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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures taken with SOOKY-M
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:28:34 -0400

At 03:39 PM 28-04-98 +0200, M. wrote:
>
>OK, I'll buy that.  But I would still like to see portraits taken with a
>near-focusing 50mm, or hear from someone who has experience of this whether
>the results are pleasant or not.

In my experience, a 50 is unsuitable for head and shoulder style portraits.
 Waist up, maybe, but no closer.  If you must get in closer, you should be
carefull about keeping the camera level.

Dan C.