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Cons: CA

Pros: small. lightweight, good for street

Summary: waiting for 24mm f1.8G

Cons: Coma and astigmatism at the borders up to f/5.6. LCA to be corrected, visibile at about one frame height on slide projection. Use a color filter in true B/W shots. Use slim and larger diameter (62 mm +) filters in packs. Focus shift to be manually checked some times between f/4 and f/5.6.

Pros: Well-balanced optical performance on digital and hybrid (CA control) Low distortion for a retrofocus. Compact. Easy with filters. High resolution and good uniformity from f/5.6 and f/11, where a 24 mm is typically used. Mechanically strong against shocks. Good tones and excellent color rendition. Strong even at short distances and fine patterns. After f/5.6 slightly better than 24/1.4 AFS.

Summary: Much better on average than pro zooms. It is a match in normal use against Zeiss ZF 25/28, visible differences in the Leica M world. Good lens in action.

Cons: CA, but can be eliminated in PP.

Pros: Lightweight, fast aperture, decent AF.

Summary: On DX cameras - you get 36mm focal length. For me the only lens for street and documentary shootings. Really worth that money.

Cons: Not much, use it with it's hood.

Pros: Light weight ,sharper than 14-24 at 24mm ,sharper than 16--35 VR at 24mm ,sharper than 24-70 at 24mm (the lenses I own) have not tested it with 17-35 No zoom can beat a prime even if it's a mediocre class one.

Summary: Want less weight ,a sharp walkabout lens for just about any thing ? This the glass to get ,the 20mm and 28mm 2.8 D are inferior to it's sharpness. Works very nice on DX too!

Cons: None

Pros: Price vs optical quality

Summary: Buy one second hand if you are an amateur and don't have a similar lens yet. Try it out on your body in the shop before you buy.

Cons: Image quality similar to a good zoom lens. Heavy and old design.

Pros: Small prime

Summary: For a branded prime, I expected a better performance in almost every sense.

Cons: a little softness wide-open, not for DX

Pros: perfect on FX, great build, great design

Summary: A wonderful lens. I only shoot primes these days, and this one is on my D700 almost all the time.

Cons: A bit soft wide open and slow iffy focusing in low light

Pros: Great wide angle prime at a very reasonable price with excellent build quality to boot. Nice and compact.

Summary: This lens take some getting used to, but once u nail the right settings for your camera this lens will give you great results.

Cons: Not designed for digital, no MF/override, corners slightly less sharp

Pros: Very lightweight, short lenght, nice contrast, relatively fast (f/2.8) very sharp in the center

Summary: If weight and aperture count, it's a top choice with good overall sharpness.