Re: [Leica] Steve as Ted described him

[Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com>]

It is why 35mm has become the "standard" Leica M lens and 25mm or 28mm the
street wide-angle. 50mm works on the street, 90mm is a stretch. I think that
most people who view photographs, meaning almost everyone on the globe,
sense the very different perspective that a tele lens yields. Anything over
90mm yields a compressed image with background out of focus and viewers
recognize that. I believe that that perspective lends to the tele image a
sense of intrusion, of looking in from the outside.

On the contrary, the 28mm or 35mm image places the viewer, as it has
required the photographer to place him/herself, within the orbit of the
subject(s), thus, the sense of intimacy these images convey.

JMO.

Seth              LaK 9

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From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Steve as Ted described him


> Really? I use a 35mm most of the time. Certainly amongst the Leica street
> shooters I've come across the norm is a 35 or 50. Can't recall many SLR
guys
> with long lenses either.
>
> Steve
>
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>
>
> << I would have to say a 35mm. >>
>
> That explains the intimacy of the images. It's extraordinary. Most people
> who
> do street work tend to use much longer focal lengths.
>
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