Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Need Lens advice, please help!
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:19:09 -0800

D Khong wrote:
> 
> >Either 50 or 35.  I will be doing mostly street shooting, and entirely
> >in B&W.  I would like to take advantage of the increased DOF of a wide
> >angle lens, but then again, this will be my first lens(and only lens,
> >until my next bonus) so I suspect a 50 would be more practical.
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I started out with the 50 Sumicron five years ago, got the 90 a few
years later to commit the camera moreso to my studio work and the 35
Sumicron ASPH six months ago to commit it moreso to the street as well.
If I had to do it again I would not change a thing but make it happen
quicker. I had the 50 alone on my camara today everywhere I went. It is
lighter and easier to see with glasses on then the 35. It is also a
fifty: between telephoto and wide. You are only so much out of luck.
If my 35 was the earlier version I would have it on my camera more often
it think being much smaller and lighter.
It's easier to "get it" with a 35, its all in focus and you get a
perspective and depth effect but more rewarding with a 50 where you get
a flattering(pun) formality. This is certainly a personal opinion.
Mark Rabiner