Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Christer, Well, I do manage quite well with this lens on my M7, which is also of the 0.72 variety. Of course, the Bessa R2 has a considerably shorter base, something like 0.6 as far as I remember. Nathan Christer Almqvist wrote: > Nathan, > > at f/2.0 I have this problem with my .72 Leica M's all the time when I > shoot at 2-3 meter distance (or less!), but then I usually shoot people, > and they tend to move, as my wife has no garden gnomes. So I always ask > myself if this lens is practical in the circumstances you are talking > about, and wonder if the Tele Elmarit (which I sold) was not better in > practice with its lower weight and smaller size and less dollars. The > 2.0 is good for theatres etc, provided you can get in on a photo session > preview. - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html