Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/01

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Subject: Re: M6, 50mm Summicron and more
From: hartmann@interaccess.com (Nicholas Hartmann)
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:59:38 -0600

>Someone I talked to along the way suggested that I should consider a
>35mm lens rather than a 50mm because the 35mm "suits Leica photography".
>It was a throw away line I never followed up because the comment didn't
>really make sense to me.  Any comments on this?  I'm more a 50/85mm
>photographer than a 35mm one - I would have thought it was my style that
>mattered not the camera's (whatever that means - is this some Leica
>mysticism I have not been initiated into yet?).

Rubbish. If you are "more a 50/85mm photographer than a 35 mm one," then
using a Leica will not make a dime's worth of difference. Stick with what
you know and love: what suits Leica photography is what suits the
photographer.

- -- Nick