Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Um,.... DON'T put people on the edges. Take a look at Jeanloup Sieff's portraits and drop your jaws. Or Eugene Richards. Almost all my pictures posted recently are 21mm (not that I can carry Eugene Richards' shoes of course). Or trade it in for a 24mm Summilux. It may be easier to handle. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Neil Beddoe <neilbeddoe at googlemail.com>wrote: > I got a 21mm Summilux yesterday (sorry Rabs, I've got more money than > sense). It's a while since I've used anything shorter than 24 mm and I've > forgotten how damned difficult it is to use very wide angle lenses. People > keep getting stretched heads at the corners of the frame and annoying > things > like cars and bits of rubbish keep getting into my pictures. > > This is the only half decent picture I've taken so far and even this one > would have worked just as well with a 50mm from further away. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/nbeddoe/londonlife/cleaningup.jpg.html > > Oh well, I'll keep trying. > > Neil > > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]