Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/18

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Subject: [Leica] #395
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Nov 18 06:26:08 2005
References: <200511172259.jAHMtpdV006135@server1.waverley.reid.org> <437DE31B.8090909@telefonica.net>

Outstanding use even.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 18-nov-05, om 15:20 heeft F?lix L?pez de Maturana het volgende  
geschreven:

>> Beautiful interior! Everything is correct vertically and  
>> horizontally illustrating the talent of a photographer who knows  
>> how and when to make use of a super wide lens.
>>
>> It doesn't get any better than this for wide angle use. The 15mm  
>> is one of my favourite lenses for shooting interiors and travel  
>> photography.
>>
>> There isn't any distortion because of a super wide lens like  
>> this.... "when the camera and lens are correctly used!" I suppose  
>> one might say, "well there's distortion because the angle is so  
>> wide."  Of course that's nonsense, as long as the camera and lens  
>> are perfectly correct, all the lens does is give one a different  
>> point of view and seeing.
>>
>> Distortion occurs because the photographer doesn't hold or mount  
>> the camera correctly. That's one of the reasons I have a small  
>> level in my camera bag to put on top of the camera , usually the  
>> hot shoe to make sure the camera is right on the mark straight.
>
>
> But a extreme wide can be used, I often did, in a more creative way  
> without tripod or bubble levels. Let me show you a picture -14mm  
> with film camera- of the Saint Peter in the Vatican where the  
> "baldaquino" or baldachin, the big cover  made with brass by  
> Brunelleschi -if my memory is OK-, and the huge dome behind. Hand  
> held of course, I sincerely believe this is another architectural  
> use of extreme wides.
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3878057
>
> Regards.
>
> Felix
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from FELIXMATURANA at telefonica.net (Félix López de Maturana) ([Leica] #395)