Vintage wide angle lens for landscape photography?

mariocuzco · Jun 29, 2016

Hi guys,

Recently i bought a miranda 28mm wide angle lens OM fit for my e-m10ii.

Cheap little lens with mediocre performance and not good sharpness at all.

Is anybody aware of any sharp vintage lenses for landscape photography

Thank you in advance

jeffharris · Jun 29, 2016

mariocuzco said:
Hi guys,

Recently i bought a miranda 28mm wide angle lens OM fit for my e-m10ii.

Cheap little lens with mediocre performance and not good sharpness at all.

Is anybody aware of any sharp vintage lenses for landscape photography.

Remember when adapting lenses form other systems you need to factor in the M4/3 sensor's 2x crop. It essentially changes the field of view x2, so what you see through your 28mm becomes 56mm.

I remember adapting my favorite Nikon film lens, a 20mm f2.8. I loved that lens, but on a M4/3 camera body, it was kind of an uninspiring 40mm equivalent.

Michael M Fliegel · Jun 29, 2016

What Jeff said. For a WA lens at a cheap price look for a mFT 17 2.8.

David Kieltyka · Jun 29, 2016

IMO there's nothing suitable for m43. The Zeiss 21/4.5 Biogon from the 1950s is a fine lens even by modern standards, but it's not wide on m43 cameras and also doesn't play well with current sensors in general. Same goes for the Leitz 21/3.4 Super Angulon.

-Dave-

jeffharris · Jun 29, 2016

Michael M Fliegel said:
What Jeff said. For a WA lens at a cheap price look for a mFT 17 2.8.

The 14mm f2.5. It's a better lens than the 17mm f2.8.

They used to be easy to find on eBay for around $180. That's how I got mine.

alcelc · Jun 29, 2016

As Jeffharris has pointed out, the 2x crop factor making every FF lenses doubled it AoV. All of those once expansive FF film UWA lenses, e.g. 13mm Nikon becomes a standard wide angle (in today's standard) of 26mm after adapted onto M43 body...

I would look for telephoto/macro uses (like 50 = 100, 100 = 200) on the old film lenses.

Alex Ethridge · Jun 29, 2016

mariocuzco said:
Hi guys,

Recently i bought a miranda 28mm wide angle lens OM fit for my e-m10ii.

Cheap little lens with mediocre performance and not good sharpness at all.

Is anybody aware of any sharp vintage lenses for landscape photography

Thank you in advance

A 14mm on m43 will cover the same view as the 28mm does on full frame, which has been said, already.

I use the Olympus 7-14mm 2.8 zoom as my wide and ultra-wide lens. The optics rival the best fixed-focal-length lenses, in my opinion.

EarthQuake · Jun 29, 2016

jeffharris said:
Michael M Fliegel said:

What Jeff said. For a WA lens at a cheap price look for a mFT 17 2.8.

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The 14mm f2.5. It's a better lens than the 17mm f2.8.

They used to be easy to find on eBay for around $180. That's how I got mine.

The Samyang (aka Rokinon) 12mm 2.0 and 7.5mm 3.5 (fisheye) are both very good lenses for not much money, manual focus but that shouldn't be a concern if the OP is looking at vintage lenses. Not cheap like a junky old 28/2.8 - but good value for money nonetheless.

mariocuzco · Jun 30, 2016

Thank you all for your help!

Travis Butler · Jun 30, 2016

EarthQuake said:
jeffharris said:

Michael M Fliegel said:

What Jeff said. For a WA lens at a cheap price look for a mFT 17 2.8.

Click to expand...

The 14mm f2.5. It's a better lens than the 17mm f2.8.

They used to be easy to find on eBay for around $180. That's how I got mine.

Click to expand...

The Samyang (aka Rokinon) 12mm 2.0 and 7.5mm 3.5 (fisheye) are both very good lenses for not much money, manual focus but that shouldn't be a concern if the OP is looking at vintage lenses. Not cheap like a junky old 28/2.8 - but good value for money nonetheless.

Second the recommendation; I like the optics on both lenses, and the build quality is very high.

One thing to be aware of: both lenses have a color cast that I like a lot in outdoor lighting, but that can be rather odd in some indoor lighting situations (one example was an indoor air museum with mercury-vapor lamps; another was a natural history museum with aqua-colored walls.)

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eques · Jun 30, 2016

Travis Butler said:
EarthQuake said:

jeffharris said:

Michael M Fliegel said:

What Jeff said. For a WA lens at a cheap price look for a mFT 17 2.8.

Click to expand...

The 14mm f2.5. It's a better lens than the 17mm f2.8.

They used to be easy to find on eBay for around $180. That's how I got mine.

Click to expand...

The Samyang (aka Rokinon) 12mm 2.0 and 7.5mm 3.5 (fisheye) are both very good lenses for not much money, manual focus but that shouldn't be a concern if the OP is looking at vintage lenses. Not cheap like a junky old 28/2.8 - but good value for money nonetheless.

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Second the recommendation; I like the optics on both lenses, and the build quality is very high.

I also like the 3,5/7,5 a lot. I also had a 2/12, but my copy was disappointing, not much wider than the 14-45 kit zoom and IQ a bit worse at than the zoom at 14mm.

Much as I like the 3,5/7,5, build quality is only what you get with a metal shell and a plastic helicoid, which broke after half a year in normal use. But my seconc copy still works.

Another thing to observe is that infinitiy is quite a bit before the stop of the focus ring. In general I recommend to focus carefully. In spite of deep "DOF", you will see OOF areas distinctly.

Peter

LMNCT · Jul 1, 2016

There is an inexpensive solution to your wide angle problem. The Panasonic 12-32 is a sharp, small and lightweight lens which will give you a 24mm (FF speak) focal length at the wide end. Once you have that lens, do not be surprised if it becomes a favorite.

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