Mike J asked:
> As an aside, why do people like 20mm lenses so much? Almost no photographer
> I know of uses them well (I can think of only one photographer of the
> hundreds if not thousands I know who works a lot with a 21mm lens and does
> good work with it). They're unnatural and hard to shoot with and difficult
> to see well with. What the heck is the big deal? I've shot with 20s but I've
> never felt the slightest hankering to own one.
> Just wondering.
Easy. Cut your costs in half. What would normally require two separate shots of a
28-50mm, will now be captured by only one shot. :) (Mostly kidding on that one.)
Seriously, when I got my Cosina/Soligor 19-35mm zoom the other year, it quickly became
my preferred lens.
I often shoot in crowded situations, be it crowded places with a lot of people, or
city architecture where no other lens will do.
Yes, it is often difficult to use with good results. But there's got to be a challenge
to shooting too :).
Unnatural? What has "natural" got to do with anything? :)
And also, I kind of enjoy the distorted perspectives you can get with it. (And of
course Photoshop comes handy for correcting some of the distortions, if needed.)
Lasse
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