Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Voightlander 15mm
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:11:06 -0700 (PDT)

I was like you at first, drawn by the urge to
experiment with a super-wide. But that play-factor on
a new-toy syndrome faded out in a hurry after using
it. It's way too wide for landscape photography, too
distorted for interior, too much of everything. Apart
from all that, its a quality lens.

- --- Erik van der Meulen <e.van.der.meulen@avondel.com>
wrote:
> Dear group -
> 
> Some kind soul (they all seem kind in the Leica
> community ;-)) has
> offered to have me take his Voightlander 15mm lens
> along on my holiday
> next week. This seems a wonderful opportunity to do
> some experimenting
> for I have never done any work with this type of
> wide angle lens.  I am
> interested in tips and tricks regarding the do's and
> dont's in the use
> of this particular (type) of lens. It seems nice for
> landscape
> photography, but it also seems fairly exotic to
> me...
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts!
> 
> --
>   Erik van der Meulen <e.van.der.meulen@avondel.com>
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