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From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: 85mm vs 77mm, and 43mm
> Isaac Crawford wrote:
> Personally, I would much
> > prefer not to have to deal with equipment at all. But until that mind
> > projection thing I keep trying starts to work I guess I'll be stuck with
> > this stuff...:-)
>
> Which just goes to show that we're all different. For me, the machinery
> is part of the fun. I love a camera that has the solid feel of fine
> workmanship and good materials. I enjoy the precision of good glass,
> even if it's level of performance takes it beyond that which the eye can
> appreciate. To me, the machinery that accomlishes it is a joy to own and
> use.
> Paul
Wow, we really are different... Am I the only one that considers photo
equipment an expensive PITA? I won't say that I don't have fun using good
equipment, but I will use whatever I need to to get the image I want. I've
always assumed that that meant very good/expensive lenses, although I'm
finding some very useful cheap lenses...
My latest finds are some Russian lenses in Leica screw mount. I picked
up a 50mm f1.5 and a 35mm f2.8 (a biogon!) for less than $150 combined. The
35mm lens in particular is a sweetie. These lenses are made of aluminum,
have inconsistant focus resistance, and generally feel terrible, but they
produce some wonderful results, especially for people pictures. With grad
school looming in my future, I've thought quite a bit about making them my
only 35mm lenses and selling off my more valuable lenses for better
purposes. I still might, especially if my lack of shooting continues:-( I'm
becoming more and more convinced that the style of 35mm shooting I'm falling
into relies less and less on optical "quality" and more on content. I save
my detail fetish for large format...:-)
Isaac
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