Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/07
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I had considered selling my 28mm CV Ultron, but I think I'll keep it.
It's probably not worth that much and I've learned my lesson having had
to buy a second 15mm CV after having sold the first one for next to nothing.
"Redundancy fights for you. It makes you less afraid" - has an
interesting ring to it given the state of the job market at the moment...
All the best.
Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK
Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
(2008)
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
Mark Rabiner wrote:
> One reason a 24 is not too close to a 28 is that in my opinion:
>
> A 24 is not too close to a 24.
>
> I have a handful of 28's;
> And ditto of 24's.
>
> - a certain department of redundancy department issues....
> What is going on here?
>
> 1. In the film days I'd have two cameras going one with black and white one
> with color or whatever and similar lenses on each cameras were needed.
>
> 2. one 28 might be a compact slow version while the other one might be a
> big
> clunky fast version I'm not likely to be carefully carrying around but only
> using when I really need it - where I wanted to isolate subjects or shoot
> hand held wide open; a low light lens.
>
> 3. in reality the reason why I have redundancy issues in glass often is
> I'll
> have an older version and then I'll get a newer version. AI to AF maybe in
> the Nikon system. C to CF in the Hassy system. They all come in handy.
> I've never been one to trade stuff in for nothing or just sell stuff ultra
> cheap when it can be and had all the while of great use to me.
> Backups are great.
> Don't put all your 24's on one pocket.
>
> You can have one with a red filter on it and one with a green filter on it.
> One on a body with IR film.
> One in the glove department of your jet.
>
> Its ok for things to be very close together in focal length as much as its
> ok for them to be 0 degrees apart.
>
> Redundancy fights for you.
> It makes you less afraid.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
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