Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] Wides...Glasses
From: amr3 at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri Nov 17 10:37:14 2006

>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:56:21 -0600
>From: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] A Greek Wedding....

>A serious question: I'm trying to understand why, when I was in my
>20's and 30's I loved extreme wide angles and now, and now, having
>just turned 60, I simply find them visually in-the-way of the
>content. My M2 used to live with 21SA on it. Now a 28 seems a stretch
>for my visual sensibility. I wonder if this comes with the aging
>close focus issues?
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
>george@imagist.com
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Don't know the answer, but at 58, I still have the same predilection for
50mm and 90mm lenses that I've always had.  Even 35mm seems too wide for
me. Can't even remember the last time I used my Olympus 21mm. And as I'm
farsighted, I keep needing stronger positive eyepiece lenses or newer
glasses to get a clear view through the viewfinder.

Alan



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