Should I sell my 20mm?

[Hamish Gill]

I can't decide if it's worth keeping...
It's small and faster than the 16-35 but I can't see me using it much ...
I'm just being a bit fickle and need someone to tell me what to do
I should get £300 for it really which is most of the way toward one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MC-2-8-35mm-T...0722186958QQcategoryZ3323QQvarZQQcmdZViewItem
But that might well just be a peice of crap for all I know ... Dunno ... Your thoughts ..

 

[Paul Lange]

Aw, I'd be tempted to buy it from you but just bought the 35mm. Can I have 1st refusal if you do want to sell it anyway. I will have to have a play and see what sort of view it would give me but I love a wide angle prime.

I consulted the all known oracle (WWW) on the T&S lens you mentioned. Apparently they can be very good, however they suffer with poor quality control so there are high number of stinkers out there......................

 

[Hamish Gill]

That had occured to me actually ... But all else fails I'll get sir brooks of joy mining to look it over (Tom )
It would be a 30mm on your camera mate... With no af ... Still want first refusal??

 

[Paul Lange]

At that FL I would use it mostly for hyperfocal shots anyway, just would need to calculate the actual focal distance but think is a factor of 1.6. I will get my WA zoom out and see what sort of shot 30mm gives me, might not be quite wide enough.

 

[Pete Askew]

I too have the 20mm but I haven't used it for a long time. I suspect you won't either but, even if you do sell it, I'm not sure I'd get one of those T/S lenses you saw without actually playing with one. A number of the shots I've seen from one seem no better than a Lensbaby can achieve. Also, do you need T and S? If you just need shift, what about an older PC lens?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Nikon dx are for the most part (from memory) 1.56x ... So 31.2mm ...
So yeah, 30mm
It's less wide than than your kit lens though mate... It might be faster but only 2/3rds of a stop (yours is 3.5 at 18mm) ...
It's up to you really ... Your the second person I have tried to talk out of buying it now ... I just think it would be money better spent else where!

 

[Hamish Gill]

I too have the 20mm but I haven't used it for a long time. I suspect you won't either but, even if you do sell it, I'm not sure I'd get one of those T/S lenses you saw without actually playing with one. A number of the shots I've seen from one seem no better than a Lensbaby can achieve. Also, do you need T and S? If you just need shift, what about an older PC lens?

My main justification is for tilt for studio work for more dof... not less... ...

 

[Mark Grant]

I would keep it until after your holiday when you have used the 16-35 for a while.
maybe take both on holiday and see what you think.

The budget tilt shift might not be sharp enough for pro quality tilt shift work, too cheap maybe

 

[Pete Askew]

What about something like this:

http://www.lensbaby.com/tilt-transformer.php

The only problem you might have is image circle size but if you shoot onto a cropped sensor or crop the image later (if it is a problem), that would get around that.

 

[Pete Askew]

And this looks interesting too:

http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/4x5-camera_nikon_adapter.htm

I know I keep going on about technical cameras but you get far more control this way and you can pick up a basic model with a lens pretty cheaply these days.

For example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyo-45G-4X5-...534479?pt=UK_Film_Cameras&hash=item564435598f
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCHNEIDER-KRE...=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item1c1c709b69

 

[Hamish Gill]

I have your cables in mind here mark ... So I guess you have as much right to this decision as me
Good call on waiting until I get home from hols though

Just seems another bodge job Pete .. This lens seemed like a complete solution ...

I JUST WANT A CANON TSE NOW!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

You can feel the Canoness drawing you closer - it whispers to you - tilt and shift... tilt and shift...

 

[Hamish Gill]

....feels like cheap plastic ... feel my cheap plastic ... Your right I can hear it

The annoyin reality is of course that your right ... I spread my self to thin, trying to offer a very broad photographic service for my company means that really I could do with both systems ... In fact, with canons range of lenses I could probably just about manage with just a canon system ... But the nikon handling, low light capability, and personal bloody mindedness will prevent an out an out swap ... So I'll just have to make lots of money and buy both ... (wish me luck on that one!)

 

[Paul Lange]

Hi Hamish, I think you were right in regards to the 20mm. I thought 30mm effective would be wide enough for what I need it for but it is not the case. I think I might try one of the Samyang 14mm primes at some point in the future. Hope you manage to sell it OK. Meantime have a good holiday mate.

 

[Tim Pindar]

....feels like cheap plastic ... feel my cheap plastic ... Your right I can hear it

The annoyin reality is of course that your right ... I spread my self to thin, trying to offer a very broad photographic service for my company means that really I could do with both systems ... In fact, with canons range of lenses I could probably just about manage with just a canon system ... But the nikon handling, low light capability, and personal bloody mindedness will prevent an out an out swap ... So I'll just have to make lots of money and buy both ... (wish me luck on that one!)

These Betamax types, what are they like, eh?