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It’s only when you want to fill the frame with a face that the problems of 35mm will present itself. Otherwise, for the types of images you’ve posted here even 28mm is workable.
I decided against the wide angle converter as I didn’t want to make the camera bigger and I didn’t want to have to mess with the menu system as I moved back and forth. Like you, I’m keeping my various cameras simple and using them for their best purposes.
That said, the little Sony RX100’s 24mm was very useful in New York the other day and while the difference between 28mm and 24mm is small, it’s significant to me and can add some drama to a wide angle shot.
Yep, keep it simple. I feel so too and 35 mm focal length is a really nice all-round option (X100 was my only camera during our Dubrovnik trip for example).
I’d actually really like an X100 that had a 28mm lens on it (or whatever would produce that angle of view on its sensor). That would appeal to me. But, like you say, we have the Ricoh GR for that with the same size sensor (although a different color palette) so no point in having all cameras the same. Nice to have a variety of tools and use them interchangeably.
I can work with four different cameras or so. If there is more (and I have more) I have to recall quite many things when shooting. So I really understand what you mean.
Thanks for commenting. Good points!
My dilemmas entirely! Very helpful to see them spelled out so clearly. I couldn’t bond with the my Fuji X100S as 35mm and had a much more positive experience once I put the teleconverter on, but of course it’s no longer a compact! So now – and especially encouraged by the images posted – I’m thinking I should go back to 35mm and learn that properly. I was thinking of swopping to a GR for the 47mm crop until I realised there is a difference between a crop and the actual focal length in terms of perspective. My X-Vario does 28, 35, 50 and 70 at prime lens quality. (Forget all the talk about slow lens: the lens and the sensor together cope perfectly when higher ISO is necessary – unbelievable quality.) But not small either. At the moment my take-anwhere camera when I don’t want the size is the Leica C – which again produces far better images than it should!! And so it goes on……….