RE: [Leica] using my M6HM

["Francesco Sanfilippo" <fls@san.rr.com>]

I love my 35/2 ASPH and I would rather learn how to use it
effectively than trade it in for a 50/2.  I guess I just need
to bring my camera downtown with me to work each day
and walk around with it on the street during my lunch hour.
That will give me the practice I need to get back in the
groove of working with my M6, don't you think?  Downtown
San Diego is a great place to street shoot....tons of people,
buildings, and things going on all the time.

Francesco Sanfilippo
francesco@incsystems.com
Webmaster & Network Administrator,
InContact Systems, MentorU.Com





> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf
> Of Alexey Merz
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 8:54 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] using my M6HM
>
>
> Francesco Sanfilippo:
> > Essentially I am wondering if the problem is with me not
> > scoping out the frame completely enough or not moving in
> > tight enough?  Should I move to a 50/2 lens as my one,
> > single lens?  Is it easier to quickly study the frame
> > with the 50 since the frame window is smaller and
> > centrally located?
>
> Robert Capa said that if the pictures aren't good enough
> the photographer isn't close enough. He was probably right.
> Nevertheless, I use an M6 0.85, too, and I find that I have
> to be in practice to use the 35 effectively - I have to
> *know* where the framelines are, whereas with the 50 it's
> easier to use the finder.
>
> Probably you could use either approach in a conscious fashion
> and improve your results.
>
> One thing that I *have* noticed is that the 35 seems much
> wider with the M6 than it ever did with my Nikons. I attribute
> this both to the wide apparent viewing angle and to the fact
> that with the rangefinder you see information both in front
> of and behind the focus plane.
>
> Best light,
>
> Alexey
>
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>