Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's odd, but I never liked 35 or 50 primes on FF. But I love them on the M8. Ditto on the 1DIII I had on loan for a while. Can't figure out why. On May 23, 2009, at 7:12 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 07:01 PM 5/22/2009, you wrote: >> But having it turn into a 120mm I'm less into. >> Though I can see a bird man would be, to get birdie grabbing power. >> Though the last time you used a rangefinder to grab a birdie would >> be when? >> Ever? >> >> That's where I'm at. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner > > I hope you'll get to try an M8, Mark. You'll see that the 1.3 > factor is really a non-issue. Your 90 becomes 117, your 75 becomes > a 97/5, your 35 becomes a 45.5, your 12 becomes a 15.6. Everything > just shifts one lens up. I really like my 35/1.4 as a 45.5/1.4! I > never even think about the cropping factor and just choose the lens > I need to get the photo. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein