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From: "Anthony Farr"
Subject: RE: Resisting the Temptation of Wide-Angle (was - Panasonic
G1...example photo @ ISO 1000)
I'm not claiming that wide-angle shots are inferior. Some shots can only
be
made with a wide lens and many photographers are skilled and expressive
with
them. My own experience is that my photographs are better when I use the
longest lens that will suffice. Sometimes that will still be a wide lens,
but in future I'll resist the temptation to pursue a wide view for its own
sake.
In my professional years I found that a wide lens was handy for getting
into
the front rank of a media event and still being able to frame the shot.
In
a crowded room I could grab a reasonably large group from only a metre or
two away with my venerable M 24~35 (shooting film). Landscapes and
industrial scenes often needed my widest lens (15mm at work, 17mm in my
personal kit)to encompass the client's brief.
My current taste is for a tighter view. If possible I'll back up as much
as
I'm able and shoot as long as I can. I simply prefer the aesthetics of
the
longer lens.... for now.
I find for myself, that if I am doing a paid shoot, I, of course, grab
whichever lens is required, and often that is a very wide angle, but if I am
pleasure shooting, I tend towards standard to short telephoto more than
anything else.
One of the things I like about digital is that the plethora of slightly wide
angle focal lengths from my 35mm film days have now become standards to
short telephotos.
When I was shooting 35mm, I always wanted a 60mm lens.
William Robb
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