Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Sonny, Thanks for your comments on your 28mm experiences and on my pics. I need time to work on it - at the moment that is lacking. I am also concerned about converging verticals and apparent distortion - perhaps I consider my photography to be in the European mold than the US-Winogrand tradition. Time will tell. John -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+j.r.beeching=bath.ac.uk@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+j.r.beeching=bath.ac.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of SonC@aol.com Sent: 06 June 2005 16:49 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] Ten photos In a message dated 6/6/2005 7:30:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time, J.R.Beeching@bath.ac.uk writes: So far I shot a couple of films with it and I can see that it is going to get some getting used to. Firstly, I have got to that age when I need glasses for critical things in the distance; though I can manage the 35mm frame with specs, and that took some practice, there is no way I can with the 28mm. Using my left eye is an added complication. Not trying to be a gear-head here, but I used the 28 elmarit for several years, and never got used to it, even with the aux viewfinder. I finally sold it and used only the 35 Summicron for wide angle, until the Voigtlander lenses arrived. I bought a 15, found it a bit too wide, as I sometimes got my feet or other parts of my ample self in the frame. I traded it for a V/C 21mm, and found it much to my liking. I recently made a decent deal on a Minolta CLE with a 28mm, and found much to my astonishment a camera viewfinder (at least on the 28) that I like better than the Leica M6. I'm trying that now, just into my second roll with it, but so far, so good. Of this set you posted, I like 2, 3 and 8 the best. You seem to have engaged on those best. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information