Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures taken with SOOKY-M
From: "Martin V. Howard" <marho@ida.liu.se>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 15:39:36 +0200

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> A 50 is a 50 is a 50. You will get exactly the same picture at the same
> aperture at the same distance regardless of whether it's a rangefinder or
> an SLR. You just get more accurate framing with an SLR.

OK, I'll buy that.  But I would still like to see portraits taken with a
near-focusing 50mm, or hear from someone who has experience of this whether
the results are pleasant or not.


M.

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