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Who says the 35/f2 has no magic?

Started Apr 1, 2019 | Discussions thread
stevo23 Forum Pro • Posts: 24,759
Re: Who says the 35/f2 has no magic?

Sjak wrote:

kiwidad wrote:

stevo23 wrote:

Meetmer wrote:

You have expressed those views on other threads and I think most people seem to disagree with you. The 35 mm F2 is not perfect, but it’s totally awesome . Can’t recommend it enough.

Disagree that it has color fringing and distortion or disagree that it isn't a great lens to use? Both aberrations are documented/able. So you must mean the latter which is of course not what I'm saying.

I laugh how we argue over these refinements when folk are clamoring over old russian coke bottle lenses for their "character"

Some people think it's the (real or imaginary) optical aberrations' fault when pictures are crap. Others think a picture is crap when not enough aberrations are visible. It's so easy to blame the equipment.

The 35 2.0 has a very neutral rendering

What does that look like?

, and it really took adaptation for me, as I typically use lenses with a "wilder" or more vintage rendering.

I've never heard vintage referred to as "wilder". What is a vintage or wild rendering like?

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