Re: I need M lens suggestions....28...or 90?

["Steven Blutter" <sblutter@worldnet.att.net>]

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> From: Jack & Christine Hamilton <jackham@execpc.com>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: I need M lens suggestions....28...or 90?
> Date: Thursday, November 06, 1997 7:32 PM
> 
> Joe Berenbaum wrote:
> > 
> > At 08:08 06/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
> > >i'd get a better 50, one that can go a bit closer because i shoot a
lot of
> > >faces.  either a summi 50 dr or a collaps elmar or summi, if you can
find a
> > >sooky-m adapter.
> > >if that doesn't interest i wud definately go with a 90, again because
of
> > >people.
> > >however, if you shoot 'scapes, land or city, a 28 is obviously
invauable,
> > >but your 35 could get you through most of that.
> > >i don't have my reference stuff near at hand regarding angles of
> > >acceptance, but 28 to 35 is 7, whereas 50 to 90 is 40, thereby giving
you a
> > >very different lens.
> > >also i believe the 90 will get you more uses more often (even a bit of
> > >sports for instance, like i did last weekend) than the 28, which i see
as a
> > >specialty lens, whereas the 90 should be in everyone's bag.  the 28
and the
> > >135 are on the outside of daily use, 35, 50, 90, very useful...
> > >let us know...
> > >steven blutter
> > 
> > It is interesting to read that, because I had that same set of lenses
> > recommended to me when I first got an M body, and found that although I
use
> > the 50mm lenses a lot, the 90 only gets used occasionally and the 35
also
> > only occasionally. The one lens that I needed but didn't get for a
while was
> > a 28. I know that its only a little wider than a 35, yet the pictures,
to
> > me, look quite different, and I greatly prefer that angle of view for a
> > moderate wideangle. The landscapes I do with a 28 don't work with a 35-
it
> > just isn't quite wide enough to do what I want to. I'm now doing 90% of
my M
> > photography with just a 28 and a 50.
> > 
> > Joe Berenbaum
> 
> 
> Joe, and all:
> 
> When I first got into the "M" system, I purchased a "different
> outfit"...I decided I needed a lot of spread so...I first picked up a
> 50mm, then a 21mm, and finally a 135mm. This was certainly not a
> popular-type outfit to purchase "piece-meal" on the second-hand
> market... so...IT WAS VERY REASONABLE! Just because everyone else gets
> the 35-50-90 system...DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS RIGHT FOR YOU!
> 
> THE DISCIPLINE OF "MAKING" THESE THREE FOCAL LENGTHS WORK... was one of
> the best things in forcing me to "cut out the crap" and start SEEING
> pictures!
> 
> Cordially,
> Jack Hamilton
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

jack,

how do you cut out the crap with a 21?