Good 24mm primes?

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Richy Lacey

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I'm finding my Pentax 35mm f/2 to be a bit tight for a lot of interior shooting.
Can anyone recommend a good 24mm prime?
f/2.8 minimum, although f/2 would be nice.
I had been considering the Panasonic 20mm but it really wouldn't match well with my other lenses.
Due to financial constraints I'll be looking at an old manual lens, preferably one with lots of focus travel.
 
Canon FD 24mm f2 is a peach! Very very good lens, right to fully open, from about £200 to £300 ($300 to $450) usually. Considerably better in tests from f2 upwards than the f1.4 L lens that cost 3x the price and is very rare (also at f1.4 the L is very soft, but fast).
 
Lucas Adamson said:
Canon FD 24mm f2 is a peach! Very very good lens, right to fully open, from about £200 to £300 ($300 to $450) usually. Considerably better in tests from f2 upwards than the f1.4 L lens that cost 3x the price and is very rare (also at f1.4 the L is very soft, but fast).
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Sounds like a good lens but that's quite a price.
I've seen a few Sigma 24mm Super Wide II f/2.8s and they look to be great for the money, £50 or so.
 
You can get anything in a 2.8 for cheap. The better lens tend to be F2

Anything Canon or Nikon in the F2 range is going to be around $350 bucks. Off brand can be cheaper havent really looked at what is avalable.

28mm f2 lenses can be quite a bit cheaper as they are not sought after as much as the 24's. I have seen nFDs go for $200 on a good day.

I have used the 24mm nFD and it is indeed awesome. Here is a test I did with it a while ago- vimeo.com/21020556

YMMV
 
I have not seen many 20MM to 24MM Canon or Nikon used lenses for sale lately.
Even a used Nikon 24 f2.8 will still be $200-$250 and with the GH2 add a
lens mount. The Canon lens would need an expensive adapter in order
to set f-stops.
The Lumix 20MM f 1.7 is the way to go. I use mine all the time.
 
HVXguy said:
The Lumix 20MM f 1.7 is the way to go. I use mine all the time.
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The Pana 20mm is great lens, but a bit too sharp and contrasty for me.
Something that matches my Samyang 85mm, Pentax A 50mm f/1.4 and FA 35mm f/2 would be ideal.
There's a Sigma 24mm f/2.8 going for cheap. If it stays cheap I think I'll give it a go.
The Kiron 24mm f/2 is another I'm keeping an eye out for.
 
don't know if its wide enough for you but the Vivitar Series 1 28mm F1.9 is pretty good, tends to be cheaper than the Canon as well,
 
Be careful on the cheaper f/2 lenses, they're really soft wide open. As in basically useless wide open. I learned it the hard way. You're going to want nicer lenses if you want to actually use them wide open.
 
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