Wideness of the 28 2.8 Elmar ?

When shooting cityscapes I often find my Elmar 50 2.8 too narrow. I was

thinking of getting a 28 f2.8 Elmar. Can anyone post some samples of

how "wide" it looks in practice. I often like to emphasize foregrounds, which

is rather hard with a 50 mm. thnx!

I shoot with a 28mm 2.8 Elmarit which I used for the majority of my last trip to Europe. It's plenty wide and doesn't offer up too much distortion for the landscapes.<div></div>

The 28 Elmarit is great, but if I had purcahse another 28mm I'd go for the Cron.

Leon, you mean Elmarit ?

The 28 mm lens has about a 76 degree diagonal angle of view, compared with about 45 degrees for a 50 mm lens. That is a significant difference.

Chris,-- What is causing all that vignetting in your photo? I know it is not the lens itself. Could you have put the wrong lenshood on?

A 25 would be twice as wide as your 50, both width and length. 4 x the area covered.

 

28 a bit less.

Along with your 50 Summicron, take a look at the 28mm 1:3.5 V/C Color Skopar -- inexpensive, excellent build quality, sharp!<div></div>

When fully open, the <i>Elmarit</i> has about 2 stops of light-falloff at 21.6mm from the centre of the frame, and even more at the extreme corners. Chris' photo must have been taken at a wide aperture.

Leon: Another 28mm Elmarit picture:

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/380526

Good Lord, Andy. That nearly sliced a hole in my screen! It would be dangerous to handle negatives made with that lens -- there'd be blood and little pieces of fingers everywhere.

Jerry: That isn't an extraordinary amount of vignetting for a 28mm. The version III 28mm Elmarit vignettes 2.1 stops at the corners. That will always be evident in a shot that includes an area of uniform tone, especially if it's the sky. Any lens that wide will show a deeper blue in the sky, in the corners. The sky gets darker/deeper with increasing altitude anyhow, which intensifies the effect. Note that vignetting isn't noticeable in the lower corners.

"That nearly sliced a hole in my screen!"

 

Yes, it was a bit over-sharpened.

I just received a "new" 28mm F3.5 Nikkor for my S2 this week. 28mm for me has long been an under appreciated focal length. I have had one for many years for my SLR...but never used it. I do like this NRF lens alot and will be using it frequently.<div></div>

another...same roll<div></div>

and last<div></div>

"Along with your 50 Summicron, take a look at the 28mm 1:3.5 V/C Color Skopar -- inexpensive, excellent build quality, sharp!"

 

I guess you forgot to add "if it's focused right and held steady" :*)

Yeah, John, I was jostled by the crowd! How's this example?<div></div>