[Leica] VoigVoigtlander 28mm Question

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

much as i hate to admit it, i've been exclusively m8 since i got 
it, the black-paint MP, and the m6 classic 0.85 are laying
the their respective lowepro pockets.

that being said, on the M8, a 28 is about 35, a 35 is about 50, and a 
21 is about 28.  so the voigtlander 28 on the m8 is  about a 35mm.

-rei


On Mar30 02:07, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> When shooting an event if my 35 went out leaving me only with a 28 I'd just
> go home.
> People just don't appreatate being turned into little midgets with a 28
> They ask for their money back
> But a 35 you get a break and you can do it.
> 
> The 35 with a Hassy or 6x6 is a 60
> A 28 is a 50
> Nominally not exactly.
> 
> You get a ton more mileage out of a 60.
> 
> On a 35mm camera I call a 35 the "bring home the shot" lens.
> You can do most things with just that one lens and leave all your other
> glass at home.
> A 28 is an extreme effect.
> Less so with a Leica M lens which seems much more well corrected for
> distortion than the run of the mill glass for the mass.
> If you shoot people it has to be from the waist up or they are made into
> dwarves. Dwarves are very nice people too of course. They don't want to be
> made to look much smaller than they really are either.
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:22:01 -0700
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] VoigVoigtlander 28mm Question
> > 
> > I'm glad you put that lens onto good use. I could never get used to it. I
> > guess one problem is when you have the 35/1.4 ASPH, the 28/1.9 is a bit
> > close in terms of FOV...
> > 
> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> nothing in particular, just adding a few data points via images for the
> >> benefit of the original questioner regarding this lens in casual use. i
> >> pretty much concur with your opinion, but for $300 i am not complaining!
> >> 
> >> 
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Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey