25mm or 35mm Zeiss as second lens?

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Ainami

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The 50mm Zeiss would, of course, be my first lens in an adapter kit. Since budget is limited, are there any opinions on which of these two lenses would be the preference for a second?

Zeiss 35mm f/2
Zeiss 25mm f/2.8

This is for a Nikon mount. The 35 opens wider at f2, but I'm not sure how much this aperture is really used. I've looked at a lot of films and it seems that the wide-angle shots usually don't have a lot of DOF. The genre is horror, so the 25 might be a little better for a more surreal look (from the barrel/vignetting side effect). Both seem to be really sharp wide open.

http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/zeiss_zf_25_28/index.htm
http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/zeiss_zf_35_2/index.htm

Thoughts?
 
I'd go with the 25mm. It'd be great to have all three but if you can only have two I think it would be best to have the two that are farthest apart. The 50mm can be your 'normal' lens and 25mm can be your wide.

Just remember that if you're going to be using both the 50mm and the 25mm (or any other lens) in the same scene you should set them to the same aperture. Otherwise some of the shots will look darker/brighter than others.

Does the 25mm vignette? I would have thought that considering its price point it wouldn't.
 
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