[Leica] Ten photos

[hans.pahlen at telia.com (Hans Pahlen)]

John,
Great pictures on your site!

About the 28mm lens, I suggest you get an external finder. You will easily 
see the whole picture, even if you are wearing glasses, and you will also 
see the wideangle perspective, instead of the flat 30mm image in the 
original viewfinder.
It is easy to set distance and exposure in the camera viewfinder, and then 
move the eye to the external finder for framing the shot.
I use mine all the time.
/Hans

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Beeching" <J.R.Beeching@bath.ac.uk>
To: "Leica Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:29 PM
Subject: [Leica] Ten photos


> Dear Fellow LUGgers,
>
> I have not been contributing much of late - pressure of work.  However, 
> here
> are 10 recent pictures - comments and critiques welcome as always:
> http://staff.bath.ac.uk/bssjrb/Photographic/ten/ten.htm
>
> My major tools have been 35 and 50mm Summicrons, but for some time I have
> wondered about something wider; a 28mm perhaps.  The CV is the cheapest
> solution, but would I always feel that I should have gone for a Leica 
> lens.
> After many months of tossing the pros and cons around I finally bought a
> second hand Elmarit - latest version with the flat front element.  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.  So, I use it without glasses 
> as
> focusing is not so critical.  It is large compared to the 35mm (pre-ASPH),
> particularly with the lens hood, so not so discrete, which I prefer for
> street work.  Also, I often go out with just one lens and feel that the 28
> is more of a specialised lens than the 50 or 35; so that really means 
> taking
> two lenses.  Obviously, more experience and practice are required.  I like
> the depth of field and the facility with which I can get even closer.
> Certainly, I am sure that I am going to enjoy it, but it is unlikely to
> replace my 35mm.  Three of these pictures are taken with it.  The others 
> are
> 35 and 50mm, Tri-X and Neopan 1600, Xtol or D76.
>
> John
>
> _
> John Beeching
> http://staff.bath.ac.uk/bssjrb/Photographic/photo.htm
>
>
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