Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shooting With a Super Wide Angle Lens?
From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 11:04:51 -0500
References: <3CF8E028.6050705@shaw.ca>

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
>>
>>
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