Author Topic: Which 28mm f2.8 OM brand is best? (Read 2902 times)

whatkatiedoes · « **on:** September 12, 2009, 09:57:05 AM »

I'm after a 28mm lens and have found a website with the following branded lenses in all for around the same price (Â£20-30).. any you'd recommend or avoid?

VIVITAR
SIRIUS
MIRANDA
Super Paragon
MACKINNON
TOKINA MITSUKI

Or is the Olympus 28mm f3.5 a better choice than any of them?

pkloo · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2009, 04:07:39 PM »

go for olympus OM 28 f2.8.........

Olof in Amsterdam · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2009, 05:17:10 PM »

I love my 28mm/2.0, even wide open.

Robbie · « **Reply #3 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:16:35 AM »

I just bought a soligor c/d 28mm 2.8 of ebay. Not sure if its good but it was cheap and the limited research i did says that its above average lens

Anyone know anything about it? i'll post a pic.

rashbre · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2009, 11:10:02 AM »

Some of the Oly can be picked up from eBay at modest money and seem great. I managed to get a 28 f3.5 with all the lens hood paraphernalia and a case for less than Â£20 (I'll remove the lens hood etc for any sort of stealth use).

Somewhere I have a 28mm f2.8 as well. I think it uses a larger filter size.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2009, 12:01:27 PM »

the 24 2.8 pentax auto 110 is the size of a bottle cap , literally yet it covers the image circle of the ep1 with absolutely no vignetting or light falloff, it only has one apeture 2.8 but you can make black paper disks with holes to put behind the lens to stop it down , a five dollar body cap drilled a washer or two , an infinity focus check and some crazy glue and you will have a nice lens thats about a 46mm equiv fov if you get 2 and extend the lens away from the sensor you can make an incredible dedicated macro [ losing infinity focus however ] as well they are on e bay all the time for very little money the body caps in the usa are about 5 dollars each , its a fun worthwile project you can have both lenses. and when you see the cost and results , one you will not regret
both lenses,a normal and dedicated macro, with dedicated conversions will cost less than the cost of a single 28 slr vintage 2.8
the 28 i use on the ep1 is a voigtlander is a 28 1.9 screw mount with voigtlander m to m4\3 adapter , its not super sharp wide open, but quite useable. If stopped down to f4. its excellent . its not in production for a few years now , having been replaced by a M mount 28 f2.0[ said to be optically better ], but it pops up on ebay now and then

the 1.9 is the fastest 28 rangefinder lens in history, rangefinder lenses are better suited to the ep1 because the designs are made without having to allow for a mirror box

Which 28mm f2.8 OM brand is best?