Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike: You have cut through it. I used a 20mm when I shot Nikon, and when I switched to Canon I found a good price on a 24. For my Leica M I have a 28mm. I use them all in almost exactly the same way. When I'm using the Leica 28 I never think "I wish I had the 24." I also agree that from 75mm to 100mm it's pretty much the same skills emp[loyed, the same sort of vision. Interestingly, it's the 35mm or 50mm choice that trips me up. They are such very different lenses. When I want one of them, the other just will not do. Tom >This may be a bit more radical, but I believe that it doesn't really >MATTER what lens you choose as long as you're in the ballpark for the >way you see. If Ralph Gibson uses a 90mm most of the time, you could >force him to use a 75mm and he'd still make great pictures. If Lee >Friedlander prefers a 28mm, he could still find a way to do interesting >things if he were "stuck" with a 24mm. > >Just pick one and learn it. You'll get used to it. When you do, it will >become what you prefer. <s> > >--Mike Thomas Kachadurian ==================== www.kachadurian.com