Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been toting a 25 and a 21. I'll give them a shot on the next trip. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of bruce Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 4:11 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] New For Leica Lens, From Another Leica Forum Jeffrey, for what you are doing at the moment, and if you have one, it might be good to get in close and wield a 21mm. B. On 23-feb-2006, at 22:59, Jeffery Smith wrote: > When the Pentax 43mm "normal" lens came out, the scuttlebutt at the > time was > that 40-ish was what a "normal" lens would be, i.e., the lens that > most > closely approximates what the eye would see. That said, I wonder > why there > are so few of them. I have most of them, I think... > > 40/2 Summicron (Minolta) > 43/1.9 Pentax > 40/2.8 Sonnar > 40/1.4 Nokton > > It is a comfortable focal length. I have been shooting mostly 28mm > lately, > but keep a 50 on a second camera with me. When I switch back to the > 50, I > feel like I'm using a telephoto. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Ric > Carter > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:08 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] New For Leica Lens, From Another Leica Forum > > > Isn't normal considered to be the diagonal of the film format? I > think I learned that somewhere along the line. That would make normal > for 35mm just a hair over 43.3 mm. Maybe that number being about > halfway between 35 and 50 would explain why average view is so hard > for us to nail down--for some it's 35 and for others 50. > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies > > > On Feb 23, 2006, at 3:44 PM, bruce wrote: > >> ................. in keeping with the years? >> >> B. >> >> On 23-feb-2006, at 21:33, GREG LORENZO wrote: >> >>> bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl> writes: >>> >>>> Why do they always have to make 50mm lenses .................. >>>> as if >>>> they are the most important? Why not a 10mm, with a good viewfi >>>> ............ you don't need that ............... just use your eyes >>>> ........... point and shoot. >>>> >>>> B. >>>> >>> >>> 50mm on most 35mm camera systems is considered normal. So lots of >>> good existing lens designs around. Images created with a 35mm >>> focal lenght lens 40 years ago were called wide angle shots. >>> >>> Lately 40mm seems to be more the norm. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information