Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: >.... My preference of lens to represent the view "as I see it" needs a 85/90mm lens. A 35 is on the limit for me as a maximum wide angle >for observational pictures. OTOH one can get really good visual effects with wider, it is just that the resulting picture bears no resemblance >to what I see naturally, for me. >... >... ========================================================================================================= I was happy to read this. I thought I might be the only one anywhere who likes 85-90mm best, with 50mm as second choice, which makes my Fuji X-E2 (APS-C) so good for me. I can use my old 50mm lenses as fast 85's, but in a small size. With adapters, I can use a Summicron collapsible, a DR that I put into a rigid mount, a Canon f/1.2 LTM, a Zuiko f/1.4, a 1968 Nikkor f/1.4, and a Super-Takumar f/1.4. The 35mm f/2 Summicron that I didn't use much on my M's now works like a 50mm. For a light outfit to use outdoors, I liked my 90 Elmar on the IIIf, but always wished I could've afforded a IIIg so that I could have focused and composed without having had to use the bright line VF on top. I was always worried it would get knocked off, too. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt