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Availability of 27mm f/2.8 WR?

Started Sep 9, 2021 | Questions thread
yardcoyote Forum Pro • Posts: 15,754
Re: Availability of 27mm f/2.8 WR?

I dont know about the 23mm f/2 ( too wide for me, so I was never interested), but I have both the 35mm and 50mm in that series and there is no comparison. The 50mm is an excellent lens in every way that I can think of, and the 35mm is ... not. It's perfectly fine, works well and produces a perfectly sound image, but it is rather dry and uninteresting. It is not optically superb in a way that negates other criticisms, nor are its flaws oddly pleasing to those who love it, as with the 35mm f/1.4. It is just ... there.

I keep mine because it is a good working match with my old Xpro1, which does not get along with my 35mm f/1.4. That combination has a documentary style that is fun when I want to play old school photojournalist for a while. But it's not a lens I would seek out if I didn't  have a specific  job for it.

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