Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] New S lens
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:25:07 -0500
References: <D5158324-A3BD-4972-B273-3CC5D9BE75DA@me.com><CACF8C34.16071%mark@rabinergroup.com><CABmfTOVwOAcWUQsEgfwe4Hb0Kk=UzQiVfhJBqEeujv-_BkD7mA@mail.gmail.com> <09BA3AC7-DC18-42F6-8565-7F3A30EC5ED9@archiphoto.com>

Yep, I have a 55/1.8 Takumar that was a standard for the Spotmatic of the 
60s.  This just happens to be one of the better kit lenses of its day.  To 
simulate it for my Oly 4/3 bodies, I bought a 28mm Elmarit-R (56mm 
equivalent), which is a little difficult to focus, but works great outdoors 
in hyperfocal mode.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw at archiphoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] New S lens


> Well, 55mm and 57mm lenses used to be called and sold as 'normal' lenses 
> for 35mm SLR's in the 60's. The S2's 70 is right in line with those.
>
> 'Normal' is about as rigidly defined as a 'glass' of beer, except with 
> beer you mostly get less than anticipated and with lenses you usually get 
> more (focal length) than anticipated.
>
> Henning
>
>
>
>
> On 2011-10-27, at 7:45 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>
>> It has an  84?, 74?, 53? (diagonal, horizontal, vertical) angle of
>> view, the same as a 24 mm lens on a 24x36mm frame.
>>
>> The roadmapped but unannounced 24/2.8 for the S2 will be very 
>> interesting.
>>
>> I agree that the 70 is far from normal.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Normal for the S2 format by the way is 54mm's.
>>> Leica is calling their "normal' a 70 which makes you think the sensor is
>>> that big; it ain't.
>>> You cant blame them for  NOT coming out with a 55mm lens and calling it 
>>> a
>>> normal nobody would think it was medium format. Yet it really is.
>>> The problem is what we think a 35mm full frame or film is is not.
>>> Its not 50. Its really 43.
>>> And 55 really is a full jump up from 43.
>>> But 55 from 50 is negligible.
>>>
>>> I just say that because 30 is way wider than a 70. Which makes you think 
>>> its
>>> super wide.
>>> But 30 is so than from a 55.
>>> Perhaps someone can do a comparative angle of view to see how that 
>>> compares
>>> to what we are familiar with in 35mm photography.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mark R.
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:27:40 +0100
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: [Leica] New S lens
>>>>
>>>> This has just been posted on the BJP site:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2120595/leica-un
>>>> veils-30mm-lens-syte
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>>
>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office)
>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile)
>>>> Web: www.gwpics.com
>>>> Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com
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