Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]19mm? Now you're talking R, not M lenses........ Francesco At 04:25 AM 11/13/98 , Gary D. Whalen wrote: >I would have to disagree with Carsten. I use the 28mm a lot. The perspective >it gives is more radical than the 35 but not as severe as the 19 or 21. I also >use the 19 to achieve a strong foreground affect. By the way I believe >optically the 28 and 19 are superior to the 24. > >GDW > >Carsten Bockermann wrote: > >> Ferdinand, >> >> >>I'm debating whether I should get the 21/2.8 >> >>asp, 24/2.8 asp. or even the 28mm. >> >> I have all of the above (the 21 I have is the non-ASPH version and performs >> very well). The 28 is pretty close to the 35, so it doesn´t get too much >> use. OTOH the 21 is _really_ wide; I use it mostly for its specific effect >> and sometimes in situations where I simply need the most coverage I can >> get. The 24 seems to be the most useful to me, especially in combination >> with a 35-50-90 system like you have. >> Of course, depending upon what you shoot, you preference may be different. >> >> Carsten >> >> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Carsten_Bockermann/ >