Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/19

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Subject: [Leica] Is 35 the Current 50?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:27:47 -0500

You shoot a crowd of people with a 28 you turn them all into a bunch of
midgets. Some people don't take to this especially people who are not real
tall to begin with. . I had a client get irate about that once. I've had
very few irate clients. But he was right. After that if I used a 28 in a
crowd I'd not get the people from head to foot only the top half of them.
Waste up. If your using Leica not Nikon optics the heads at the edges are
less watermelon like.

On 1/19/13 5:19 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:

> I have read that often over the last couple of decades, but personally I 
> find
> 28 too wide to be of use unless in -very- crowded situations, which I avoid
> due to claustrophobia.. I bought one, but it pretty well never gets used.
> Should sell it I suppose...
> I find the 50 most useful, and I like the 75-90 range best (by a long way)
> FD
> On 19 Jan, 2013, at 02:09, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> For many people, 28mm has been the standard wide for awhile. Just a tad
>> more than the 35mm, but more useful on the street, without the "immersive"
>> of 24 or 21.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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