Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] When in doubt ask photographer
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (amr3@uwm.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 15 10:27:21 2008
References: <200801150115.m0F1Dwaj031082@server1.waverley.reid.org>

Quoting Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>

> > Walt,
> >
> >>> I saw a lot of wide-angle obsessive compulsives in the 70's.<<
> >
> > Count me in to that group. And I never grew out of it. I hate digital
> > because the crop factor feels like it's constricting my field of view.
> >
> > DaveR
> >
> About the most popular lens with Canon users is their 10-22mm and Nikon the
> 12-24.
> f 12mm and be there!
> I now feel like I need something wider than the 21 for when I shoot film
> with the  Leica M.
> It will be the 12mm from Cosina with the Voigtl?nder brand name on it.
>
> http://www.nikonusa.com/fileuploads/pdfs/awards_pdfs/12-24_awards.pdf
> Mark William Rabiner
> markrabiner.com
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I'm obsessive-compulsive in the other direction.  For the kind of personal
pictures I like to take, [on film] 50mm is my wide, 35mm seems like a super
wide, and my eye likes 90mm best.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu
Department Phone: 414 229-4282
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/



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