Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: 24/35/50/75/110
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:04:19 -0800

>Guy, to paraphrase you just a little bit...


A little bit! The below is unabashed 24mm HERESY!!!

Guy!


>And frankly, faced with choosing  a 28 Summicron or a 24 Elmarit, I would
>choose the 28 without a moment's hesitation. Here's why kids...
>
>- the 28 just don't seem wide!
>Yes, it distorts less!  The lens doesn't even call attention to itself.
>It just takes the pictures and lets your subjects speak for themselves,
>with just a bit of extra breathing room.  In this world of stretched,
>distorted, exaggerated perspectives fostered by a million PJs in
>Afghanistan with with their 17-35 zooms, it's a breath of fresh air.  A
>glass of clear, cool water.  A simple window through which the world is
>viewed.  Makes you want to sit down and say "thanks".
>
>- the 28 distorts less!
>A 28 lets you get reasonable sized subjects in your frame without having
>to push up within a foot of their noses.  It gives people in your pictures
>a fighting chance of looking like people, not caricatures with eggheads
>and teeny weeny feet.  But if you *want* distortion, a 28 will still give
>it to you in spades - just push up close, stop her down, and let 'er rip.
>You want keystoned buildings?  Squat down, tilt up that camera and presto!
>
>Why drink electric koolaid when the gods made Chateau Petrus?  Have a bit
>of class!  Excess is for teenagers (and post-pubescent PJs with their
>17-35's).
>
>Gonna run home right now and shoot with that new 28!!!
>
>:-)
>Paul