Well haven't been receiving the digests for a few days, so I checked the
archives to find I'm not alone. But I saw this too... and couldn't resist:
28/2.8 - (latest version) same tiny chassis as all the other 'slow' lenses,
makes handling a dream. Bigger aperture range than any other wideangle (though
equalled by 'specialist' 8mm and 35 shift), but most of all, super sharp. Got
me my only magazine cover so far, wide open at 1/30, on velvia. The editor then
cropped it, and I was terrifed it would be asking too much. But no - perfect.
And they're cheap!
50-250/5 - Huge range of focal lengths, incredibly sharp at all of them,
without being too big. On climbing trips it goes (just!) in a tiny Lowe 1n lens
pouch on one side of the harness, the 4ti with 28/2.8 rides on the other. Just
about every subject covered. Drawbacks - a little slow, and feeble close focus.
A 65-200/4 is a little better at both, but loses range and a little sharpness.
But I still think I need to try one!
21/3.5 - Again, like the 28/2.8, tiny and super sharp. Almost all of my
favourite landscapes have been done with this one. Just as sharp as the 21/2 at
mid apertures, and feels half the size. Focussing at 21mm isn't really so hard
that you mind the slow aperture. If I take a small rucsac, it's the first lens
to add to the above, along with a 25mm to make the zoom go close-up.
And the near misses - 90/2, 80/4, 250/2 - only cos I haven't got them!! My next
most used lens is a t*mron 90/2.5, which obviously doesn't count, followed by
the 35/2 - lovely combo of focal length and apeture, but big and not as sharp
as the 28/2.8, and the 50/1.4 - which is great but not my favourite focal
length.
Adam
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