Paul, another vote for 35mm as a great all around travel lens, I have often travelled with a bag of lenses and found myself mainly shooting with my 35
omg this makes me feel queasy lolThey're very different lenses in practice than what the diagram above suggests. I tend to get closer with a 28mm which really adds a sense of perspective compared to my 35mm shots. This is a good demonstration of what I mean:
yep...
heard 28mm is "native" or standard focal length for crop cameras, but 35mm lenses tend to be faster
IIRC, the "standard" focal length for any format is the diagonal of the recording medium so for 35mm it's 43.2mm. Taking the Nikon DSLR crop factor of 1.5x, looks like 28mm as a standard prime is a good call! Again IIRC, 50mm was a popular length in "the olden days" but was then known as 2".
How about a 28-50 and cover all the bases? Might be putting a Tamron one in the classies soon...
Well I popped the 28mm on my FE2 and took a long wander with the missus to the leggers pub in dewsbury along the canal.
I have to say 28mm is wide and although great for flowers as it focuses down to 30cm and thats from the film plane so more like 15cms from the front of the lens.
I am unsure of it as a holiday lens, I have the go ahead for a 35mm to purchase
Although i still think I could get away with the 50mm
I have to say the 28 is a gem close up and over the table and group shots.
I found though as a general lens its just to wide for scene shots although I bet for crowded narrow streets it also could be good.
whats the max apature?
Yeah I know its 7 mm but in real world?
In the past I favoured a 35mm as a general purpose lens. But a 28mm is what I would use as the first true wide angle.
The difference might seem small but it is significant.
Ok, I've read all your comments and it's true, there are differences between 28 and 35mm lenses, nobody ever will doubt about it, but please if you could give me some examples where you prefer to use a 35mm instead of a 28mm lens because you know you will obtain better results, and viceversa. Maybe in other words: what could you do or achieve with a 35mm that you can't do or achieve with a 28mm? (and viceversa).
Ok, I've read all your comments and it's true, there are differences between 28 and 35mm lenses, nobody ever will doubt about it, but please if you could give me some examples where you prefer to use a 35mm instead of a 28mm lens because you know you will obtain better results, and viceversa. Maybe in other words: what could you do or achieve with a 35mm that you can't do or achieve with a 28mm? (and viceversa).
Hello, my name is Andres, I'm from Spain, and it's my the first time in this forum.
Regarding the difference between 35mm and 28mm lenses, they are different tools but with a close angle vision.
The perspective can generate distortion according to the subject's distance and shape (plain :a wall, a window...3D: a person, a monument), and also very dependent on the distance from camera to the subject (street photo, portraits, groups, landscapes, close up, etc).
It's more about a personal taste and type of photography, than the lens itself.