{"id":11388,"date":"2014-03-13T18:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11388"},"modified":"2014-03-13T18:30:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T01:30:54","slug":"battle-of-the-24mms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11388","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the 24mm’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a scene\u00a0warrants\u00a0a wide-angle shot so which ‘vintage’ film point and shoot provides the best quality?\u00a0 This is a question that has been burning up the internet like an asbestos glove.\u00a0 The three cameras compared here are ones that I happen to have. There may be others out there, as well as wider ones.\u00a0 The Freedom Vista is strictly panoramic while the Ricoh\u00a0R1\u00a0can be modified to work as a full frame 24mm lens but there are reasons that may not be worth it. \u00a0I will cover that later.\u00a0 The Pentax 24EW\u00a0though can shoot a full 35mm frame at 24mm not just a panoramic. As for the speed of the different lenses at 24mm the Pentax is f4.9 the Minolta f4.5 and the Ricoh\u00a0f8.<\/p>\n

\"24mm_camera_comparison\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All three provide a reasonable image at the center of the frame but its a different story near the edge, that’s what separates them.<\/p>\n

So looking at the edges of the frames you can see that the Pentax performs the best followed by the Minolta and then the Ricoh<\/p>\n

\"24mm_edge_comparison\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So it’s the Pentax 24EW\u00a0for the optical\u00a0gold medal but it doesn’t end there as I said before\u00a0the 24EW\u00a0isn’t limited to panoramic mode but produces decent 24mm full frame images<\/p>\n

\"May_2012_Pentax24EW_024\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier I mentioned that the R1\u00a0can be modified to take full 35mm film images.\u00a0\u00a0The way to achieve this is by\u00a0disabling the panoramic mask from engaging.\u00a0 I have a Ricoh\u00a0R1s\u00a0that I modified to take 24mm images\u00a0in this way \u00a0(After I realized it already had focus problems) but\u00a0this is the sort of vingetting\u00a0you can expect\u00a0with that.\u00a0 It just was never designed to cover the entire 35mm frame and it also results in a very slow aperture of f8.<\/p>\n

\"Ricoh_rs1_020\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So for the pros of the different cameras :<\/p>\n

The Pentax 24EW is the most versatile with the best image quality and can take a full image at 24mm<\/p>\n

The Minolta Freedom Vista has the best viewfinder for composing panoramic images and has decent image quality<\/p>\n

The Ricoh\u00a0despite not being very good at 24mm is exceptional at its native\u00a030mm focal length (that’s right it uses a second set of lens elements to achieve the 24mm)<\/p>\n

So in the end all three are interesting to use for different reasons.<\/p>\n

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