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Anyone have all three? 23mm, 35mm & 50mm F2

Started Aug 18, 2018 | Discussions thread
Schleiermacher Senior Member • Posts: 2,637
Re: Anyone have all three? 23mm, 35mm & 50mm F2
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I have the 23/2 and 35/2 and love them both. But rather than add the 50/2, I added the 60/2.4 for a bit more reach and close-focus capability. I changed out the native lens hood on it, which is ridiculously large, for a third-party (overpriced) square hood designed for the 35/1.4. It uses the same sized bayonet attachment. While the 60/2.4 is a bit slower at autofocusing, it’s fine for me, and I prefer the 90mm equivalent field of view to the 75mm equiv. fov. I am confident that optically the 50/2 is great. It was simply an issue of wanting a bit more reach that pushed me to the 60/2.4. With the square hood it is quite compact, especially compared to the 56/1.2. Since mt x-t20 is not WR the absence of WR on the 60/2.4 wasn’t a factor.

Matt

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