Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I'm using not a wide and I'm shooting stuff which is wider than my lens I shoot a number of shots over the area left to right with the idea of merging them probably later. So in effect I'm getting a swing lens pan though its a stitch. So its getting wide without making things look far away. Like what you get in with a swing lens. Its may way of thinking outside the box as I'm making my own multi box. On 9/22/16 3:10 PM, "Henning J. Wulff" <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with that, Mark. But I would also add that circumstances and what > you > see/are looking at changes your personal 'angle of view' significantly. > When > I'm shooting wildlife or something else that is generally small and at a > distance, due to my concentration I see more 'long focus' at that point > with > 200-400mm being a likely range. Similarly, when I'm shooting architecture, > my > eyes scan a lot and my concentration on that make an 'angle of view' are > definitely a lot wider, especially with interiors. In fact, one of the > cameras > I used to really like a lot because it 'saw' what I saw was the Noblex > series, > with a 24/28mm equivalent vertical and 130? horizontal view without the 3d > to > 2d distortion in the extreme corners. Then again, when I'm just walking > down > the street, 35mm matches my main area of concentration while 85-105mm > matches > my focus when I'm talking to people one on one. That's what makes that a > good > portrait lens, in conjunction with the ability to get rid of distractions > when > using appropriate apertures. 50mm works with a small (2 or 3) group of > people > or concentrating on a specific event on the street. > > Henning Wulff > hjwulff at gmail.com > > > > > On 2016-09-21, at 3:03 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> Its just that the unaided eye does not really have a frame it looks >> through. >> Its sees the whole room but is only concentrated on a small object in it. >> Its a tele mounted in a super wide. >> So its darned hard to impossible to state what the angle of the unaided >> eye >> is. Its a sharp 180mm in a bokeh infused 12mm. I don't think we can round >> these two numbers off and come up with something. As I understand it some >> people use their peripheral vision differently. >> >> >> On 9/21/16 4:58 PM, "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I believe that Bill C. is correct. It's relative to what you see with >>> your >>> unaided eye. >>> >>> >>> -Lew Schwartz >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The normal camera lens now if you want to define normal as "most used by >>>> the >>>> most photogs most often for most stuff" is the wide angle zoom. Which >>>> has >>>> come to be the 18 to 35 zoom. This for photojournalists as well as >>>> commercial photogs and probably fine art dudes too. It started out >>>> being a >>>> 20 to 35. But time flew. >>>> I had a 12-24 for my cropped Nikons which translates to that. >>>> Not sure if I'm going to get a 20mm 1.8 to go with my new 35 1.8 and 50 >>>> 1.8 >>>> and do some quick back and forth running or go with the zoom. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> Photographer >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/