Originally posted by camerons
Edit: Thinking of taking advantage of the ebay 15% off thing. I have about $500 to spend. Any recommendations for a 20-24mm lens? A couple of options around my price point I've found are: Contax-Zeiss 25mm distagon, Pentax FA* 24mm
the canon fd/fdn 24/2.8 is the best ff bang for the buck, by far.
the pentax 24/2.8 is the best handling 24mm lens that i have, but it never cleans up fully on the sides... 1/3rd of the picture frame is mush, even at f/8... good for crop sensor use tho, i like the contrast that it has.
here is the fdn 24/2.8, from a shot that i did last week in smokey yosemite valley: