Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reason, IMHO, why pros use WA zooms started off so that in crowded situations they could stand in front of everybody else and still get everything in. Now everybody has them its all elbows and poking again. I quite agree that most pro pix tend to be very long or very short. Long for paparazzi and sports, shorts to try to make sure you can get all the subject in without another bystander or photographer in front of you. I notice this at weddings. I don't think art has anything to do with it. My favourite FL is around 75 to 90 mm it seems to match perfectly how I see the world, but it is not much use crowded situations. But Ted is, as usual, right, you just stick the lens on the camera which matches the requirements and in todays crowded world that is often a WA. Frank On 3 Jan, 2010, at 00:04, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Getting right up someone's nostrils with a 12mm lens can be fun and >> dramatic from time to time, but is probably ultimately a gimmick. >> >> -Jeff > > > A thing one might do this being it this time of the year is look at one of > those 2009 retrospectives done by every newspaper and magazine and notice > how many of them were shot with ultrawides. And imagine yourself there > with your 50 getting a shot; sending that in, and winning first prize like > these guys did in effect. > Here's 87 best pix from 2009 from the NYTimes. > > Looks to me like half of them were shot with ultrawides. > The other half with something between a 180 and 300. > Not much in between > > http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2009-year-in-pictures/ > > I read an article saying that lots of top pros by telephoto zooms. > Wide or ultra wide zooms. > And don't even bother even buying the normal zoom. > This certainly illustrates that. > > But I'm sure Larry is right its just a temporary mind distortion and > they'll > get over it in a few years. > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information