You must have missed some posts. There were quite few messages between the time of your first message and you comment about the 35mm lens. Check the mail archive for the entire thread. Anyway, let us drop the subject.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 12/3/2004 3:07:25 PM > Subject: RE: Fast, Wide, and Small > > but my assertion you refer to below was made right after the original > post > not later, I never said that NO wide angle lenses could be made small > and fast. I stated that the 18-20mm lenses are not going to be small and > fast and especially if they were required to be any good wide open > which is what it sounds like you wanted to do with them. > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fast, Wide, and Small > > > That's correct ... but while the subject line remained the same, the > subject changed. And, if you read the other posts you'll know that > Olympus made a 21mm Zuiko 2.0 that used a 55mm filter. There are fast > and small w-i-d-e lenses, and even pentax made one (second paragraph in > my post that you quoted) although it was only a prototype. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 12/3/2004 2:37:07 PM > > Subject: RE: Fast, Wide, and Small > > > > 35mm isnt the focal length you were asking for. > > You mentioned 18-20mm in the original post. BIG DIFFERENCE. 35mm is so > > > unwide, its practically a normal on 24x36 format. jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:27 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Fast, Wide, and Small > > > > > > Overall, the lens with the greatest droolability quotient for me, > > right now, is the CV 35/1.2 for the Leica. You'll need to put a catch > > > basin below your monitor .... > > > > Another lens that I'd sell my car for is the prototype SMCP 20/1.4. > > Contrary to JCO's assertion that a wide lens can't be made fast and > > small, this one wasn't too big, and, iirc, was not any, or much, > larger > > than my K20/4.0. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > >24mm/1.4 .... interesting, but a wider lens will be needed for this > > > >project. I do like the idea of 24/1.4 though .... drool drool > drool > > > > > > Street shooter!! > > >
