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Subject: [Leica] The 21mm is a tricky beast.
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:50:37 +0530
References: <98C23DD9-EB5B-42CF-B5DB-6560FAD79C99@gmail.com> <C7E4B080.60FB5%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,
No rolls required for an M9...
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> > I got a 21mm Summilux yesterday (sorry Rabs, I've got more money than
> > sense).   It's a while since I've used anything shorter than 24 mm and
> > I've forgotten how damned difficult it is to use very wide angle
> > lenses. People keep getting stretched heads at the corners of the
> > frame and annoying things like cars and bits of rubbish keep getting
> > into my pictures.
> >
> > This is the only half decent picture I've taken so far and even this
> > one would have worked just as well with a 50mm from further away.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/nbeddoe/londonlife/cleaningup.jpg.html
> >
> > Oh well, I'll keep trying.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> Thanks for thinking of me but you got me all wrong; I'm going through
> nothing but pure envy.
> I'll be walking down the street beaming clicking way with a thing like that
> on an M9.
> Just set it at its closest and leave it there for a few rolls.
> F 28 inches and be there.
>
> Anything further away than 6 feet magically disappears; turns to tiny
> specks.
>
> Just climb right up to them till you can see their nostril hairs and click
> away.
>
>
>
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from neilbeddoe at googlemail.com (Neil Beddoe) ([Leica] The 21mm is a tricky beast.)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] The 21mm is a tricky beast.)