Chris,
Having had a 28mm and now having a 24mm, you will find the 24mm a little
less forgiving with perspective lines. 28mm was a lens commonly used by
photojounalists because it is about a wide as you can get without having to
worry about them as much. 24mm and shorter requires some care, especially
with converging horizontal lines, and keeping the horizon horizontal
(unless you deliberately don't want it that way). It's been more crucial
for the architectural and urban landscape, including indoors, and much less
a problem away from man-made objects with strong straight lines.
Discovered this after selling the 28mm, buying a 24mm and using it for a while.
Don't know that I really want another 28mm. Bought a 35mm later (versus
another 28mm) so I could have at least one WA prime with less radical
perspective lines, and something between the 50mm and 24mm. I'm happy with
the combination. Your choice will depend on what you want to do with it.
The 24mm has been very handy for non-urban landscapes.
Like Lex, I'm beginning to use telephotos more for landscapes than I ever
did before. Using superwides for landscapes is not easy. They have a
tremendous depth, and it requires (in general) there be something
interesting in the foreground, middle, and far background throughout the
huge angle of view. A superwide takes in so much that it's very easy to
end up with something you don't want in the image. It's a problem I've
encountered occasionally trying to use the 18mm. Reading Ansel Adams'
comments about "image management" related to focal lengths and
magnification (in The Camera) helped change some of my thinking about what
to use WA's, standards, and teles for. Aside from the angle of view, WA
versus telephoto is a tradeoff between depth and scale, especially if
you're trying to balance a foreground object with one in the background.
-- John
At 00:13 9/3/00 , Chris wrote:
>So, here's what I'm wondering:
>
>- Does anyone who owns both of these lenses wish to confirm (or refute)
>my general impressions?
>
>- Is the wider angle of view of the 24mm "worth" losing the additional
>stop (f22) that I currently have on the 28mm lens?
>
>- Most of my wide-angle shots have been outdoors, but I do
>occassionally take indoor shots. Is there a "best use" for each of these
>lenses?
>
>- I have "dickered" the salesperson down to trading me the 24mm for my
>28mm and CDN$50 (about US$34 at the moment). Would folks
>consider this a "good" deal?
>
>Aw, hell! Maybe I just just buy it outright and have both???? (Grin!)
>
>Comments and suggestions are welcome, but please keep it non-
>technical if you can... I'm an amateur, and not a bright one at that! <G>
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