Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/10

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica] M8 lens dilemma
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sun Sep 10 18:32:57 2006

If shooting at 800 and 1600 eliminates the need for fast glass, why have so
many of us invested so much in fast glass over the years, given that we
routinely shoot at 800 and 1600?


On 9/10/06 9:02 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:

> Leica faces an interestin conundrum.  If they bite the bullet and make
> lenses for cropped sensors they will relcaim the small camera/high
> performance position they held in the thirties and beyond.  However,
> thousands of Leicanistas will shriek in rage at being betrayed.  So, in all
> probablity no F1.4 26mm lens or for that matter no 21mm f2 lens.
> 
> On the bright side, the ability to shoot at 800 to 1600 ameliorates the 
> need
> for fast lenses as far as capturing the image but we still have issues with
> limiting DOF intentionally.  On the down side, I am going to have to bite
> the bullet and acquire a 35 F1.4 as the 50mm perspective is the one I use
> most.  Possibly the C/V 40mm F1.4 with the crop the edges won't matter.
> 
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
> 
> 
> On 9/10/06, Aram Langhans <dnaplasmid@compwrx.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 35!    32!  37!   What's a few millimeters among friends???
>> Aram
>> 
>>> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:04:45 -0400
>>> From: Stan Yoder <vze2myh5@verizon.net>
>>> Subject: [Leica] M8 lens dilemma
>>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>>> Message-ID: <45047DED.7050007@verizon.net>
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>>> 
>>> So what are yunz (Pittsburghese for 'you-all') planning to do for the
>>> equivalent of a 35 on a film M?
>>> 
>>> The 24 Elmarit-ASPH becomes a 32, and a 28 becomes a 37.
>>> 
>>> Stan Yoder
>>> The Burgh
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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