Demo shots New FD 17/4.0 and New FD 20/2.8

[andreas_thaler1]

<p>Some demo shots published on my website last autumn (German) - I really love these two gems! :-)</p>

<p>New FD 17/4.0: http://www.subworld.at/blog.html?b=445<br />New FD 20/2.8 http://www.subworld.at/blog.html?b=444</p>

<p>Details:</p>

<ul>

<li>Canon T90</li>

<li>Ilford HP5 Plus</li>

<li>Ilfosol 3</li>

<li>Nikon Super Coolscan 5000</li>

<li>scan software: NikonScan (auto mode)</li>

<li>no further picture editing</li>

<li>sorry no shooting data available</li>

<li>location: Vienna/Austria</li>

<li>click for larger picture</li>

</ul>

[rick_janes]

<p>Andreas, apart from the angle-of-view difference does anything else distinguish these lenses from each other in actual photographs?<br>

In the viewfinder a 20/2.8's probably easier focusing, of course.</p>

[andreas_thaler1]

<p>Rick, the 17/4.0 should have more depth of field but in practice there is no remarkable difference to me. Regarding vignetting, distorsion and CA it depends of course on your workflow and your themes. As I edit all my scanned pictures in Adobe Camera Raw I generally do not care much about such issues as this is fixed easily. But as both lenses are very well corrected there is no extra work to do except fixing distorsion (see http://www.subworld.at/media.html?image=4c8bbe1976783078597192.jpg > 17/4.0).</p>