Hi, Friday, December 6, 2002, 4:24:45 AM, you wrote:
> P.S. Anyone closely associated with using a Leica rangefinder almost by > definition only uses a few focal lengths--no zooms, nothing over 135mm if > that, no macro (no, the DR doesn't count <s>). I've found myself more and more using only a 35mm and 85/90mm lens. One of my favourite photo books of recent years is 'Voyages' by Raymond Depardon, a Magnum & Leica photographer. He says that almost all the photos were shot with a 50mm lens. The photos drip with a certain atmosphere of distance and detachment and the unspectacular framing and perspective add to that. The very wide and very long lenses can put something specifically photographic between the viewer and the photograph, a reminder that you are looking at a photograph, whereas the more prosaic focal lenses let the viewer forget the technology and concentrate on the image. I hope that doesn't sound too pretentious. It's not meant to be. --- Bob "Our heads are round so that our thoughts can fly in any direction" Francis Picabia
