Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oui, mon cher ami! I think you should believe the best lens is the one you have on your camera when you have shoot the photo, beside this IMHO the differences are noticeable under a stop of f4 or less, if more I honesty think nobody can say which one is better?. Amiti?s Lluis > El 17 set 2016, a les 22:29, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> > va escriure: > > Just remembered a conversation heard years ago between M enthusiasts here, > they were debating on the actual FL of varied Leica 50mm - and got out > impressive differences between luxes, crons, elmars, etc > Anyone knows more about this? > Ph > > > Le 17 sept. 2016 ? 19:46, Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net> a ?crit : > >> In 1953 I was a student in the US Army Signal Corps Photography School in >> Ft. Monmouth, NJ. After passing still photo school (4x5 Speed Graphic) I >> was selected for ?Combat Cameraman? class (35mm b&w cinematography) using >> the Bell & Howell ?Eyemo? handheld newsreel cameras well as Mitchell and >> Maurer studio cameras. 50mm was the normal lens for these 35mm cameras. >> >> A booklet ?Instructions for the use of the Leica Camera Models c, f & g? >> (referring to the Leica III series) published by Hove Books Ltd. states >> that ?THE STANDARD LENS OF THE LEICA is the world famous ELMAR having a >> maximum aperture of f/3.5 and a focal length of 50mm?. >> >> In the book ?Leica M Advanced Photo School? by G?nther Osterloh, 2nd >> English ed., published by Lark Books in 2005 (the original German edition >> was published in 2002) is a section ?Normal focal lengths?: >> >> "Lenses with focal lengths that correspond approximately to the diagonal >> of the negative format are called normal lenses. In the 35mm format of 24 >> x 36 mm the diagonal measures about 43 mm. For practical reasons and for >> reasons of better quality, however, more than 75 years ago Leitz decided >> to use a standard focal length that is nearly 10 mm longer. And that is >> still the case today; standard lenses for Leica cameras have a focal >> length of 52 mm. This holds true even when the engraving around the front >> element of the lens reads only 50 mm.? >> >> ?For the novice, taking pictures with this lens is easy because its angle >> of view of about 45 degrees most closely corresponds to the natural >> coverage of the human eye.? >> >> Respectfully submitted, >> >> Oliver >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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