Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Rei I'm glad somebody agrees with me around here. 35 is a humane normal focal length. A kinder gentler 50. By the way I checked on Dwarves and they don't exist except in Fairy tales. It thought they were a way of being a very small real kinda person. But no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf They are German Into metallurgy Differ from Elves. Oh And also are Norse many of them. Though not "real". Mark William Rabiner > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:28:04 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] VoigVoigtlander 28mm Question > > much as i hate to admit it, i've been exclusively m8 since i got > it, the black-paint MP, and the m6 classic 0.85 are laying > the their respective lowepro pockets. > > that being said, on the M8, a 28 is about 35, a 35 is about 50, and a > 21 is about 28. so the voigtlander 28 on the m8 is about a 35mm. > > -rei > > > On Mar30 02:07, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> When shooting an event if my 35 went out leaving me only with a 28 I'd >> just >> go home. >> People just don't appreatate being turned into little midgets with a 28 >> They ask for their money back >> But a 35 you get a break and you can do it. >> >> The 35 with a Hassy or 6x6 is a 60 >> A 28 is a 50 >> Nominally not exactly. >> >> You get a ton more mileage out of a 60. >> >> On a 35mm camera I call a 35 the "bring home the shot" lens. >> You can do most things with just that one lens and leave all your other >> glass at home. >> A 28 is an extreme effect. >> Less so with a Leica M lens which seems much more well corrected for >> distortion than the run of the mill glass for the mass. >> If you shoot people it has to be from the waist up or they are made into >> dwarves. Dwarves are very nice people too of course. They don't want to be >> made to look much smaller than they really are either. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >>> From: Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:22:01 -0700 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] VoigVoigtlander 28mm Question >>> >>> I'm glad you put that lens onto good use. I could never get used to it. I >>> guess one problem is when you have the 35/1.4 ASPH, the 28/1.9 is a bit >>> close in terms of FOV... >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> nothing in particular, just adding a few data points via images for the >>>> benefit of the original questioner regarding this lens in casual use. i >>>> pretty much concur with your opinion, but for $300 i am not complaining! >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >>> // w: http://www.rfman.com >>> // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information