My 50's are collecting dust. I always use 35mm primes on my LX or ESII Pentaxes. I read about using a 35mm as a normal lens and found that I really like it.
Jim A. > From: "Christopher Lillja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:11:21 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Why I like WA lenses... > > Hi Steven, > > Sorry for the delay and possible repetition of what others have said. I'm in > digest mode so it takes me a day or two... > > I got along for many years with just a fast 50mm. I had a longer zoom "to get > closer" for sports and stuff, but I hated the slowness and extra weight. > Having to zoom and focus always slowed me down. And I always needed more > light! Anyway, I never understood the WA thing either - they just seemed to > make everything "further away." I guess there's always some advantage to a > wider point of view, especially shooting groups in an enclosed place. But > that's kinda' specialized.... > > The cool thing to do with a wide angle is to get in close on some part of a > scene, like a person, or a cool detail - the W.A. will also capture the > environment that the person or cool detail sits in, and by stopping down, it > can all be in focus. It took me years to figure out that I needed a subject in > the close foreground to make a wide angle photo interesting to look at, > otherwise it's just a lot of stuff, very far away. > > I learn very slowly..... > > Conversely, the best thing about tele's is the ability to take a cool person > or scene element OUT of it's environment. Fast teles are so highly valued > because, with larger apertures, (in addition to being able to use them in > lower light situations) you can completely abstract (render almost completely > out of focus) almost any distracting environment or background. > > Hope all is well at ol' Dubyunell - I have lots of shots of House Mountain > sunsets taken from the Blue Ridge Parkway overlook above Buena Vista - from > my days in Lexington. I was there from '81 to '85. You live in an area > that's very, very rich in photographic opportunities. I wish I took more > pictures while I was there... but I was having too much fun. ;>) > > Chris Lillja > School Publications Guy (Kinda' like Pat Hinely at W&L but not as much > talent...) > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
