Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] back from Germany w/ film loading problems and travel
From: George Hartzell <hartzell@corp.webtv.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:58:01 -0700 (PDT)

Jay Coleman writes:
 > [...]
 > Do you find the 75 and 90 to be too close together?  I see from your
 > post that many of what you regard as your successful shots were made
 > with the 75.  Did you find yourself using the 75 more, or were your
 > shots with the 90 less successful?  If the shots with 90 were less
 > successful, why do you think that was?

The 75/1.4 is a relatively new acquisition, and I was playing with it
as much as possible.  It's quite a bit faster than the 90/2.8, so
there are places where it was a requirement.  I'm not sure how I'm
going to feel about how close they are in focal length, but I suspect
that the speed for the 75 may generally drive the decision.

I think that I did use the 90 to narrow in on some stuff inside the
castle, but part of the problem is that when I look at my shots, I
don't always remember what lens was on.  35 is easy, I only have one
lens in that region, and the 135 is pretty easy, but the 75 and 90
aren't *so* easy to tell apart.  One great feature of my Nikon N90s is
that it memorizes all of the exposure information, including focal
length, and I can download it into my pc/palm pilot.  Going back and
looking at the images and the info has been really helpful.

g.