Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures taken with SOOKY-M
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 07:12:03 -0500

At 10:20 AM 4/28/98 +0200, you wrote:

>Normally, when you photograph a portrait with a 50mm you get half the
>upper body too (don't know about Leica, but this was the case with my
>Nikon equipment of ten years ago).  I was hoping that with a 50mm NF, I
>could get a bit closer, perhaps head and shoulders, while still retaining
>a bit of the background.
>
>Can anyone comment on feasibility of this?

A 50 is a 50 is a 50. You will get exactly the same picture at the same
aperture at the same distance regardless of whether it's a rangefinder or
an SLR. You just get more accurate framing with an SLR. 
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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