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Orio
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| naplam wrote: | An impressive lens Orio, congratulations. A full-frame camera like your 5D is the best option to test it to its limits  |
Yes, to be sincere, the full frame is the only reason why I bought the 5D, because otherwise I could not justify the big expense, since for everything else, I was content with my 400D, which makes me very happy. But I really really missed the wide angles.
There is people like Attila who mostly shoots macro and portraits or tele work, and will never regret the crop format. But wide photography has always been my passion, and I missed it on the 400D from day one.
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Orio
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yes, it's quite a rushed dismissing comment... although unfortunately there is a copy variance issues with the Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, so maybe the guy met a bad copy of the lens.
Luckily there are tests that proved that the 4/20 is the best 20mm lens _overall_ when it comes to distortion (or lack thereof). It beats the Distagon 21 (the world champion of super wide angle lenses), it beats the Leica 19mm, and of course it beats hands down all the various contemporary Canon wides.
Of course, there are other aspects where it is outperformed by the most expensive wides (sharpness notably, which is not the Flek's best quality).
But in my opinion, with a 20mm lens, the control of distortion is the #1 most important quality, and the other aspects come after.
Then, if you compare the money (around 150 Euros for an average Flek 4/20 compared to the 2000+ Euros needed for a used Distagon 21), you can see easily that there is nothing that even comes close for price/performance ratio.
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| Quote: | | if you compare the money (around 150 Euros for an average Flek 4/20 compared to the 2000+ Euros needed for a used Distagon 21), you can see easily that there is nothing that even comes close for price/performance ratio. |
Exactly - that's why I still think it's a "must have" IMO.
Along with the 4/25 and 2.4/35......  |
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Orio
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| bob955i wrote: |
Exactly - that's why I still think it's a "must have" IMO.
Along with the 4/25 and 2.4/35...... |
I was NEVER able to find a 4/25 in M42 mount.  And I am still looking for it! I love the focal lenght very much.
And I am VERY curious to see how the Flek 25 performs. But the M42 version of that lens seems extremely rare. I monitor Ebay each week for it but I only can find it with Exakta mount.
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| I'd hazard a guess that 24/25mm is probably the most useful WA focal length you could have in the bag. |
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