Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Perhaps designed for flat art where there is not "background?" > Mark Rabiner Perhaps. Tends to limit the use of the lens if that is the case. ; ) I was shooting flowers (sorry, not "shooting," "photographing" -- I wouldn't hurt the flowers). The 60 is great for a lot of things including close-up (obviously), landscape, portrait, etc. The slightly longer focal length from 50 gives a pleasant perspective IMHO, neither distorted outwards like wide-angle lenses nor too compressed as with long lenses. Jay Coleman