Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The way they can call it a normal might be the the way most photogs get 210's for their first 4x5's as their first lens and call it a normal. While its way longer. I believe the diagonal for 4x5 would be 163mm's if its 102 x 127 mm's. That's a 47mm discrepancy. And the reasons are a 210mm has more coverage for swings and tilts to the extent that you might even use it for an occasional sheet of 5x7. And for table top photography it works out better As for portrait work from full length and head and shoulder. So I guess normal lens and starting lens need to be made clear as they are not the same thing. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:35:22 +1030 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New S lens > > Indeed; the 70 is amazing - just not very 'normal' - as are all the S2 > lenses I have seen. At that price and size point, Leica's designers > had some pretty luxurious room to move in terms of materials and > construction. > > I haven't seen any of the CS lenses, but not being a studio or flash > user, if I ever decided I needed an S2 I would just get the regular > lenses anyway. I wonder if the leaf shutter lengthens the shutter > lag? > > I imagine all the wides for the S2 would cause quite a bit of angst > during design - meeting Leica's performance targets can't be easy. > > Marty > > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Marty no dispute on the numbers from me of course. I guess that Leica >> Camera >> judged that a 70mm was more useful for the S2's intended purposes >> (fashion/studio)? Those probably aren't identical to those of legacy 35mm >> SLR design thoughts. >> The 70 certainly is superb on the S2 albeit the central shutter caused >> delays and adds quite a bit more to the costs too. >> I seem to remember someone from Solms candidly remarking that they wish >> they >> hadn't mentioned a 30 in their roadmap as it proved to be much tougher >> than >> they expected! >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> >> *Lighting- eyes- action* >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> >> ?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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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