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BryantFC wrote in post #14180389
I've owned the samyang 85mm and the 35mm before. Where i LOVED the 35, the 85 was more of a hit and miss for me. The focus ring has a very long throw and was very "tight" imo. Tbh, it sat mostly in my bag and was my most unused lens due to that. I also owned the old Contax Zeiss 50 1.4. I loved what i got out of that lens, but i wanted to see what i could get out of the new ZE version.

as for the crap 50mm f1.8 i have, that's what i'm planning to replace them with. the zeiss 50 (don't want the sigma 50 again bc i just didn't like it, the canon 50 1.4 doesn't make me go WOW for it) and i'm planning to go with the canon 85 1.8 due to AF. I can MF completely fine it's just that easiness of having AF. Especially after having the new AF system on the 5D3

I think the setup I want for 35mm, 50mm and 85mm are respectively Samyang, Contax and Canon. I've heard about the 'hit or miss' with the Samyang and seeing how happy I am with the Canon I don't see too much incentive to swap it for the Sammy.

TijmenDal wrote in post #14186713
I think the setup I want for 35mm, 50mm and 85mm are respectively Samyang, Contax and Canon. I've heard about the 'hit or miss' with the Samyang and seeing how happy I am with the Canon I don't see too much incentive to swap it for the Sammy.

So which route are you going?
i'm going 35 samyang, 50 zeiss, 85 canon or samyang.

BryantFC wrote in post #14186750
So which route are you going?
i'm going 35 samyang, 50 zeiss, 85 canon or samyang.

Well, that's exactly what I said I'm selling off a lot of the MF glass I've hoarded. As much as I like trying out a ton of lenses, I think it would be much better to just have 3 lenses and go with that.
The biggest problem for me is I'm a poor college student. I really want to get a 5Dc to get a little wider than I do now. I'm also thinking about getting a 24mm, probably a Zuiko, but that would be for crop, because I don't find my 28mm Zuiko wide enough on my cropper. I really haven't ever shot FF (except for film, but then I only shot with 50mm's) so I find it very hard to tell how wide 35mm would be on FF and if it would be wide enough for landscapes.

hey, I shoot my landscapes with 30mm on a crop body now that I sold my 11-16. It's a matter of composition and good eye, not how wide your lens goes

TijmenDal wrote in post #14186825
Well, that's exactly what I said I'm selling off a lot of the MF glass I've hoarded. As much as I like trying out a ton of lenses, I think it would be much better to just have 3 lenses and go with that.
The biggest problem for me is I'm a poor college student. I really want to get a 5Dc to get a little wider than I do now. I'm also thinking about getting a 24mm, probably a Zuiko, but that would be for crop, because I don't find my 28mm Zuiko wide enough on my cropper. I really haven't ever shot FF (except for film, but then I only shot with 50mm's) so I find it very hard to tell how wide 35mm would be on FF and if it would be wide enough for landscapes.

the 28 zuikos will be a tad bit wider than the 35mm. i had one before and it gives a nice wide view on FF.

BryantFC wrote in post #14187011
the 28 zuikos will be a tad bit wider than the 35mm.

Obviously I've always shot my landscapes with my 28mm Zuiko on a crop so that's what I'm used to - I really think 35mm will be wide enough actually, since it's wider than 28mm on a crop.

Scapevision wrote in post #14186997
hey, I shoot my landscapes with 30mm on a crop body now that I sold my 11-16. It's a matter of composition and good eye, not how wide your lens goes

Yeah I know, but I like the perspective wider angles give me!

SeattleSpeedster wrote in post #14175038
zeiss 50 handheld 1/20

HOLY CRAP, THESE ARE INCREDIBLE! D:

Thanks one more

That's really sharp for 1/20th, congrats.

For me on full frame I have been pretty happy the past year with a 3 lens set 35mm, 50mm, and 135mm. It's a really nice prime set but after a year I am kinda yearning for a little bit wider and a little bit longer. I was thinking about picking up a 24mm Zubiko and a 180/200 or 300 lens once I get the funds but for most purposes I put my 50mm Ziess on my camera and call it a day because it is that great of a lens. I will probably mess around a bit more with focal lengths so I can tailor my kit to what I want to shoot but overall I am really happy with the set up I have.

Amazing how such as sharp lens can have such amazing bokeh!

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24mm on crop is pretty good, more or less what 35mm is on FF. In fact when I still had my crop body, my 24mm Sigma almost never left the body.

Hi guys,
For my first post on this forum:
5D + Leica 35mm f/2.8 Elmarit R

I just got this lens and i'm so amazed by the sharpnest wide open!

(Most of the following shots were taken between 2.8 and 3.5 + one at 5.6)
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kjj512 wrote in post #14189621
For me on full frame I have been pretty happy the past year with a 3 lens set 35mm, 50mm, and 135mm. It's a really nice prime set but after a year I am kinda yearning for a little bit wider and a little bit longer. I was thinking about picking up a 24mm Zubiko and a 180/200 or 300 lens once I get the funds but for most purposes I put my 50mm Ziess on my camera and call it a day because it is that great of a lens. I will probably mess around a bit more with focal lengths so I can tailor my kit to what I want to shoot but overall I am really happy with the set up I have.

I think our shooting is pretty similar. I tend to slap on a lens and just wing it with that.

Thibaut wrote in post #14191071
Hi guys,
For my first post on this forum:
5D + Leica 35mm f/2.8 Elmarit R

I just got this lens and i'm so amazed by the sharpnest wide open!

(Most of the following shots were taken between 2.8 and 3.5 + one at 5.6)


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I'm VERY impressed with these! That last one is absolutely gorgeous! I shot a couple random things today with the Leica Summicron-R on my 5D. Very happy with the results so far.