Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Guy, to paraphrase you just a little bit... A little bit! The below is unabashed 24mm HERESY!!! Guy! >And frankly, faced with choosing a 28 Summicron or a 24 Elmarit, I would >choose the 28 without a moment's hesitation. Here's why kids... > >- the 28 just don't seem wide! >Yes, it distorts less! The lens doesn't even call attention to itself. >It just takes the pictures and lets your subjects speak for themselves, >with just a bit of extra breathing room. In this world of stretched, >distorted, exaggerated perspectives fostered by a million PJs in >Afghanistan with with their 17-35 zooms, it's a breath of fresh air. A >glass of clear, cool water. A simple window through which the world is >viewed. Makes you want to sit down and say "thanks". > >- the 28 distorts less! >A 28 lets you get reasonable sized subjects in your frame without having >to push up within a foot of their noses. It gives people in your pictures >a fighting chance of looking like people, not caricatures with eggheads >and teeny weeny feet. But if you *want* distortion, a 28 will still give >it to you in spades - just push up close, stop her down, and let 'er rip. >You want keystoned buildings? Squat down, tilt up that camera and presto! > >Why drink electric koolaid when the gods made Chateau Petrus? Have a bit >of class! Excess is for teenagers (and post-pubescent PJs with their >17-35's). > >Gonna run home right now and shoot with that new 28!!! > >:-) >Paul