Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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