Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] [leica] Roger Hicks and the 21+35+90 combo?
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:47:58 -0600

+ price pays a factor - as always - determining results and usage. a 28/35 -
50 - 90 combination could be seen as very popular, because it's a darn sight
cheaper than anything with a 21/24/75 in it...

Same could be said for weight and bulk

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:33 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] [leica] Roger Hicks and the 21+35+90 combo?
>
>
> Good for you, George: What good is a 21 to someone who generally
> shoots from
> four to six feet from the subject? Why would someone who always
> shoots close
> want a 135? There are NO general formulas or "perfect" lens combinations -
> only combinations and kits that are "perfect" for individual
> photographers.
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of George
> Lottermoser
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:07 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] [leica] Roger Hicks and the 21+35+90 combo?
>
>
> >I haven't read the article, but this seems to boil down to a 21+35
> >versus
> >28+50 call--and I have always been in the later camp.
>
> 28, 35, 50, 75
> 21, 35, 90
> 28, 50, 135
> 35
>
> It all boils down to how you see and what you shoot. To attempt to imagine
> an
> ideal combination without considering the context of your own vision,
> working
> distance comfort and subject matter makes little or no sense.
>
> George
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