Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I took a picture of a road kill squirrel yesterday at .7 meters. I was able to get his whole body in the shot with some of the blood splatter going out both sides, i don't think he minded that I got that close to him. At 02:55 PM 7/16/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I'm curious, what sort of subject matter do LUGers photograph at or near >the 0.7 meter distance setting of their 50mm Summilux? Speaking for >myself, I usually try and avoid lenses much shorter than 90mm when taking >tight portraits of people. Even the 75 is pushing it at the closest >focusing distance. > >Dan C. >[otherwise known as LeicaMan on #leica] > >At 02:39 PM 16-07-01 -0400, Dan Honemann wrote: >[snip] > >The closer minimum focusing distance of the summilux is tempting, but you've > >got a good thing going with your f1 and f1.2 photos, and I doubt you want to > >be shooting at less than a meter at those apertures, anyway. >[snip]