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Face in the mirror
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Taken at Uniqlo in Kashiwa using my “new” 24mm/2.8, inexpensively bought from a very friendly individual on Yahoo! Japan auctions (sent me the hood and a polarising filter with it; can a polariser be used on a digi? Suppose so. Realise more and more that the digicam behaves mostly like slide film). The guy said something along the lines of that this lens works great on film cameras, but a bit blurry on a DSLR. Not sure what he meant by that, so far I find it very crisp. It is also very compact making the camera and lens a small and nice package. Lens looks ancient thought (90s design and well used), but works well. I found myself using the low end of my 28-105 most of the time, i.e. for the more interesting pics, so why not go fixed lens altogether? And yes, the 24mm should make a nice length on a film camera as well… another time.
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November 4th, 2005 at 4:26
Oh, Dirk, he is really growing.
November 19th, 2005 at 19:56
Nice catch ! Just out of curiosity after reading your post, which lens is it?
Thanks.
November 22nd, 2005 at 22:45
Hi, thanks. It is the EF 24/2.8. Using it all the time at the moment.