mingus1 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 for thos wondering 35 or 50mm .... take a look at this site, it has some marvelous (only 50mm) photos Summicron and Elmars .... http://www.summicron.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoebox Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thanks Jonathan, To add a few to this list: Paul uses only a 50 (lux), according to his site. http://www.paulhardycarter.com/ And Wade Heninger, uses mostly a 50 cron http://heninger.org/ Of course there're the more famous ones: HCB, Ralph Gibson and Rodney Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Another of the links available on that main page is <a href=http://www.leica-m6.de/>this one</a>, which takes you to a series of photos including some by forumer Carsten Bockermann. It's basically a "no words" effort. They are Leica rangefinder photos, but perhaps not all taken w/ 50's. Some very good ones there, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35mmdelux Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Very nice. About what I would expect. Can you direct me to the 35mm Summicron site please. THKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau 1664876222 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I suppose everybody's seen Ian's site, fiftymillimeter.com, which is based on the same idea (although Ian uses a CV nokton a lot of the time as his 50, for those who care...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalofs Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 "The 50 is the shooter's lens - no gimmicks - hard to master." It is hard to master, but I also think it's easy to use passably well. I think wider lenses in particular often produce shots that seem devoid of content and focus. I find it much harder to use a 28 than a 50, and I see far more interesting shots taken with 50's than 28's or 24's or certainly anything wider. At a certain point, those shots become about the perspective of the lens and not about the composition or content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bo_hu1 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Expecting 35mm site as well, cause I am learning how to shoot with it.Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Matt, I've been using both a 28(CV 1:3.5) and a 50(1980's "tabbed" Summicron) -- I love the combo & get both frames on my M4-P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky2 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I never understood why people consider 50 hard to shoot with. 50 feels right at home for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.brennan Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thanks for the link, Jonathan. Adding my voice here, I also love the 50 and shoot only w/ a 50 'cron, so it's nice to see these sites. I've always liked Wade's work, as well as the fiftymillimeter site, which is always enjoyable. After a year of shooting only 50, I feel I'm finally starting to learn how to use the lens - though using a good M body w/ the latest 50 'cron since March 1 certainly helps! Though I restrict myself, I do enjoy pics w/ wider focal lengths, and somehow feel the 35 is probably more lyrical. Once I get a scanner I'll consider posting something. Regards, -Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael j hoffman Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Good link. I had been using Elmars exclusively. Recently, I added a CV 40/1.4 (I liked its handling better than that of the more robust 50/1.5) for the very infrequent times that I work low-light. I feel like such a cheater with the 40 (probably because I use the 35mm framelines to compose). An argument can be made that the 40 is really more "normal" than the 50. Still, I feel like a dirty little lens whore. Please help esuage my guilt! Michael J Hoffman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man1 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I went from a 21, 35, 50, and 90mm set, sold all, and bought a 50 cron as my sole lens (with M3). 50mm gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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