Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the main reasons for this lens purchase is to get that foot of extra focussing distance -- I have a 21 that will focus to within 20 inches, and I use that a lot -- talk about cut off heads -- but the closeness gives an exciting immediacy to the results, even if my wrist can't frame quite as well as my eye. I am toying with the idea of getting a late Summicron 50, too, since the 40 was so (ha) cheap, but i think i'll use the 40 for a while first. i found on a recent trip to Montreal that I used the 35 almost all the time (I took only the 35 and 50). so we'll see. I am not Ralph Gibson. bill h ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Further adventures of a lens abuser > You'll probably get by without it. I could to if I wouldn't take so many > shots at minimum focus and forget to adjust a bit for parallax. That's > really the only time I get chopped off heads; at close focus. You don't > have to be a genius to figure out you'll get that, don't ask me why I > didn't compensate ... :-( > > Daniel > > bill harting wrote: >> Goodness, that's almost half what I paid for the lens. I will do a bit of >> frame-testing this weekend. >> >> bill h >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" >> <daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Further adventures of a lens abuser >> >> >>> >>> >>> bill harting wrote: >>> >>>> (and, Daniel, a 40 Summicron is on its way to my house to see if it >>>> will work for me -- it was you and mark who made that seem like it >>>> might) >>>> >>>> bill h >>> >>> >>> Bill, I'm seriously considering the 40mm viewfinder from >>> Voightl?nder/Cosina $128 from http://www.cameraquest.com/inventor.htm >>> >>> I got too many chopped heads by just using the M3 viewfinder. I love the >>> lens though. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information