Who wants a 24-48 f2 lens?
Jan 8, 2017
Hi y'all
A bit of explanation first.
I'm a "normal" focal lenght shooter. My main subject are my family, social pics, reportage-like pics (street, events...)
I started with the X-E1 and 35 f1.4, then added the 18-55 when it became available. Since, I have owned the 14, 23f1.4, 60, and 55-230.
Sold them all, to keep only 35 and 18-55.
I loved the 23 for it's capacity to capture the essence of a situation, large FL enough, not to much distortion (unlike 18), but as soon as you want to capture more detailed expressions, you'll have to go too close to your subject.
Same for the 60, but for the opposite reason.
I tried the 2 camera setup for a while, but you look like a photo-journalist during social or family event, that can be quite disturbing for people. And you have to carry 2 bags etc...
And I didn't care for UWA or ultra long FL...
So now, I oscilate between :
-the 35 : perfect for low light, indoor, good for portrait (you just have to get sometimes a bit too close), and sometimes a bit restricting in tight indoor situation.
-the 18-55 : great range, very polyvalent. I rarely shoot at 18, I prefer 23ish, and 55 is good. BUT, quite low aperture, and softy @55f4. you often have to go to 6400 ISO, and with the XT10, it's not great fo skin details. (The XE1 was better in this regards, but also much slower to operate)
Hence my dream lens : 24-48 f2.
I guess it would be quite big, but I'd rather have one stop more for light and bokeh, compared to the 16-55.
I guess it would be my one and only, or even an X-Whatever camera, with 24-48f2 fixed lens.
I am the only one who would love to ownb such a lens, I'm just wondering...
NB : I just choose 24-48 for the beauty of numbers, but it could be 23-45 or else, you got the point right?