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First Impressions, Questions on 27 mm. F2.8

Started Mar 19, 2022 | Discussions thread
bs1946
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Re: First Impressions, Questions on 27 mm. F2.8

When I got my first X-E1, I got the 18mm f2 and it stayed glued on my X-E1. When I upgraded to an X-E2, I added the 27mm f2.8 because of it's small size, which gave me two pancake lenses for a walk-about kit with the X-E2. I could easily carry one lens in my pants or shirt pocket, plus a spare battery and go the whole day like that. But I never liked the lack of an aperture ring on the 27mm and it pretty much stayed in my pocket. So I only have a couple of jpegs from the X-E2 and 27mm.

Now that I'm old as dirt, the X-E4 with the 18mm f2 and the new 27mm f2.8 would probably be perfect for me. But instead, I have an X-T2 with a somewhat heavy Arca-Swiss dovetail baseplate on it, a Tokina ATX-m 33mm f1.4, Tokina ATX-m 56mm f1.4, and the Voigtlander X-mount Nokton 35mm f1.2. Even with the little pancake Nokton, shooting handheld with the X-T2 increasing becomes difficult for me most of the time, resulting in a lot of well composed, properly exposed, blurry images.

X-E2 with the old 27mm f2.8

X-E2 with the old 27mm f2.8

Shot handheld with the X-T2 and Tokina ATX-m 56mm f1.4 at f1.4. But the X-T2 was up against the side of another tree to keep it steady.

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