Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]135mm (allright, 140mm) is the midpoint of an 80-200 or 70-210 zoom which were amongst the first zooms to approach the optical quality of fixed focal lengths. When I carried a set of fixed-length Nikkors I always found the 135 2.8 a necessity between the 85 f2 and 200 f4. Many times I left the 200 home and put a TC14A on the 135 2.8. Likewise with the Leica M there are times when the 90 is just too short. I once saw a fellow using a Japanese-made 2x that rangefinder-coupled with an M, along with a separate finder. I've never seen another...anyone know what I'm talking about? Regards, Nigel On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:23:20 -0500 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> writes: >Let me, as usual, be the fly in the ointment. > >135 has always struck me as a somewhat weird focal length - not long >enough >to be a useful telephoto, but - for me anyway - a bit too long to be a >good >portrait, close distance lens. I suspect the only reason the focal >length >really exists is that it was the longest focal length that could >realistically - sort of - be used with the rangefinder (Leica/Contax) >and as >a focal length it was initially picked up for the reflexes. >Today, however, it seems to be a pretty much forgotten focal length in >reflex-land. Most non-zoom outfits seem to jump from the 85-100 range >to the >180-200 range. In addition to my M6, I have an old N---- F with a 105 >2.5 >and a 180 2.8 (which, R8 aside, is a spectacular lens)... > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]