Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shooting With a Super Wide Angle Lens?
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 11:58:47 -0700
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When i use my 21 Asph Elmarit which i know is a far cry from the Cosina
12 i find myself focused at the close minimum distance a good deal of
the time.

As in when using a Hasselblad superwide three feet is a good distance
but four feet it's gone. Too small to see. A blob not a dominate form in
the shot.

So that's my advice in superwide shooting. Get close, then get closer.
It all disappears really quick with that glass.

You want something RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. The rest falls back and is the background.

If its right in your face; just a couple of feet away; chances are it
can serve as a dominate shape in the shot. ... what the shot is all about.


Othewise it's all little stuff off in the distance. Way off in the distance.



Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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