I have both the Rokkor-X 35mm f1.8 (my favorite lens) and the f2.8 -- I'm just not sure I would have gotten them if I knew that they were "tainted".
Sorry, It's my fault, I wasn't paying attention to the date on the post. Why these old posts (zombie threads) miraculously reappear is beyond me.
Exactly, we need to de-taint 35mm.
Focal lengths has a certain overall look, and you are not likely to lust for one that looks like what everyone else is shooting. 45 - 55mm will always be faster and more numerous. Various short teles are for the classic bokeh freak. and very wides are mostly for showing off to most people. "Scream" as HCB so aptly said.
35mm seems boring to most.
50mm since it's the standard, normal lens every 35mm camera has come with for twice my lifetime
It is a good thing, actually.
It usually means new people are joining, searching through the archives, and trying to contribute to a discussion.
It is probably accentuated by the fact that many are now using phones to access Photrio - the post date isn't exactly prominent on those little screens.
The real question is, why aren't you paying attention?
There is no taint to 35mm.
Or, of there is, then there definitely is one on 50mm since it's the standard, normal lens every 35mm camera has come with for twice my lifetime. And I use the crap out of my 50mms, they're almost always on my rangefinders and SLRs. Every snapshot of every family posing in front of everything from the 40s up to the cell phone era was probably at 50mm. And I still love my 50s.
35mm is only boring because it's a perfect view. A wide-but-almost-normal view. I have a 35 for my leica and it's really fun for street work when compared to the 28 I normally use on my F6 or F100 because I can get people larger in frame, but not have to get so close to the people, and still see the scene around them. I can sit in the corner of a room and see enough of the room to get a sense of space without feeling distorted.
There is no taint to 35mm.
Or, of there is, then there definitely is one on 50mm since it's the standard, normal lens every 35mm camera has come with for twice my lifetime. And I use the crap out of my 50mms, they're almost always on my rangefinders and SLRs. Every snapshot of every family posing in front of everything from the 40s up to the cell phone era was probably at 50mm. And I still love my 50s.
35mm is only boring because it's a perfect view. A wide-but-almost-normal view. I have a 35 for my leica and it's really fun for street work when compared to the 28 I normally use on my F6 or F100 because I can get people larger in frame, but not have to get so close to the people, and still see the scene around them. I can sit in the corner of a room and see enough of the room to get a sense of space without feeling distorted.
And then there are cameras like those from Beseler nd Olympus, and the 'normal' FL was actually 'It depends'...50mm, 53mm, 55mm, 58mm all 'normals' simultaneously offered
There is no such thing as a perfect FL.
There are impractical FLs for general photography like 200mm or 15mm but there is a whole range in between.
35 - 40mm was used on a tonne of cheap and small cameras from the sixties to the 90s. And most of them used in the usual “get it all in” shots of family documentarians.
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