Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/02

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Subject: [Leica] HCB & 50mm
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Tue May 2 14:10:54 2006
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I vaguely remember that I have once read a statement of HCB saying something 
like wide angle and tele lenses would not correspond to his natural way of 
seeing things - pictures shot with wide angles would "shout" at him, and 
teles would give a "voyeur" (peeper) kind of perspective. 

I guess he might have changed his mind when using a 75 Summilux or 40 Nokton!
:-) 
Didier




>The rules gave me the impression that he used it *exclusively*.
>
>>The rumors were that HCB's favorite lens was a 50mm.
>>Don







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