Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the advice John. I'm off to the local hardware to see if I can buy a cheap, small, and lightweight level to verify. So far, the 12 mm looks like a great lens for tight indoor situations. Much more of a learning curve than my old 28. Regards, Greg John Collier 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