Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bravo. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Buzz Hausner Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:24 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] 50mm lenses should be compulsory. I for one do not know that. Lenses of different focal lengths do have characteristics, based on their focal lengths, other than getting more or less in the frame. I am pleased that the 50mm lens worked for you, especially when it was your only lens. However, I submit for your consideration that its being a 50mm lens had far less to do with your success than the discipline enforced by using only one lens. It could have been a 35mm, it could have been a 90mm, but it is the fact of having only one lens that made you work harder at each picture you took. Buzz Hausner -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Beddoe, Neil Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:49 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: [Leica] 50mm lenses should be compulsory. As everyone knows, you don't alter the viewpoint when you switch to a wider or longer lens, you just get more or less in the frame. In most cases, you can do this by walking forwards or backwards and at the same time see what changing perspective does to your shot which is much more interesting than just optically cropping the photograph. I like feet but I hate zooms. Neil _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information