Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. Perhaps "avoid vertical lines at all costs", or "stay away from buildings and telephone poles". I think of the 12mm as so much of a speciality lens, I wouldn't think of buying one. One thing they are great for...taking a picture of the cabin of a sailboat. The image looks like you are in the captain's bedroom on the Titanic, but you're actually in something like a cab-over camper. I just don't shoot enough sailboat cabins to make it worthwhile. :-) At 09:20 AM 6/1/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Keep the camera level! > >Get close! Ten feet is across the universe as far as a 12 is concerned. >Think that you are close enough? Then take two more steps closer. > >Meter carefully, with a twelve I would point the camera down, way down to >make sure I am excluding the sky (unless that is what you want, then point >it up, way up). > >Did I mention to keep the camera level? > >John Collier > >PS: not an ideal portrait lens for loved ones. One of my friends had a >rather frosty time of it with his significant other after a roll with a >twenty one... > >On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 08:54 AM, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > >>I wonder if someone could provide me with some newbie pointers on >>shooting with a super wide angle lens? >> >>I just acquired a Voigtlander 12 mm for my M6 from Dr. Yao and having >>never used any lens wider than 28 mm I'm finding the perspective provided >>through the supplied finder rather daunting. >> >>Regards, >> >>Greg >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html