Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Is an M6 with 50mm the right tool for me?
From: Jeff Moore <jbm@oven.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 02:33:24 -0500
 
2000-01-10-23:15:10 Matt_Shimao@3com.com:
> Why a 50mm instead of a 35mm?  I'll be able to use the 50mm for
> head-and-shoulders portraits; the 35mm is too wide for this purpose.

Well... okay, but do consider that if you're just bokeh-mad, the 35mm
Summicron (the version just before the current ASPH) is It.  The way
things stay coherent as they go out of focus seems to make pictures
look deeper, somehow.  Lovely.

 -Jeff M.