Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you are 1M (39 inches) away from your subject at the film plane, you are standing in their personal space. If you move to 2 feet away, your lens is about 18 inches from their face. Isn't that a bit close for portraiture? Note: the new incarnation of the 90 Macro Elmar (with the close focus attachment) focuses to 0.5M. Technically, there is a solution. I always wonder when I hear this..... Closer = I am in a physical space that requires me to be close? Closer = I want to intimidate ( or use other word) to change or influence the person's attitude and therefore their facial expression? Closer = I like the imaging qualities of a particular lens, and that lens only focuses to x feet? Do you need to work closer or have a more cropped image of your subject? Is it possible you are using the wrong focal length to get the image you desire? ( 75 instead of a 90 or 135?) Why don't you crop the desired image from the "negative"? Why is there a "need" to get closer? Please explain... Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net None of the Leica 90s focus closer than 1m - I need to work closer than that. It's not about reproduction ratio, it'sabout getting close. Marty