Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Shanghai market part 2
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 08:57:24 +0530
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I, too, see clearest with a 85mm on the streets - but I suppose that
is because I tend to concentrate on people. It is really not an issue
of get close or snipe from the sidelines - I get close, and usually
the subjects are quite aware that I am waving a camera around in their
 vicinity. The other lens I use is a 16-35 f4 on the Nikon, which in
crowded streets is a convenient lens to have. As I said before, I
really do not find much difference in using the Fuji X system or Nikon
DSLR system on streets here, except that the former is lighter and
more compact. Against this, the latter has a better sensor in low
light, and focuses much faster.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013  FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Shanghai market part 2
>
>>Well, we are going to have to agree to disagree here, it is simply a 
>>matter of taste (or it is in my case). Pictures of people made with lenses 
>>wider than 35m look horrible to me, and I am not that keen on 35mm either, 
>>50 >being my preference.
>>...
>>cheers,
>>FD
> ========================================================================================================================================================================
> I'm with you. Frank.  I can walk around with just a 50 and be happy 
> (although I like 85-90 mm best) but if I only have a 35 I'm uncomfortable, 
> feeling it's too wide.  That's why, although I love it, I don't use my XA 
> more.
>
> Alan
>
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