Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ferdinand, All of the scenic features of the cities (I'm particularly familiar with San Francisco) are large and usually distant. A 35mm lens will serve you quite well. Yosemite is also v-e-r-y l-a-r-g-e. If you try and use lenses wider than 35mm, the scenic features will be minuscule on the film. Even though I usually carry a 15 and 24 in my kit, they are rarely used. The weather here is breaking from bad to good. The rain ended this past week and it should start to be nicer. It has been snowing in the Sierra Nevada mountains up through the end of this week. The high country in Yosemite will be closed but the valley should be fantastic. Lots of water, wildflowers, green foliage, etc. Maybe even a dusting of snow on Half Dome or El Capitan. Your lens selection (35, 50, & 90) should be wonderful. Don't forget to bring the Velvia. Velvia does special things to high altitude blue sky, green foliage, and granite rock. A polarizer really helps in both SFO and Yosemite. Have fun, Jim At 07:02 AM 5/18/98 +0800, you wrote: >Hello Luggers, > >At long last, I'm hopefully leaving for the US by month end. > >My itinerary is San Francisco, Minneapolis and New York. > >I'll be packing along my 2 M6's with 35-50-90 summicrons. > >I would like to ask whether these 3 lenses are enough for these cities? > >I'm planning to go to Yosemite as well and is 35mm wide enough for this >scenic place? which lens would be most widely use for this place? > >How is the weather conditions in these areas now? > >Many thanks, > >Ferdinand >