Wide Angle Envy
Enoshima Beach / lomo lca
I've been pining for a wide angle lens ever since our photo developing workshop, when I swapped my 50mm with Jim's 20mm. Having been accustom to 50mm, the 20mm opened the frame up so much I could almost see the back of my head. Yesterday I finally gave in and shelled out for a used manual focus Nikkor AiS 28mm f/2.8, which should be here in 1-2 days. Besides, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to own an SLR and only one lens, well at least that's what I've been telling myself.
heh, sooner or later all succumb to wide angle envy! frankly I'm not sure how you managed to stick with the 50mm this long (what, a year?), for me it's just so constricting (especially indoors with moving children!). but may I complement you on a sane choice or compromise with the 28mm, I myself have a 21mm which I love, but the wider one gets the harder it gets to shoot, and the closer one has to get to the subjects, often too close than comfortable (for both picture-taker and subject)
::posted by: Kurt at November 19, 2004 12:13 AM
Excellent! I look forward to some wide angle magic. :)
::posted by: Erik at November 19, 2004 03:33 AM
By all accounts, that 28 is a masterpiece, one of the sharpest wide primes Nikon's ever made.
Lomos are also 28mm, right? At least you'll find the shooting familiar in that sense. The 20mm I have is great, but often I find it a bit too wide - you have to practically crawl into someone's lap to get a decent picture.
I look forward to see what you do with it.
::posted by: Jim O'Connell at November 19, 2004 12:24 PM
Yeah I've been using a 50mm for almost a year now and the timing for a new (used) lens could not be better. With my first wide angle I thought it best to stay a bit on the conservative side, though I am a HUGE fan of skateboard photography using wide (to to point of distortion) lenses. Jim, the lomo lca is a 32mm and was the widest I owned until now. I brought the 28mm to Shinjuku today but ended up spending all my time in Kinokuniya looking at cook books and only took a few street shots. Look forward to posting some photos.
::posted by: mark at November 20, 2004 08:32 PM
the digicam I am using at the minute allows for 28mm and it seems to be going great as far as I am concerned. get in there.
::posted by: tokyogoar at November 21, 2004 09:38 PM
The Nikkor 28mm is a great lens and relatively distortion free. I tend to stick to my 35mm it gives me a good range to work with, not too wide. There's always the 12-24mm when i want to go nuts :)
::posted by: keith at November 23, 2004 06:03 AM
Once you go wide, you won't go back :)
28 is great, but once you get the hang of it, I predict you'll be hungering for the 20mm...
I make do with a 24mm...
::posted by: gen at December 1, 2004 05:34 PM
