Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had seen your preference for 85/90 before Alan, and I was happy to read that! Doesn?t seem to be a common way of looking, but that is the way it is for me too. cheers, Frank D. > On 22 Sep 2016, at 19:35, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> > wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information