Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Marc punching PJ's
From: Dan S <dstate1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:14:17 GMT

If they used longer than 35mm they would actually have to FOCUS.
Most of these guys are only there to get the shot of some poor slob and move 
on and a fat gob of depth of field and auto focus/exposure keeps the checks 
comming...Also, many people seem to think that the extreme perspective of 
the 20-35mm lenses up close gives an "exciting" image.  They use this 
technique to make up for weak subject matter.

Dan



.
>
>Well, no, but I've damned near punched several "photo-journalists" out with
>their verkakte wide-angle lenses.  We have had these discussions ad nauseam
>on this List, but I do NOT see why these morons cannot use a 90mm lens and
>remain at a decent distance.
>
>We have several present and former PJ's and editors on the List, and,
>probably, I will be publicly or privately pilloried by them for posting
>this, as I often am, but I do NOT understand why a 90mm head-and-shoulder
>shot at ten feet is not as good as a 35mm shot at 3 feet.  But, apparently,
>editors have some psychological reflex need for wide-angle shots, so the
>PJ's are ordered to use 35mm or 28mm lenses to cover every press conference
>they attend.
>
>Sheezh!  I am a photographer, friends.  I do my own dark-room work.  I use
>MF and miniature-format gear (35mm for the youngsters in our crew).  And I
>simply fail to understand the frantic love for wide-angle lenses, other
>than that they radically distort the background.
>
>I guess I'm just not psychedelic enough for today's newspapers!
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
>
>


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