Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It has an 84?, 74?, 53? (diagonal, horizontal, vertical) angle of view, the same as a 24 mm lens on a 24x36mm frame. The roadmapped but unannounced 24/2.8 for the S2 will be very interesting. I agree that the 70 is far from normal. Marty On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Normal for the S2 format by the way is 54mm's. > Leica is calling their "normal' a 70 which makes you think the sensor is > that big; it ain't. > You cant blame them for ?NOT coming out with a 55mm lens and calling it a > normal nobody would think it was medium format. Yet it really is. > The problem is what we think a 35mm full frame or film is is not. > Its not 50. Its really 43. > And 55 really is a full jump up from 43. > But 55 from 50 is negligible. > > I just say that because 30 is way wider than a 70. Which makes you think > its > super wide. > But 30 is so than from a 55. > Perhaps someone can do a comparative angle of view to see how that compares > to what we are familiar with in 35mm photography. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:27:40 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] New S lens >> >> This has just been posted on the BJP site: >> >> http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2120595/leica-un >> veils-30mm-lens-syte >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) >> Web: www.gwpics.com >> Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >