From another thread ...
On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:55 AM, William Robb wrote:
Sadly, my A24/2.8 sits mostly unused these days. ...
Interesting, my 31LTD was my most favoured lens pre-DSLR, now it
hardly sees
any use, same as my A20/2.8. ...
I use my 15/3.5 quite a bit, and then I seem to jump to the 31. ...
I may end up with one of the 14mm lenses at some point, probably
will if my next DSLR is an APS-C sensor, as it will likely be the
last DSLR I buy for a very long time.
I still have a predjudice about zoom lenses, so the 12-24 range,
while interesting, doesn't interest me all that much as a lens, but
I would like to see a good lens in the 9-12mm FL range. ...
Interesting what we use and don't use.
I find that most of the time now I use the FA20-35 in preference to
the A24/2.8. Their performance is quite comparable, in my opinion,
although the prime does have a decent edge. The A24 is nicer to use
for zone-focus-street shooting, just on the point of ergonomics.
However, when I look at exposures made with the FA20-35, I am finding
more and more that I use its entire range with about equal frequency;
I think that means I'd find myself changing lenses a lot if I had
just primes. Often times, though, I carry just the DA14/2.8, FA35/2
and FA50/1.4 ... It's a pleasure to have so many options.
What I particularly like the A24/2.8 for is when I'm also using the
Zenitar 16 and/or M85. Then I lock the camera into Manual Exposure
mode, take the A24 off the "A" position, and all three lenses are
used the same way. Works well for me.
Since I have both the DA14 and the Zenitar 16, as well as the 20-35,
the 12-24 is not too big an interest for me other than technically.
Which reminds me: someone asked me to share a couple of RAW image
files from the DA14 the other day. I put a page of thumbnails up for
them to choose a couple of files, then I thought that access to all
of them as full frame JPEGs might be useful to many interested in the
DA14's character.
These are not "formal" lens test exposures, they're pictures taken as
one would normally imagine walking about with the lens and banging
off exposures. Most were taken on AF. They've been given nothing but
near-default or Auto RAW conversion parameters in ACR, no CA removal
or cleanup/zero sharpening, and rendered direct to 8bit, sRGB JPEG
files at median compression (#6 in the Photoshop params). There are a
range of ISO and aperture settings in the set ... click on the
thumbnail label to see the EXIF data in one window, click on the
thumbnail to see the full resolution JPEG file in another.
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/14mm-examples/
enjoy
Godfrey
