Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slobodan Dimitrov sed: > Me too! Why anyone needs a long telephoto in a P&S is beyond me. I've seen, and i'm sure we all have, a cluster of people at * the zoo * a wedding * a bar fight * a barmitzva Standing a comfortable 10 feet back from the action holding a p&s up about to fill 1/16th of the frame with two tiny little figures performing some action or other. I think it has more to do with a cultural sense of personal space rather than laziness. We've probably all been to some music show at a bar or a coffee shoppe where everybody's standing 10 feet back from the stage because, well, to get closer would mean _you weren't cool_ -- I don't now what it is, but there seems to be a universal understanding of this radius. the ability of your p&s to leap this barricade for you is no doubt important and I wouldn't be suprised if camera manufacturers have employed sociologists to map this out. I know I battle it myself when taking freaking news photos for publication -- thinking "oh, I cant get in front of these people here to get a shot, I need to stand back this far" -- which is something you need to tell yourself is silly and charge ahead. But that's the difference between a photojournalist and a tourist. The long throw on a P&S is probably a big selling factor. Personally, I'd love a 28-50 f 2.8 with nice high iso performance..... kc