Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] "standard lens"
From: "B. D. Colen" <BDColen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:05:03 -0500
 
Very good tip...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey
> Hausner
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 7:54 AM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] "standard lens"
>
>
> One more thing about 35mm lenses.  It helps in shooting fast with a
> rangefinder to know that the horizontal coverage of a 35mm lens closely
> approximates the distance from the camera.  Thus, if you are
> focusing on an
> object 10 feet away, the horizontal coverage at ten feet out will be about
> ten feet across.  Of course, this is only an approximation, but I
> find it a
> useful approximation.
>
> 	Buzz
>