Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, as some of you might remember, I switched to the M system (M6 + = Summicron 50 f/2) not very long ago. I couldn=B4t afford (you know what = I mean) but a single lens, so I thought at first, and after giving a lot = of consultation to the pillow that a 50mm was the only option. I am an amateur documentary photographer, and without making one of = those "off subject" posts called "My biography", I will tell you that I = am getting ready economically, educationally(??) and psychologically to = start doing the search for experience (both human and proffesional), = subject, style, etc.. in maybe conflictive areas of the globe with = NGO=B4s. In a recent reportage that I did in a school of gifted kids, inside = classrooms, I started noticing the limitations of depth of field working = at 800 ASA, 1/60 sec and f/4 - f/5.6. This, and the fact that every documentary photographer whose work I = admire, happens to use (or have used in case dead) Leicas and a 35 mm as = the "almost-only-lens-used". What I would like to bring up is not only a matter of budget, but what = seems to be a personal choice of this "a-o-l-u" for style reasons.=20 What are the limitations I will encounter if I keep on just with my = 50mm? Should I start seriously thinking into trading it for a 35mm and = if so, what would I gain (obviously not money) technically speaking? Hope this is interesting for other owners of a "a-o-l-u". P.D: Apart from this maybe paranoic dilemma, I am really happy with the = performance of my Summicron. Nicolas Levinton. SPAIN nicolev@jet.es