Tuesday, December 6, 2011

What normal lens would have better edge sharpness than Pentax SMC Takumar 28/3.5 on my Canon APS-C DSLR?

Question

I'm using Canon 450D + SMC Takumar 28/3.5 for nature shooting for a couple of years. And I'm not satisfied how it works. Now I have the option to buy something else and upgrade my wide-focus lens.

Could you please advise anything to get better results (colors, sharpness near edges; I do not like idea to do much work in Lightroom, just minor corrections)? Budget approximately 400 euros.

Please do not advise to get something from "L" series.

Answer

Another 28mm to check out is the Zeiss 28mm/2.8 Contax/Yashica mount lens. It's a very nice lens, and there are a large number of adapters available for it, some including focus confirmation chips. You can find quite a bit of information about this lens on the web, but here's review to get you started.

I just looked at the ebay.de and saw a couple very clean copies available for around 350€

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