>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002
>From: "Brian Swale"
>Hi folks,
>
>.........
>
>But I must say I am puzzled about so many people preferring a wide angle
>as a standard lens. Even as wide as 21 or 24mm.
>
>................
>
>I tend to use the other end of the focal length scale.
>
>
>Brian
................................................................................
Me too. I only seem to use my OM gear for motorcycle rides these days, and
take along the 21 3.5, 50 1.8, 100 2.8, and 200 4 + a 135mm Leitz Elmar
that I reworked into a soft-focus lens and use via a short-mount and
T-adapter. But I almost always end up using only the 100 and the Elmar.
It must be four or five years since I've used the 21mm. I know my favorite
focal length is 85-90. I've got four disparate lenses in this range for my
Leicas. (I need and use ultra-wides at my job, but for personal work I
just don't like that look)
(I like to isolate the main subject; the 100 2.8 is hardly ever stopped
down past f/4.5)
Alan Magayne-Roshak
Senior Photographer
Visual Imaging
Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee
Information & Media Technologies
amr3@xxxxxxx
(414) 229-4282
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