[Leica] preferred lens for a riot

[Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>]

slobiddan sez:

>photography. A good ol' fashioned race riot, American style. That, of

[snip]

>I suggest a long lens, maybe your favourite 400mm or 280-350. I myself,
>promised my wife that I'll stay as far back as possible, meaning an
>80-200, although my propensity is a 21mm or 28mm so as to be in the
>thick of it.

28 or 35 is the only way to go. if you're going to bring a zoom, maybe a
17-35. no telephotos. a helmet maybe. a gas mask maybe. a telephoto?
never. get in there and get bloody.

kc