40mm and a 50mm?

[back alley]

just wondering if anyone else is using both a 40 and 50 mm lens in their kit?

what do you use each one for?
are they not too close to need both?

[Bingley]

i can see using both: 40 for street, 50 for landscape and portraits. YMMV.

[btgc]

Originally Posted by Bingley

i can see using both: 40 for street, 50 for landscape and portraits. YMMV.

Yet I'm content with slow 2.8/40mm and fast 1.4/50mm. Latter is also useful with TC7 providing 2.8/100mm (1.2/55mm also should work for this ).

[Merkin]

A pancake 40 and a fast 50 makes sense, although I've been liking the 55mm focal length a bit better than 50 lately.

[Araakii]

A lens is not just about focal length. I have a 40mm and a couple 50mm, but more for their own characters rather than the need to have both perspectives. For me 40mm is more like a refined 35mm so I shoot it like a 35mm.

[George Bonanno]

Originally Posted by Araakii

A lens is not just about focal length. I have a 40mm and a couple 50mm, but more for their own characters rather than the need to have both perspectives. For me 40mm is more like a refined 35mm so I shoot it like a 35mm.

Araakii,
Do you mind elaborating on that ?
I just don't get it.
George

[boomguy57]

I have a 40 and a 50, and sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't just lose one in favor of the other. I have the 50/2, and the 40/1.4 is for when I need that extra stop or when I'm on the streets.

[back alley]

i rarely put the 50 on the rd1...i always think i'll use it but rarely do.
same thing is happening with the nikon dslrs as well.

don't do much landscape work and seem to prefer a more environmental portrait...

[photografity]

I have a 28mm Triplet & a c/v 35mm 1.2 which I use on a R-D1. This combo makes it 42mm & 53mm, the triplet is used on mainly on the streets.

[boomguy57]

I don't have to put my lenses on a crop-factor camera though, so doesn't this post change when you "factor" (haha) that in? It's no longer 40 & 50, but 60 & 75, or?

Originally Posted by back alley

i rarely put the 50 on the rd1...i always think i'll use it but rarely do.
same thing is happening with the nikon dslrs as well.

don't do much landscape work and seem to prefer a more environmental portrait...

[FrankS]

The 40 is close enough to think of it as a 35. In my kit, the 40 CV Nokton is my fastest lens.

[back alley]

i shoot the 40 as a 35, using the 35 framelines.

[back alley]

Originally Posted by boomguy57

I don't have to put my lenses on a crop-factor camera though, so doesn't this post change when you "factor" (haha) that in? It's no longer 40 & 50, but 60 & 75, or?

yes, there is a crop factor but i tend to still see/use the lenses as their original focal length.
the 40 still looks like a 40 to me...only closer.

[jippiejee]

My summicron-c 40mm is f/2, while my canon ltm 50mm is f/1.2. Often available light is the deciding factor then.

[redisburning]

I kind of want the 40 rokkor-m because it's a high quality lens and is a good bit cheaper than a used biogon but because my ZM "50" is a bit wider I feel compelled to go down that extra 5mm just to keep the difference greater.

if I had all of the M mount lenses I wanted for my M2, I would get a CL + 40 as something tiny to stick in a corner of the lens bag.

[Bingley]

I'm also one of those who sees 40 as a tight 35, and shoots it like a 35.

[back alley]

speed is not usually a factor in my lens decisions...i don't go out at night much...

[roundg]

If I have only one lens, I wil go with 40mm. If two lens, will go with 28 +50.

40 and with a fast 50 used to be a selection of mine, but I found the 40/F2 is fast enough in most cases.

[back alley]

i traded away my 28...do not care for it on the rd1 and never used it anymore.
thinking about selling or trading the 50/2.5 now.

i might get a 25 and compare it against the 21, tho i like the 21.

thinking about 2 lenses and 2 bodies for the rd1 kit.

[FrankS]

Joe, seriously consider a temporary tattoo.

[roundg]

Originally Posted by back alley

i traded away my 28...do not care for it on the rd1 and never used it anymore.
thinking about selling or trading the 50/2.5 now.

i might get a 25 and compare it against the 21, tho i like the 21.

thinking about 2 lenses and 2 bodies for the rd1 kit.

interesting, I am moving to the opposite direction.

I am using 28 now on my RD1. And just sold the CV21. If I am happy with the 28, I will sell the 40 and keep and 50/2.5.

[back alley]

Originally Posted by FrankS

Joe, seriously consider a temporary tattoo.

frank, if i get rid of the 50 then i wont need a new bag!

[wilonstott]

This may be a bit of a novice question--but the field of view difference between 50mm and 35mm is approximately the difference (in real-world applications) between 40mm and 28mm, right?

Say, I'm used to using a 50 and 35 combo, but I'm thinking about moving to a system where I would use a 40 and 28 (such as the SL-II offerings from Voigt for FF dslrs--which is soon to include a 28mm pancake). Once I get acclimated to working slightly closer, the difference between the two sets of focal lengths is comparable, right?

Any insight?

[MCTuomey]

I think it depends on the lens' character as well as focal length. For example, if I owned Joe's 40/2.8 HFT, I would learn to make that FL work for the sake of the lens' rendering, either in place of a 35 or a 50.

I like to pair lenses in regard to speed though. Like if I have a fast 50, the 35 could be f/2.8. Or vice versa.

[dc5]

When going out with one camera/ one lens... its the 40mm. For more active shooting, its the 50mm along with a 28 or 35 and the 90.