Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/19

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Subject: [Leica] Is 35 the Current 50?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:08:43 +0530
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Frank,
So do I - I find the 85mm the most used focal length for me - especially as
I tend to shoot a lot of people on the streets, as you would have noticed!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I have read that often over the last couple of decades, but personally I
> find 28 too wide to be of use unless in -very- crowded situations, which I
> avoid due to claustrophobia.. I bought one, but it pretty well never gets
> used. Should sell it I suppose...
> I find the 50 most useful, and I like the 75-90 range best (by a long way)
> FD
> On 19 Jan, 2013, at 02:09, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > For many people, 28mm has been the standard wide for awhile. Just a tad
> > more than the 35mm, but more useful on the street, without the
> "immersive"
> > of 24 or 21.
> >
> >
>
>
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