Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pretty close, B.D., but we're speaking of the 24mm, actually, and 24mm x 1.33 is 32mm. On my M3, the lens I go out of the house with most often is a 35. But at identical f/ratios, with images printed at the same scale, I think that prints would appear identical, with the same DOF, for different lenses of different FLs as long as the photographer is in the same position for each exposure. Not so? --howard On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:26 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Of course that means you're using it as a 36 - with the depth of > field and > perspective of a 28. ;-) > > > On 1/20/08 12:15 PM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter@bex.net> wrote: > >> Ditto. it *IS* my standard lens on the M8, bought with and for that >> camera. >> >> --howard >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote: >> >>> The M24mm Elmarit is a phenomenal lens. One of my standard lenses on >>> the M8. >>> Colour and detail are fantastic. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> On 20/1/08 14:05, "bd@bdcolenphoto.com" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I should add, Luis, that I never used the M 24 - a 24 was always >>>> part of my >>>> SLR kit. 21 was my M wide. I came to think of the 28 as an almost- >>>> normal, a >>>> lens which, if used carefully, produced distortion free images, but >>>> which >>>> could be used to induce intentional distortion. And the Summicron >>>> is virtually >>>> flare-free. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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