Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henry Ting wrote: >I was like you at first, drawn by the urge to >experiment with a super-wide. But that play-factor on >a new-toy syndrome faded out in a hurry after using >it. It's way too wide for landscape photography, too >distorted for interior, too much of everything. Apart >from all that, its a quality lens. I beg to differ on the distortion. I've found it quite usable for architectural subjects, and interiors in particular. It gives access to wide-open interiors that are impossible with anything else I use. If you want the traditional rigid parallel verticals (which I often do) it pays to take time ensuring the camera is lined up correctly, which is not easy to do with the Voightlander viewfinder. But you can also get interiors with great impact by deliberately shooting at an angle or looking upwards. It is a lot wider than a 21 and it takes some getting used to, but worth it in my opinion. Simon. - -- Simon Ogilvie - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html