Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/15

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Flea Market
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:05:59 +0000

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net>wrote:

>for street stuff, it works fine for me--35 has been my RF choice, though 
>the M8 screwed with it--i prefer the 35 on >fullframe

>usually use tri-elmar in street these days, but like the extra stop with 
>summicron--i keep it at 2.8 for a breath of >extra focus for faster action 
>and keep off the shutter speed ceiling

>the two stops extra when i move inside is nice

>it is one less thing to think about and using the foot zoom is close enough 
>to switching the focal length in speed

>ric

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Thanks for showing.


I must be weird. The appeal of the 35mm lens (on FF) eludes me. I always 
liked at least a 50 on my M3, and I still keep one on on my X-E2 most of the 
time, where it becomes a nice small 85.


Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
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"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt


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