/2.8 kind of lens, the 14GM cannot be ignored
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