which 24mm do you recommend for an A7 ?

[memetph]

I am looking for a SLR legacy 24mm to use with my A7.
What is your recommendation ?
Thank you for your advices,

[newst]

I have only used one 24mm lens on the A7II, the Konica 2.8/24.

I like it but here are a few out of camera JPGs so you can see for yourself.

[Attila]

I did like almost all, Konica, Minolta, Olympus OM, Kiron , Vivitar, Nikkor I didn't like Tamron , mine was garbage Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 25mm f4 zebra! latest one damn good.

[calvin83]

I test my copy of Minolta MD 24mm on A7. There is a bit field curve but nothing serious. The corners starts getting OK to good at F5.6. At F8 to F11 this lens should be fine for most scenes. Distortion and flare resistance is pretty good IMHO. I have a FD 24mm 2.8 waiting for test and I think it will perform similarly.

[Lightshow]

FD 24/2 has good corners. 24/2.8 is nice.
Rokkor MC 24/2.8
OM 24 is nice and small, has some vignetting, look for the multicoated version.
Contax 25
Konica 24
Yashica 24
Nikkor 24/2.8 AIS
Sigma super wide 24

[Rawit]

[newst]

[padam]

My two picks are the Canon FDn 24/2.8 and Minolta New MD 24/2.8 (49mm filter thread)

[jamaeolus]

I have yet to try my pentax smc 24mm 3.5 Worked quite well on APS C canon 60D. anybody else tried it on FF digital??

[Ash]

I would say that one of the best 24mm on sony a7 is canon fdn 24 2.8. very nice sharpness for both landscape and portrait works. See few of my samples here:

http://forum.mflenses.com/canon-fd-24-2-8-on-sony-a7-t71467.html

http://forum.mflenses.com/trying-canon-fd-24-2-8-for-portraits-t72739.html

This review confirms my finding:

http://erphotoreview.com/wordpress/?p=4181

[stevemark]

I have tested recently a few vintage 24mm lenses at "infinity" distance, using 24MP FF sony A7II:

Canon newFD 2.8/24mm
Minolta MD-I 2.8/24mm
Minolta MD-III 2.8/24mm
Nikkor AiS 2.8/24mm
Zeiss C/Y 2.8/25mm

http://artaphot.ch/systemuebergreifend/objektive/450-24mm

The MD-III seems to be the best of the bunch, the nFD 2.8/24mm nearly as good. The C/Y 2.8/25mm has quite a lot of field curvature, otherwise it is quite good as well, and so is the Nikkor AiS 2.8/24mm. The Minolta Rokkor 2.8/24mm is the oldest of the lenses mentioned here, and it has most corner problems.

If you neglect the extreme corners, all lenses here have a similar performance on 24MP FF.

Stephan

[uhoh7]

This one can be hard to find: Canon nFD 24/2, which some felt was the best Canon F mount lens on film, bar none.


Hole in my Heart by unoh7, on Flickr


Flyer by unoh7, on Flickr

Bridge in to Blue by unoh7, on Flickr

nFD 24/2 on A7.mod (Kolari)

I first bought this lens for nex-5, but despite incredible reputation, I did not love it on that camera, and sold it. Another copy fell into my lap and I tired it both on A7r and A7, where it also was troubled. However once I had the 1.9mm cover glass stripped and replaced with gen 1 1mm cover glass on the A7 I noticed it again on my shelf. The results are as you see

[memetph]

[calvin83]

[shapencolour]

[shapencolour]

[LucisPictor]

The Canon FD 2.8/24 is a price-performance-ratio gem! Great value!

Better 24mils are much more expensive.

[Marek]

Makes me want to visit these places, newst...

[BeardsAreBest]

I would have said sigma superwideII 24mm 2.8 but then i got the Canon FD 24mm 2.8.
Just beautiful!

[barryreid]

I've messed around with a few 24s this year. I would rank them as follows:

2. Olympus OM 24/2.8
3. Canon FD 24/2.8 (second copy)
4. Zeiss C/Y 25/2.8 MM
5. Sigma 24/2.8 Super-Wide II
5. Tokina RMC 24/2.8
6. Canon FD 24/2.8 (first copy)

I like the Oly a lot for sharpness but sold it because I just don't like the colour rendition compared to Zeiss. I read great things about the FD 24/2.8 and so got one to try against the Oly; On the first copy it was no competition the canon was awful. So bad was the canon i came to the conclusion that it was a lemon and I've been lucky enough to snag another copy with an A1 for £30 and the first impressions are very good. So beware copy variation.

And the No 1? I have the Canon TS-E24L II and while I know it's unfair on the others to compare them, I do have this lens and it is stunning.

[shapencolour]

[iangreenhalgh1]

I only kept 3 24mms - Yashica ML 2.8/24, Konica Hexanon 2.8/24 and Nikkor-SC 2.8/24. For me, those 3 outclass the Tokina/Hoya, Sigma and Ensinor 24s (which are all good lenses in their own right). I'd be hppy with any of the 3 to use, but the Hexanon is my favourite as it has quite a lot of 3D pop.

[Pontus]

Ian, which version of the Hexanon do you have?

[iangreenhalgh1]

That is a good question, I'll have to dig it out to be sure, but I think it's a late version with rubber grip.

[Pontus]

The latest small f22 AE version was made by Tokina.