Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>A question for the group: > >I have read, and heard Lee Friedlander speak of a "congenital problem" with >using wide-angle lens in his desert and Olmsted series'. I quote him from >VIEWING OLMSTED: "The reason I started using [the Hasselblad superwide] was >that I was having some kind of congenital problem with wide-angle lenses [on >the Leica] in the desert, probably because of the light, and probably >because those lenses were designed for flat surfaces. Those lenses are >usually used by people who do architectural work, which deals with flat >surfaces, not so much with a large area with lots of details. I don't know >what the reasons were. It looked as if areas were out of focus and they >wouldn't be the same every time. I call it congenital because it comes with >the lens; it's not something anybody can fix and it's not that anybody even >knows why." Until I find out a little more about this 'Leica wide angle' problem, I think I'll file it with the Zodiac sign info :-). On the other hand, the SWC is the best snapshot camera I have! * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com