What is the difference between 28mm and 24mm

Another thing to consider are the Krion WA lenses. Real hidden gems as well as the Vivitars made by Kiron. This may be a way to go if you want an f2 lens that is by all accounts as good as anything Canon made but can still be had for less than the faster f2 wide angles from Canon.

Best of luck - just don't end up buying them all Or then again, why the hell not! Messages: 3, With the 24mm I can easily move around to fit the entire two storey house either diagonally or straight on. Another great feature of the 24mm, is to show near landscape features prominently, as well as far features and also maintain a pretty sharp focus of all the scene. When travelling on a motorcycle I'm restricted to two lenses, I take the mm and the 24mm.

Once the 24mm lens became available cheaply for 35mm photography, I bought one. I think the original reason for the 24mm lens as we know it today, was something to do with coverage in the motion picture industry and colour pictures, with three filters required.

The 24mm lens made this possible. Perhaps others may have a history on this. All I can remember was that the patent ran out and all of a sudden Japanese manufacturers all had 24mm lens on their list of very desirable products.

Sold only in Japan, though! My favorite is 50mm on 6x6 format, but for 35mm, my favorites are 21mm and 35mm primes. I generally prefer prime lenses for greater contrast for fine details but mm zoom just throws much of your concern out of the equation.

In wide range, even a single mm makes a significant change in the angle of view. You can also use foot zoom if the lens is short enough, though.

Messages: 4, Dear Hammy, For me, the difference is considerable: far greater than the 4mm suggests. Perhaps the best way of phrasing it is that visually, it seems to me that a 28 is a wider-than-usual 35mm, while a 24mm is a slightly narrow 21mm. It's very personal, though. My wife likes 28mm -- it's her main wide-angle -- but I seldom use it; mostly 21mm and 35mm. It's also a question of outfit: she prefers and I use But she is idly considering switching to When we used reflexes, it tended to be PC Cheers, Roger www.

Messages: 9, The widest I have for 35mm is 28mm. Sometimes I borrow a 24mm from my father. He has difficulty getting it back from me! Just really love it! It seems to fit in the sweet spot for expression, at least for me.

The 24mm really makes me want to find different perspectives to use it. The 28mm is not nearly so tempting although I'm glad to have it in zoom or prime for those "documents". But it isn't a focal length I end up with with if I have time and am thinking about what I'm doing.

I'm much more likely to be at 35mm or 24mm. Rokkor MC 24 2. The Yashica YUS 24mm 2. The Zeiss Contax 25mm is expensive and some say the Yashica 24mm is just as good. I had one for my Contax and left if laying in a chapel at a wedding shoot woe, woe, woe!

Bo Eder 14 years ago. There's a huge difference in those 4mm. The 24mm lens became my favorite lens when I was on vacation with a 24, 50, and a The 28, although wide, didn't give me that "almost panoramic" look of the If I didn't already have the zoom, I'd have one in a heartbeat!

You could also consider a 20, it almost starts to distort like a fisheye , but not terribly so. Peter S I feel the same way as ChiDN. I got a huge collection of Rokkor glas - I would never ever give up the 24mm lens for any other except for a normal - if I could only have one. So my recommendation is go for the I found lenses as wide as 20mm or wider to be useful in rare cases only. The 24mm is much more versatile. This image as well as a few more would not have been possible with either wider subject would loose its center or with a longer lens it needs this exact perspective.

John, it just depends what you prefer to look thru and look at. Look at lots of photos from all the wide lenses and make your mind up. Then buy used on ebay and if you dont like a super wide then re-sell on ebay at profit and go for wide.

For me, new lenses are pointless uness you must have the very latest designs and AF motors etc. So, I buy old used ones, often mint or like new It also focuses down to 20cm, which is crazy. It is very low quality, though. I also own a Voigtlander Ultragon zoom and it is better quality. The only difference being minimum focus distance. Sometimes those 20cm make a huge difference with perspective. John Falkenstine 14 years ago. I use a 24mm in manual focus only and a 28mm in auto-focus only though both on film of course.

For me, the 24mm is about perfect. The 24mm is usually on my camera when going out for "what ever comes my way". I usually take a 24mm f2. I also have a very nice to me anyway 35mm f2. The 28mm, though nice, just isn't wide enough to give the extra "something" to round out most of images i try to get whereas the 24mm nails it nearly every time.

Granted, my 24mm is spectacular which may help image quality overall, but this doesn't affect the image "coverage". Hope this helps, frank. Archiver Posted 14 years ago. Edited by Archiver member 14 years ago.

Another vote for 'yes, there will be a big difference'. My 24mm camera is my Fuji Natura Black, and the perspective and field of view are very, very different from my 28mm equivalents in digital or film. Natura Black: vs. Canon S70 28mm eq , taken from same spot: Having said this, I tend to use 24mm less. I bought the Zeiss ZM 28mm, not the 25mm, for that reason. Ok let me ask you the same question, 24mm or 28mm can you hear a difference. Vieira 14 years ago. I was really craving for a 24mm or 21mm prime, but it was impossible to find one at a good price for my Pentax.

I've been playing with my Nikkor 15mm 5. Here's a shot with it from my F6 and I've been finding it to be pretty useful in many situations. Archiver: Is there a major distortion difference around the edges on each lens? I need one with the least distortion possible Which is the one I should get?

I picked up a beautiful 24mm for 10 bucks off ebay it was a vivitar in Nikon mount. It is manual focus and looks good even at 2. It to me gives a nicer look over the 28mm. Edited by sweltering hour member 13 years ago. For me,28mm was like a 70mm lens The wider lens includes more of the environment and I like that. Stranger 49 of I could have sworn I had that photo as a favorite. Any reason for that? Ian Tindale 13 years ago.

I've got a Nikon mm AF. If I set it to 24, it's wide - very wide indeed. If I move it a bit, to where 28 might be, it's less wide - still very wide indeed, but noticeably different, if you look through as the zooming occurs. Either way, they're both way too wide for me now. When I was younger, that was what I thought I wanted - wide lenses. Now I'm my age I realise that a 40mm or 45mm or maybe 50mm is perfect for pretty much all of my photos.

That way people can see which bit of the scene I was interested in capturing. Also, they can see what's actually in the photograph, instead of seeing nothing but a sweeping distant vista in which everything is tiny and indecipherably miniature. And it's nice to see undistorted people that aren't sloping off to one side or the other in an imitation of a wedge of cheese.

But that's just me. I have a Sigma mm I almost never use it past 24mm I though use my 24mm prime much more it is faster and sharper. I'm very happy. Enough sharp above5. My opinion: 28mm is too close to 24mm. I had mm zoom, and 28mm prime. If I need to have only one wide lens - it will be 21mm. If you want different lens than 28mm - go with 21mm or below. AlexTheodin 13 years ago.

There is a Russian Mir 20M 20mm f3. Its a M42 mount that fits most cameras film or digital. It is surely my next buy. Edited by quietlightphoto member 13 years ago. I use my 24mm quite often. But getting accolades once is very different to achieving photographic consistency.

One day while shooting a fundraiser in the college quad I was struggling to capture both the students and the environment they were in.

A fellow newspaper colleague, also at the event, loaned me his 24mm lens for a short period of time. After mounting the lens and looking through the viewfinder, it was as if sunbeams broke through the clouds and the choir broke into song. My sudden realization at what I had been missing had me checking my bank account as soon as I got back to my room. My next step was a big mistake.

I figured that since 24mm was so awesome, then 20mm would only be better. I found a good deal on a 20mm lens, then started to learn how to use it. It was vastly different to my 35mm, and at times it was a lot of fun to use. But the 20mm deficiencies became clear to me in time. It was larger, heavier, and slower than the 24mm; and it was difficult to use with people in the shot.

I would eventually sell the 20mm to fund the purchase of my very first beloved 24mm. For a number of years a friend and I embarked on some far-flung adventures and the 24mm accompanied me every step of the way. Our first trip was a bicycle circumnavigation of Iceland, a grueling 2, miles, where gear weight would be a critical factor. My choice of equipment was the Nikon N with a mm and a Nikon F3 with a 24mm. Having a 6d and the Tamron , I can tell you that the 4mm will make a difference and There are times when I want the frame just a bit wider.

I think you should go with the 24 if this going to be your widest lens. Just my opinion. I agree 28mm isn't the widest, but I find that it's plenty wide for me most of the time. I realized looking back at shots from my L that I only had a handful of shots at mm, the rest were 28mm or longer, it was a big factor in me deciding to sell that lens. Not much between the two. That was because a UWA lens was on the cards and is now in my arsenal. It is my video lens so I didnt want any distortion and was told that was possible with the 24mm.

Heya, Get a modern lens. It gives you a lot of options for lenses. You want IS. You want the latest gen IS. It will help. You're in a dark street or in low light, it helps. Your 6D has the ultimate ISO performance, so low light should never be a problem for you anyways. Excellent for street and taking in scenes. Does it all. Very best, My Flickr :: My Astrobin. I wanted the 24 IS badly enough to buy it twice. And return it twice. I ended up with the 35 IS instead; I am happy with that choice.

I put the 24 on my 5D and it was wide, as expected, but not that much wider than I can get with my on FF. I think the 35 IS works a lot better for indoor, dinner-party type shots. The focal length suits the material better. Bodies: 60D, 6D. It seems most of you prefer the 24mm I also wanted this focal length for a long time and finally got it. After using it for some years, I realised it is a very strange focal length for me. It is too wide for everday work, walkaround or street.

I regularly had to crop images or had the framing problem too many stuff in the frame.