Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Pi R Squared? No Pi R round, Cornbread R Square!