On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Bill D. Casselberry wrote:
> Chris writes, w/ unabashed pseudo-arrogance ...
Hey, I resent that! I'm the genuine arrogant article, through and
through. :)
> > Um... not personally, but I think Bill C. might be persuaded to lend out
> > his Amazing 20mm Barking Takumar. :) It might be a service to humanity
> > if that thing were put out of its--and his--misery.
>
> Here, Here! We'll have none of this BowWowBashing!
> 'tis a marvelous optic, the 20mm f4.5 BowWowTakumar
> - a "poor man's panoramic adaptor" of great utility
Aw, Bill, you know I'm just yanking your (lens's) chain. :) I guess I'm
barking up the wrong tree, so I'll go sit in the doghouse (and play with
your lens). :) In all seriousness, I'd love to play with the
20/4.5. The shots that I've seen from it on your web page look quite
impressive.
> > Ok, now I'm in for it. It's a good thing I just got that 35/2
> > Super-Tak so I can kick his lens's butt if I have to.
> > ... the 35/2 is no lightweight! :)
>
> ... not at a 84 degree diagonal field of view, it won't ;^)
> and besides, it shows the world as it truly is, sans alterations
> from the eye-brain/historical conditioning resulting from years
> of viewing pictorialist representations of our world around us ;^)
If you see the world from a 20mm perspective, there obviously haven't been
many cute things in the foreground for you to look at, have
there? ;) Me, I see the world with a wee bit more telephoto, and
sometimes as a macro lens.
:)
chris
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