Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 40mm
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:36:46 -0800
References: <200011080434.UAA20157@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <3.0.5.32.20001109090522.007b38a0@mail.greennet.net>

Bill Franson wrote:
> 
> At 07:07 PM 11/08/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I like 40mm for all the same reasons that have been mentioned. It seems
> >> most natural to my eye...not too wide but not 'normal.'
> >
> >
> >Me, too. I like this angle of view best of all. Some people dislike it, such
> >as my friend Stephen Gandy.
> 
> I like the 40mm angle as well. For a while I was shooting with a 40mm 2.8
> pancake on a Pentax MX. That setup was lighter and as compact as my M4 and
> a 35mm 2. The lens was soo short though that I always stumbled for the
> focus ring. I eventually traded that system in and now I wish I hadn't.
> 
> Bill Franson

It is what is on my Rollei 35. A 40mm 3.5 Tessar. The perfect lens!
mark rabiner

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