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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Shooting With a Super Wide Angle Lens?
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 22:19:14 -0600
References: <MBBBJHIBKCKEAEOKKBPOEEJFDMAA.bdcolen@earthlink.net> <20020603033933.17297.qmail@balhpl01.ncable.net.au>

Hi Alastair,

I agree, what does not kill me makes me stronger.

My plan for learning how to use this lens correctly is simple: to ask 
for educated advice from some of old pros here, take that advice into 
account and go out and keep on firing away until I get it right.

Today, I took Ted G's, John C's and others advice and shot a roll using 
my Benbo Tripod along with a small spirit level.

This is the first time I've used a tripod with a M.

Regards,

Greg

firkin wrote:

> B. D. Colen writes:
>
>> IMHO, the only appropriate answer to this question is a question:
>> Why did you buy this lens?
>> B. D.
>
>
>>  
>>
>> 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
>
>
> Well, Greg is probably like me: buy first and worry later ;-) I love 
> superwides. They are especially useful to give certain images 
> perspective. Portraits taken with a fisheye can look realistic and 
> give the image and the sitter a perspective of the overall scene which 
> no other lens can give. Architecture without a shift lens. Crowded 
> streets and interiors, close ups with enormous DOF and playing around 
> with the distortion to add some drama to an image are all ideas. I 
> don't agree that you have to always "know" what a lens does before you 
> get it. You may not like the results, but you can always say you have 
> tried. Starting with a rangefinder ultrawide is a bit harder, I think, 
> but you can always burn film as an alternative. Keep notes about what 
> you were expecting adn compare with the results. My suggestion would 
> be to start with portraits. Go to your local church and ask to 
> photograph the minister/priest, take him up on a balcony, place him in 
> the centre and include the whole interior as a backdrop have his head 
> take up about 30% of the shorter frame, and play around with angles 
> etc. You might like me suddenly not want to use a 90 for portraits again
> Alastair Firkin @ work ;-)
> http://www.afirkin.com
> http://www.familyofman2.com
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In reply to: Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] Shooting With a Super Wide Angle Lens?)
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