Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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