[Leica] New For Leica Lens, From Another Leica Forum

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

Right now, there appears to be an Olympus Zuiko in Leica mount on *-bay. The
amount he wants for it makes it the most expensive 40 around.

I forgot about the 45/2 Planar (but I do have it!).

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nick
Roberts
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:08 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] New For Leica Lens, From Another Leica Forum


I have several of those, and a few others - a Pentax
40mm f2.8, and a Minolta 45mm f2. There are also
Contax 45mm f2 (G) and 2.8 (C/Y) lenses, and an
Olympus 40mm f2 (from memory) - in short, most
manufacturers have made at least one, but the 50 is
too deeply ingrained, I think.

Nick
 
--- Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:

> When the Pentax 43mm "normal" lens came out, the
> scuttlebutt at the time was
> that 40-ish was what a "normal" lens would be, i.e.,
> the lens that most
> closely approximates what the eye would see. That
> said, I wonder why there
> are so few of them. I have most of them, I think...
> 
> 40/2 Summicron (Minolta)
> 43/1.9 Pentax
> 40/2.8 Sonnar
> 40/1.4 Nokton
> 
> It is a comfortable focal length. I have been
> shooting mostly 28mm lately,
> but keep a 50 on a second camera with me. When I
> switch back to the 50, I
> feel like I'm using a telephoto.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org]
> On Behalf Of Ric
> Carter
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:08 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New For Leica Lens, From
> Another Leica Forum
> 
> 
> Isn't normal considered to be the diagonal of the
> film format? I
> think I learned that somewhere along the line. That
> would make normal  
> for 35mm just a hair over 43.3 mm. Maybe that number
> being about  
> halfway between 35 and 50 would explain why average
> view is so hard  
> for us to nail down--for some it's 35 and for others
> 50.
> 
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
> 
> 
> On Feb 23, 2006, at 3:44 PM, bruce wrote:
> 
> > ................. in keeping with the years?
> >
> > B.
> >
> > On 23-feb-2006, at 21:33, GREG LORENZO wrote:
> >
> >> bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl> writes:
> >>
> >>> Why do they always have to make 50mm lenses
> .................. as if
> >>> they are the most important? Why not a 10mm,
> with a good viewfi
> >>> ............ you don't need that ...............
> just use your eyes
> >>> ........... point and shoot.
> >>>
> >>> B.
> >>>
> >>
> >> 50mm on most 35mm camera systems is considered
> normal. So lots of
> >> good existing lens designs around. Images created
> with a 35mm
> >> focal lenght lens 40 years ago were called wide
> angle shots.
> >>
> >> Lately 40mm seems to be more the norm.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >>
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