Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pentax was also the company who finally came out with a 43mm lens a premium one and with a Leica mount. But at one point I read that the diagonal rule for normal is a bit arbitrary. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:25:07 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New S lens > > 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/leic >>>>> a-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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> Henning Wulff >> henningw at archiphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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