Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I migrated to the Heliar from the 20/5.6 Russar,which I used for street shooting--numerous examples on my website. The Russar can't compete with the 21/2.8 Biogon that I later acquired for the G2, so I sold it on eBay, and bought the Heliar. I use it on a IIIF usually. To my mind, it's the ultimate 'environmental' focal length. The perspective's tricky, but one grows accustomed to it with practice. The downside, of course, is that even with the comparatively fast aperture of 4.5, it's not that useful indoors, unless, I suppose, one wants to use really fast emulsions. I've decided to standardize on a single film (T400CN) for awhile, so I use the lens outdoors or (heresy!) indoors on a Tiltall. CHandos At 02:29 PM 1/17/2000 -0500, you wrote: >So, you Heliar users . . . what do you DO with a lens that wide? Has it >opened your eyes? Made you see in a different way? Given you new, unexplored >capabilities? Has it made a difference in your photography in a "don't leave >home without it" sort of way. In other words (and here's the stupid >question), "should I buy this lens?" Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown