[Leica] a modest contribution to the best way to beat eBay

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

You seem to be blurring between taking the shots I like (me) and fulfilling 
a brief (you), I do not have to produce any results so can do whatever I 
want ;-)

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I like using a 60mm too its on my camera now and has been for a week. Last
> week I posted some of the results.
> But for all around use you can back up and hit a wall. Or go over a cliff.
> I'd love to have the 35 or 28 or wider in the bag with me if I'm out and
> somebody expects me to come home with the shot and I'm not sure what I'll
> be getting myself into when I'm doing the thing.
> 
> I drop my featherweight and compact and cheap and sharp 50mm 1.8 in the
> bottom of my bag for reach. Its my long lens with some grabbing power as I
> and most people do to be spending most of the time out shooting with a
> wide or wide zoom.
> Hell by far the most popular lens now with Pj's and street shooters are not
> wide zooms but ultra wide zooms. I think for a reason. They just get the 
> shot.
>  A 14-24 or a 16-35.
> 
> That does not mean you cant decide that a 50 is the most "useful" lens "for
> you". I'd just not shoot myself in the foot.
> Keep the 35. Its not a bad thing to have in some closet somewhere.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/18/13 3:45 AM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I like the formalist approach; few have the skill and talent to do it,
> > and I use standard lenses (50 on my Leicas, 80mm on my Hasselblad) for
> > a great deal of my work.
> 
>