I cannot comment on the 28/2.8 and 24/2.8 since I have never had these
lenses nor even handled them. However I bought a minty 24/2 from
Giles a few months back (yes, it was really minty despite that Giles
claims that he actually had used the lens), and I have been nothing but
satisfied.
I like the perspective I get with the 24mm more than what I know from
(third party) 28mm's, and the nice bright viewfinder I get definitely
makes it. Also, I am surprised how sharp this lens is even fully open
(haven't done any formal testing, just looking at the shots).
--thomas
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, rtomcala wrote:
> Albert,
> By all means go the 24! In either configuration (2.8/2) it is one of
> the sweetest most useful lens there is.
> You just about have to make an effort to get distortion with it and the
> 24/2.8 is one of the smallest lens in the Zuiko line, being only
> slightly larger than the the 40 f2 of much renown. Refer to Gary's test
> for technical details on all lens but remember that they are just part
> of the whole picture.
> Rand E.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Albert Yang wrote:
> >
> > I am going to Taiwan, and so I want to take lots of pics, and I want
> > to add a wide angle lens to the bag before I head out.
> >
> > I see that the 28mm are cheap compared to the 24mm's... So a had a
> > few questions...
> >
> > Do you see any barrelling in the 24mm at all? I've seen some high
> > quality lenses (Zeiss) which doesn't show any distortion at all, and
> > I have seen some crappy 24mm lenses (some old C*non stuff) which
> > should considerable barrelling at this length of lens. I would like
> > the widest lens possible, but not at the cost of distortion...
> >
> > My second question then would be, how much of a different between the
> > 24mm am I going to notice with a 28mm? Also, how is the quality (in
> > general) of the 28mm f3.5?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Albert
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