Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely - if a bit scary! - portrait...:-)...Love that Pentax...:-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rafael Alday Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:17 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] 1.25 magnifier with 135mm lens Hi B.D. I am not a profesional. So I don't have to suffer the pain to carry with 4 cameras. I complete agree with you. The best lens (IMO) for close portrait (I like) is 85 or 90 lens and 135 is perhaps a little bit long but some shots can be nice (IMO). Please see: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=947653&size=lg OOPS! This picture was done with a SLR Spotmatic II 135 mm lens (humor please). Rafael - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:43 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] 1.25 magnifier with 135mm lens > Well, Rafael, it has nothing to do with senses of humor...I don't own > a 400, and I haven't owned a 200 for years...although I do have a 180 > 2.8 that I use a few times a year...By the same token, I don't own a > 135 and only did own one once in my life - I find it to be a weirdly > in-between focal length, a not-quite-useful telephoto that's too long > to not be a telephoto. > > My point had nothing to do with long lenses per se. Rather it had to > do with the fact that when I shoot with a lens that's longer than > "normal" I want to see the view through the lens...I want to see > precisely how the subject is being magnified. So I use 21-28-35- and > 50 on Ms, and a 60 and 85 on my Nikons... > > And, yes, when I am working I carry four or five cameras, but when I > am just walking around, I rarely take a Nikon or the 90 for the M, > because in most cases, if I can't shoot it with the 28 or 35, it's > usually not something I really want to shoot. ;-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rafael > Alday > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:26 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1.25 magnifier with 135mm lens > > > Oh! B.D. ... Not a very good humor sense there. > Ok. I am talking about my preferences. I don´t like pictures from 200 > or 400mm lenses for general purpose (not wild, sports or so). They > seem to me flat. Just my preferences. You can do what you want. > > Rafael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:06 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] 1.25 magnifier with 135mm lens > > > > Are we disusing your back, or what makes more sense > > photographically? How did we get from the question of whether a 135 > > belongs on an M, to having to carry four cameras around?;-) > > > > B. D. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rafael > > Alday > > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:58 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1.25 magnifier with 135mm lens > > > > > > I completely disagree with those who think that 90 or 135mm are for > > SLR. I don't use lenses longer than 135. So, in an small bag, I > > carry 2 bodies (B&W and Color) and 21, 35, 50, 90 (and I hope a > > 135mm in the future). Yes, I could carry 4 bodies... 2 RF (B&W and > > color films) > > > with 21, 35 and 50 lenses and 2 SLR (B&W and color films) with > > 90,135,200 and 400 lenses. Sorry but my back does not permit that, > > Rafael > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 8:29 PM > > Subject: RE: [Leica] 1.25 magnifier with 135mm lens > > > > > > > > when I shoot with a > > > > longer lens, I want the view through the lens. In fact, I prefer > > > > the > > > > > > reflex for pretty much anything over 50mm, and see the Leica 90s > > > > as fall backs for when I need near silence when shooting. > > > > > > > > But I am well aware that mine very much a minority opinion - on > > > > this > > > > > > list ;-) > > > > > > Nope. I'm exactly the same way. I have a 90mm Summicron that stays > > > home _all_ the time. I walked by a shop and saw a nice > > > Tele-Elmarit and considered picking it up, but realized I use the > > > nice Nikkor 85/2.0 when I need that kind of thing anyway ... so I > > > bought the M2 instead. I hate changing lenses so now with a M4 and > > > M2 (the M3 is just too much of a pain to use since it got "fixed", > > > so it is > > > retired) > > > > > 35 and 50, I'm happy ... with the F3 for 85/135/200 ... and for > > > those moments I need god's gift to photographers (AE) ... quite > > > often, actually. > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Copa del Mundo de la FIFA 2002 > > El único lugar de Internet con vídeos de los 64 partidos. ¡Apúntante > > ya! en http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/es/ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > _______________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! 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