28 or 35mm?

Pumalite · Aug 24, 2011

I use the 28mm for " In Your Face" shots

Jaime Marin · Aug 25, 2011

anyone with either of these mind posting any sort of examples for me? I think I might be leaning more towards the 28mm

Newt_on_Swings · Aug 25, 2011

I have used the 35mm 1.4, nice lens, but I returned it, the elements had some separation problems. With the time I spent with it, my impressions were that It was nice and fast, no distortion, and handled well. But It wasnt much of a useful length for me. I may pick it up again in the future.

I have the 24mm F2, its wide and fast. A true gem I keep on most of the time when I'm out and about.
For longer lengths I use the 50mm, either 1.2 or 1.8. I never use anything longer as I like to work close.

I routinely use the 28mm focal length on my sigma miniwide 2, but its just never wide enough for me. With a 24mm I can set to infinity and snap with the camera hanging from the neck without every picking it up, and I get nice sharp contrasty negatives, and people are never the wiser.

Plus the wider you go, the slower you can hand hold. =]

flatulent1 · Aug 25, 2011

My typical prime trio is 24/50/135. I do most of my shooting with a 24, occasionally switching to 135. The 50 is almost never used. I've been quite content carrying a pair of bodies with 24 and 135 mounted, and the 50 in my pocket. I have several 28s that never get used. And I've found that 35mm is a superb walkaround lens if I only want to carry one body/lens and no bag.

markbarendt · Aug 25, 2011

Jaime Marin said:
anyone with either of these mind posting any sort of examples for me? I think I might be leaning more towards the 28mm

If that's your gut feeling, go that way.

I wish I could help with examples here but having had both focal lenths available for a very long time and switching them at a whim in the field and occasionally cropping a shot renders any example I might show you irrelevant. (I doubt I'm alone in this failing.)

Part of the equation here is how you normally like to print too. At 8x12 you don't have to crop but for 8x10 you normally lose some of the long edge. Do you like composing for square prints?

Both focal lengths are very workable.

Buy one and go shoot 10 rolls. If you don't like it define specifically why, sell it, and buy something that fits you better.

BrianShaw · Aug 25, 2011

Jaime Marin said:
anyone with either of these mind posting any sort of examples for me? I think I might be leaning more towards the 28mm

Check out page 18 of the Nikon lens brochure:

vb.net/products/NIKON/Nikkor_Lenses_brochure.pdf

baachitraka · Aug 25, 2011

35mm is more tight. I usually prefer such a composition.

Vilk · Aug 25, 2011

redundancy is good, right? i thought i would check before i post...

having used pretty much every nikon wide at one time or another, the only one i have kept 25 years down the road is the 28/2 AIS - no competition. i know, you said 2.8, but if you're considering 35/1.4, you can afford the 2 easily

none of the 35s ever clicked with me, either because of the field of view (a personal thing) or because of the image quality (a less personal thing). i'd tend to agree that the 35/2 is the nicest of the bunch, but even that, nothing to write home about

Colin Corneau · Aug 25, 2011

pentaxuser said:
What Matt King has said. The 35mm is too close to the 50mm whereas the 28mm gives nearly as wide as you need in most situations but there have been a number of occasions where it wasn't quite wide enough and the 24mm would have been. A 24mm is about the limit without noticeable distortion.

pentaxuser

I'd have to agree, but need to mention that I could get by with a 35mm lens forever and be pretty much OK with it. If I had to pick just one lens...the 1.4 max aperture is pretty sweet, too.

j-dogg · Aug 26, 2011

I have the 28 2.8 AIs and the 35 2.8 Ai. They are both tack sharp but I prefer the 28mm for landscapes. The 35 is good for street shooting and as a general walkaround prime.

The 28 is nice though if you are doing landscapes or sky scenes. Anything where you need to go wide.

I'd get the 28 2.8 and the 35 f2, the f2 is legendary status with the 105 f2.5

Rol_Lei Nut · Aug 27, 2011

j-dogg said:
I'd get the 28 2.8 and the 35 f2, the f2 is legendary status with the 105 f2.5

I'd agree that the 35mm 2.0 is the best of the Nikon 35s, but legendary??!!???

Newt_on_Swings · Aug 27, 2011

Jaime Marin said:
anyone with either of these mind posting any sort of examples for me? I think I might be leaning more towards the 28mm

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/28_28_ai_s

thegman · Aug 27, 2011

Considering your other lenses, I'd go with the 28mm or something a little wider.

Jaime Marin · Aug 27, 2011

decided to get the 28mm 2.8 ais hopefully it will be a good investment if not hopefully i can sell it or trade it. Thanks for all the suggestions fellas!

28 or 35mm?

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