Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ---------- > From: Jack & Christine Hamilton <jackham@execpc.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: I need M lens suggestions....28...or 90? > Date: Thursday, November 06, 1997 7:32 PM > > Joe Berenbaum wrote: > > > > At 08:08 06/11/97 -0600, you wrote: > > >i'd get a better 50, one that can go a bit closer because i shoot a lot of > > >faces. either a summi 50 dr or a collaps elmar or summi, if you can find a > > >sooky-m adapter. > > >if that doesn't interest i wud definately go with a 90, again because of > > >people. > > >however, if you shoot 'scapes, land or city, a 28 is obviously invauable, > > >but your 35 could get you through most of that. > > >i don't have my reference stuff near at hand regarding angles of > > >acceptance, but 28 to 35 is 7, whereas 50 to 90 is 40, thereby giving you a > > >very different lens. > > >also i believe the 90 will get you more uses more often (even a bit of > > >sports for instance, like i did last weekend) than the 28, which i see as a > > >specialty lens, whereas the 90 should be in everyone's bag. the 28 and the > > >135 are on the outside of daily use, 35, 50, 90, very useful... > > >let us know... > > >steven blutter > > > > It is interesting to read that, because I had that same set of lenses > > recommended to me when I first got an M body, and found that although I use > > the 50mm lenses a lot, the 90 only gets used occasionally and the 35 also > > only occasionally. The one lens that I needed but didn't get for a while was > > a 28. I know that its only a little wider than a 35, yet the pictures, to > > me, look quite different, and I greatly prefer that angle of view for a > > moderate wideangle. The landscapes I do with a 28 don't work with a 35- it > > just isn't quite wide enough to do what I want to. I'm now doing 90% of my M > > photography with just a 28 and a 50. > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > Joe, and all: > > When I first got into the "M" system, I purchased a "different > outfit"...I decided I needed a lot of spread so...I first picked up a > 50mm, then a 21mm, and finally a 135mm. This was certainly not a > popular-type outfit to purchase "piece-meal" on the second-hand > market... so...IT WAS VERY REASONABLE! Just because everyone else gets > the 35-50-90 system...DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS RIGHT FOR YOU! > > THE DISCIPLINE OF "MAKING" THESE THREE FOCAL LENGTHS WORK... was one of > the best things in forcing me to "cut out the crap" and start SEEING > pictures! > > Cordially, > Jack Hamilton > Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA jack, how do you cut out the crap with a 21?