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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures taken with SOOKY-M
From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@ans.com.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:02:08 +0000

Martin V. Howard wrote:
> 
> Eric Welch wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> 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.

What do you want to see? Just some close-up portraits with a 50mm
lens?
If you don't mind canon photos, there are some here.
http://www.ans.com.au/~chrisb/photo/equipment/canon/50_1.html