Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Need Lens advice, please help!
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 06:43:10 +0000
 
>Either 50 or 35.  I will be doing mostly street shooting, and entirely 
>in B&W.  I would like to take advantage of the increased DOF of a wide 
>angle lens, but then again, this will be my first lens(and only lens, 
>until my next bonus) so I suspect a 50 would be more practical.

For street photography, I would recommend the 35mm.   In the Leica
"Emotions 99" calendar, I see a number of nice street photos taken with the
35mm focal length.  

Dan K.