A28mm f2.8 surprised me this weekend.

[Charles Robinson]

I decided to "give the 28mm another shot" this weekend while at dinner  
at my folks.  Every time I have looked at it (sitting lonely in my  
accessory bag), I realized it should be a perfect "party-length" lens  
(wide enough to get people in, small enough to keep the camera small)  
but I've always just ignored it and left it at home.

On Sunday at a family dinner I used it quite a bit, interchanging with  
the FA-50, Zenitar 16 (still trying to re-fall-in-love with this lens)  
and the Tamron 28-75.

When all was said and done and I was culling out the "acceptable"  
photos, I was not surprised to see that some of the sharpest, clearest  
shots were with the FA-50, but I really wasn't expecting how NICE a  
lot of the shots with the 28mm were.  I mean almost sharp enough to  
cut yourself on 'em!

None of the shots will win awards, but...  I'm pleased with the  
quality that came out.  Pleased and surprised with how nicely that  
lens worked.

People are going to ask for examples, so I'll pull out the first one  
(only web-sized but maybe that's good enough to get the idea):

http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/early_christmas/pages/page_5.html

Basically, anything in that gallery which doesn't report a focal  
length is either the Zenitar or the A-28 so it should be obvious.   
Time to find room in my "regular" bag for this lens.

  -Charles

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Charles Robinson - charlesr at visi.com
Minneapolis, MN
http://charles.robinsontwins.org