Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All - The recent resurgence of discussions 'bout 50's brings the following to mind: For a long time my 35 4th gen. 'cron was my everyday walking around lens. Something about 35mm lenses that doesn't get discussed much is the fact that if you like to guesstimate field sizes without raising camera to eye a 35 field is particularly good, because however far you are from the subject, that's how wide the horizontal is. (After juggling around arc-tan and realizing how hazy most of my high school trig is, and finally calculating the not-so-obvious 53 degrees as the above-mentioned field of view I realized that it's all actually more obvious than I thought. Which means that I was just oblivious, or something...) However, I was cropping those 35 shots a few times too many, and decided to try some 50's. Ended up with a collapsible 'cron for everyday use 9love it for its size)and a new-style Summilux for when I need people's eyes to sparkle in the candle light. The sliding hood drives me nuts, so a nice metal job is always sticking out of the front. The 70 cm close limit and fast rack are really big for me. The curved field means no landscape shooting. Haven't shot color with either one... Bob Palmieri