Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Jeff, it's like this. When you've shot lenses of a certain length for
a long time you walk around seeing the frame they catch, aligned with the
camera you're holding in your hand. I know what a 28 is going to pull in on
a 24x36 frame, even if I'm holding it at arms length or cradling it in my
elbow. Re-formatting means buying new lenses, and fitting them to a form of
perception that takes place a somatic level. I guess you wouldn't get it if
you haven't been there.
I spent the day today shooting an LX3 for the first time. The wide-tele
adjusts on an unindexed scale. I'd gone over wide in every shot and have had
to crop viciously, and pay for it with increased noise. I frame according to
a hard learned sense of where the camera is pointed, not by LCD and only
rarely by viewfinder. Until I figure out what point on the scale corresponds
to a 28, my distances are entirely screwed. When you're shooting street
that's a killer.
> We need to get away from this 135-centered cultural
> imperialism --
> that's the sort of silliness which causes people to use
> the phrase "full
> format" and assume that a camera like the M8 whose
> sensor isn't that
> particular arbitrary historical size is somehow lacking
> because of it.
>
> -Jeff M
>
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