Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And the Pentax 43 is awesome, but I don't think that has much to do with it being a 43mm lens (same for their 31 and 77 lenses, which unfortunately were never made in Leica fit). Marty On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Pentax was also the company who finally came out with a 43mm lens a premium > one and with a Leica mount. > But at one point I read that the diagonal rule for normal is a bit > arbitrary. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:25:07 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] New S lens >> >> Yep, I have a 55/1.8 Takumar that was a standard for the Spotmatic of the >> 60s. ?This just happens to be one of the better kit lenses of its day. ?To >> simulate it for my Oly 4/3 bodies, I bought a 28mm Elmarit-R (56mm >> equivalent), which is a little difficult to focus, but works great >> outdoors >> in hyperfocal mode. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw at archiphoto.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] New S lens >> >> >>> Well, 55mm and 57mm lenses used to be called and sold as 'normal' lenses >>> for 35mm SLR's in the 60's. The S2's 70 is right in line with those. >>> >>> 'Normal' is about as rigidly defined as a 'glass' of beer, except with >>> beer you mostly get less than anticipated and with lenses you usually get >>> more (focal length) than anticipated. >>> >>> Henning >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2011-10-27, at 7:45 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: >>> >>>> 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/leic >>>>>> a-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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> Henning Wulff >>> henningw at archiphoto.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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >