Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town

Draining board photographed using a Nikon D2Xs and a Nikkor 28mm f/2 AI lens.
On the D2Xs the field-of-view is equivalent to a 42mm lens on full-frame camera, so it obviously loses its wide-angle character on an APS-C DSLR.

Interviewed for ‘Camera & Darkroom’ magazine during the 1980s, Sally Mann (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Mann) said she had supported her artwork by doing lots of small freelance jobs. For this work she often used a 40mm Zuiko lens on a 35mm camera. She felt that 40mm was "about right."

Mike Johnston comments on the 40mm focal length in 'The Online Photographer' theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/why-40mm.html

For photographers who find 35mm generally too wide, and 50mm a bit too tight, 42mm could be the answer. Of course this presupposes you have never heard of a zoom lens. These devices are a boon to photographers who like to root themselves to one spot and twizzle a zoom ring to frame. Put another way, if you have to move yourself around a bit and change your perspective, the chances are that you will get a picture you would not otherwise get. But with kitchen sinks as your subject, it might not work as well as prime lens devotees often claim.