Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> On Wed, 03 January 2001, Martin Howard wrote: > This got me thinking: Maybe Ted's 15mm/400mm photo project isn't as mad as > it initially seems. I know the classic is 35/90, or maybe 35/50/90, but I > found that having a wider spread was actually useful and more inspiring. Surely, Ted's 15/400 combo is a bit extreme, but availability of many lenses, including zooms made us forget that we actually have legs so that we can move around. Your subject doesn't fill the frame with a 35mm lens? Instead of switching to a 50mm lens, move a bit closer. However, I've usually found that carrying more than one lens ensures that I have a wrong lens on the body at all times. I usually restrict myself to one lens and work with it. I find a camera bag full of lenses a little distracting. For my Leica, that's usually the Noctilux or the Summilux 75mm. With my 4x5, it's usually the Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm. >>>> Well, I just found the perfect complementary lens for my 35 - the new Voigtlander 12/5.6. I just looked through the viewfinder of one of these yesterday at a friend's house and it is really stunning. The perfect wide-angle view, plus focus to 30 cm. The ideal complement for the 35. Maybe the 24 will be getting less use from now on?! >>> one of the canonical Leica lenses, as it were >>> Shouldn't that be "one of the c*****ical Leica lenses"? Rob. Robert Appleby