BTW the 135mm tele was popular for so long because it was the longest lens a Leica Rangefinder would focus.
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Peter Smekal wrote:
Understandable .. but what was the "function" then for all the 28's around? Wasn't there a time when 28-50-135 was a normal combo for at least advanced amateur? Thanks for your input. Peter, Sweden
Some folks do not even consider a 28mm to be truely wide angle. I have always considered it to be a comprimise between a 24 and 35. Can't aford two lenses? Buy the 28. I feel the same way, though not as intensely, about the 100/105mm and the 85mm and 135mm.
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Peter Smekal wrote:
Today my daughter came up with a last minute Christmas wish. She has a MZ5n and M50/1.4 lens and has taken some pretty nice pictures with that. Now she "kind of would like to have a wide angle lens". So, what's daddy going to do .. shops are closing for the holidays in two hours or so .. well, I might give her one of my beloved short primes, either the K24/2.8, which is a little obsolete since I bought Joe's FA24/2, or the M28/2.8. Which one would you consider more "educational", i.e. good for learning wide angle photography. I almost would say the M28, because it's not so extreme, but maybe I only think so because I like that K24 so much ,-) Thanks and have nice holidays all of you! Peter, Sweden
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