Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh dear. This is hard. I agree completely with your sentiments about the 50. But I think the first picture deserved a 35, or a step back, or a 90 degree twist of the camera... Thanks for the stimulating images! Mike Quinn Jesse Hellman wrote: > Thanks very much to Tim Spragens for posting two of my photographs at > the following link: > > http://www.borderless-photos.com/hellman/hellman1.html > > The first is, I think, typical of what makes the 50mm so useful on the > Leica (this was taken with the 0.85). The bright line frame makes it > possible to monitor what is just outside, and the fact that all is in > focus helps awareness of the background (the woman at the upper left and > the pattern of the stones). I prefer the 50 for all around use to the > 35, maybe because I do a lot of portraits (where the 90 is very useful > for tight framing), but maybe because it fits more closely the way I > see.