What's a good 35mm lens?

[pikapig]

The canon 35mm F2 might not be around your budget really. Good copies can fetch quite a steep price, prepare at least $800

I've got a set here on the Canon 35mm F2:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/agnosticgary/sets/72157624583644420/

Its a 7 element lens, design same as the old cron. Never had it flare till I was in Halong Bay, where the reflection of the sunlight on the water was too strong :cry:



As jonmanjiro suggestion, the 35mm F1.7, I did see one selling its CHROME with canon 7 on RFF a couple of months back, I cant believe I let it go because I was thinking of a cron.... s h i t...........................

It rarely pops up really. Like the cv 50mm F1.5 chrome, its hard to find one around.


I use a canon 35mm F2 for my 35mm needs, being F2, its great for day but come night, its either I push the film to 1600 or change over to my cv 50mm F1.5.

Erm, I'm not too sure about softness but shouldnt be the case, the cv 35mm F2.5 has got superb reviews for its price.


Oh yea, I got a set here on the 35mm F1.4 cv as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/agnosticgary/sets/72157623823257717/
was very satisfied with the lens till it got stolen :angry:


Yes, be impressed with the nokton 50mm F1.5 ltm. If you read steve huff's review & RFF, you know how good it is, my only complain is the size but hell, I got the chrome version :devil:

Nice set gary!! so tempted...haha...ya i read about ur lost, ur r3a was also gone during that trip rite?

the only chrome lens i have got is the color skopar 35mm, its de older version with a knob on focusing...

 

[pikapig]

Okay think i have decided to try look for an ultron 35mm f1.7...saw some pics on it and was amazed with the results...if really cant find, will save up to get the 35mm f1.4 instead.

nice bokeh from bro blacvios...

Hopefully if any of the bros here managed to see one for sale...do let me know. thanks

 

[Yoricko]

Sure bro..and thanks for the write up... appreciate it. Flare wise, i agree center tend to be abit brighter than the corners which always happen.
My own testing, using the same scanner, with no sharpening

of cos the comparison between both lens might seems abit unfair, cos 50mm seems more like a portrait lens as well as the aperture, what im emphasizing is the sharpness as well as the contrast. I am quite impress with the 50mm lens

Err... flare affects the whole image. If you're saying the center is a tad brighter, that is not flare, that is bloody vignetting. Veiling flare is the phenomenon when stray light reflecting the lens surface and in-barrel parts, 'fogging' and 'brightening' up the film/sensor which results in the loss of shadow detail/value.

Comparing a 35mm lens with a 50mm lens is like comparing apples and pears. Though I must add, I've used the 50 1.5 before, and it is a nice lens to use. Blur quality is decent, but it is a tad too sharp for stereotypical portraits.

The 35mm 1.7 is a good choice, you won't regret it (unless you sell your 35mm 2.5).