paul_droluk

<p>35mm is my favorite FL, and I am currently using the Sigma. Yes, it is a stunning performer, but man is it big and heavy! Especially for landscape and architectural work. What I want is a high performance 35mm (f2 would be fine) lens that is small and light... like almost every 35mm lens used to be. I remember the very first Nikkor 35mm f2.8 that I bought, back in 1970. Now that was small and light! It matched my Nikkormat beautifully, and believe it or not, it looked large compared to the Leica offering of that time. I still have a Nikon 35mm f2, but I can't focus it on a modern AF focus screen, or it would be my primary 35mm lens.<br /><br />I'm waiting for Photozone's testing of the new Nikon FX 35mm f1.8... while not small, it is much lighter than any of the f1.4 lenses. If the optical quality is close, I'll swap out the Sigma straight away.</p>

<p>The overwhelming majority of images shot with wide angle lenses are NOT taken at large apertures. WA lenses are most often used for their coverage, not for shallow DOF or bokeh. If I didn't already own the 17-35, I would likely choose the 16-35 for its slightly wider range and lower weight. That said, the 17-35 is probably my most often used lens.</p>

<p>Have your technician dismount the lens from the HFM. On the rear of the shutter there SHOULD be what looks like a very tiny screw, the head of which extends about 1 mm above the rear surface of the shutter. This "screw head" is actually a locator pin, which fits into a corresponding recess in the front face of the HFM... preventing the lens from rotating. Chances are the locating pin is not present. Your tech may have one laying around, or get one from Schneider.<br> Fear not about disturbing the focus adjustment of the HFM. That adjustment requires loosening three tiny screws in the focus ring.</p>