Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:22 PM 10/22/99 +0000, you wrote: >What do you think of all this, Tina M.? Your shot that opened our "World >at f/1" portfolio (speaking of lovely Noct shots!) is a "tele" 50mm shot >to me. Just looking at it, it looks like you had "short tele" in your >subconscious--look at the way the picture is arranged--if I didn't know >better, I'd think it could have been taken with a 60mm, if not a 75mm. >You think? > >--Mike Hi, Mike - I guess I'm one of those rare birds who like the 50. I haven't done any actual surveys, but my 35/1.4 and my Noctilux would come pretty close to being equal favorites. I do love "available darkness" and those two excel in the dark. I can hand-hold the 35 at slower speeds than the Noctilux so sometimes that's my choice by default. The choice actually has more to do with the light than the framing. When I think about it, I do consider the 35 to be a "normal" lens (that's about what you see in the viewfinder) and the 50 to be a "short tele" - cropped by the frame lines. In spite of trying very hard because I thought it would be a good portrait lens, I don't really care for the 75. It's an awkward length to me. On the other hand, the 60 macro is my favorite lens with the R6.2. I carry a 90 and 135 sometimes for record shots for stock, but I can't think of any favorite shots of mine that are done with anything over 60mm. I would love to have the courage to make a trip with only the Noctilux. The trip to the Mosquito Coast where the photo of Weldi was made, I only had the 35 and Noctilux with me on the two M6's around my neck. Everything else was packed in the dry bags in another canoe that arrived two days after I did. I worried the whole time about what I might be missing, but it was actually freeing in a way not to have to make choices. Did you find that to be true when you limited yourself to a 50? Someday when I retire, I'll travel with just the Noctilux! What a luxury. Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com