footnoteblog Posted March 7, 2007 Share #1  Posted March 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) For the M8, what do you think, of the new lenses, is the best street lens?  21mm  24mm  28mm  35mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carstenw Posted March 7, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted March 7, 2007 Depends on the street... I would say the 28/2 Asph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. borger Posted March 7, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted March 7, 2007 This is very personal and you have to find out for yourself ...... it's an old discussion: some prefer 35 others 50 on film. This translates to 28 or 35mm on the M8 For me it's the 35 or the 50mm on the M8........ i prefer photographs with tighter compositions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfredo Posted March 7, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted March 7, 2007 The one you like the best. Â Â Cheers, Wilfredo Benitez-Rivera Photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share #5 Â Posted March 7, 2007 I prefer my 35, but looking at 24 (32 equiv.). I should've said, "Vote!" at the end (i.e., I was soliciting opinions rather than advice, but I'll take all advice )... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reven Posted March 7, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted March 7, 2007 28/2,8 small and fantastic lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertwright Posted March 7, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted March 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just got the 21 emarit and the zeiss finder, I find it interesting to zone focus and use the incredibly bright and big zeiss finder to sight through, and leave the focusing part alone in brightl light,-I have only worked this way on a couple of occasions, but it was heck of a lot of fun, very freeing. Â the leica viewfinder is of course great, but the zeiss is even bigger, kind of fun to look through. Not so unobtrusive, with the big red eye of the 21 and filter and the finder on top, but here in NY you can do pretty much whatever you want and not really get noticed. Â just another option... Â I am sure the 15 heliar is also great from the hip. egadds the 12.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share #8 Â Posted March 8, 2007 28/2,8 small and fantastic lens. Â Â If we could only find a current one... Â Â I would love the 24, but it's great to have framelines inside the viewfinder to 'crop' better... that's the whole reason we use these things than SLRs, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
photolandscape Posted March 8, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted March 8, 2007 28/2,8 small and fantastic lens. Â Motion seconded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffreyg Posted March 8, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted March 8, 2007 28/2,8 small and fantastic lens. me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammam Posted March 8, 2007 Share #11  Posted March 8, 2007 If we could only find a current one...  I would love the 24, but it's great to have framelines inside the viewfinder to 'crop' better... that's the whole reason we use these things than SLRs, right?  I am not sure I understand you here. You do have 24 mm framelines (FOV 32) in the M8's VF, coupled with the 35 framelines. Is this your worry? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted March 8, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted March 8, 2007 ... gotta love it when one knows the answer:cool: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted March 8, 2007 Share #13 Â Posted March 8, 2007 35 Summicron is small & fantastic as well and probably more available than the 28. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share #14 Â Posted March 8, 2007 You mean me? I clarified: "vote". Sorry my post wasn't more clear... Â ... gotta love it when one knows the answer:cool: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogopix Posted March 8, 2007 Share #15 Â Posted March 8, 2007 I found the 28mm great for R and the 2.0 version of the M is really a wonderful compromise. Â At 35mm equiv the FOV is comfortable for street and works well for WA by using vertcally for panorama. Â For Tele, I use the R system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapfile Posted March 8, 2007 Share #16 Â Posted March 8, 2007 40 mm Summicron-C. Smallest and cheapest to. Â Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share #17 Â Posted March 8, 2007 I am not sure I understand you here. You do have 24 mm framelines (FOV 32) in the M8's VF, coupled with the 35 framelines. Is this your worry? Â I meant, it's nice to see outside the framelines for 24mm, versus the other focal lengths, while composing. But if you can prefocus and pre-visualize, all the more power to you! Â Remember that Joel Meyerowitz video? It's a great example of how to shoot street. Though, in NY, people's attitude toward a creepy looking guy in black with a tiny camera is probably different than other towns/countries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted March 8, 2007 Share #18  Posted March 8, 2007 You mean me? I clarified: "vote".... that's because you befriended Senior Hindesite:p           31mm in the old scale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted March 8, 2007 Share #19 Â Posted March 8, 2007 I meant, it's nice to see outside the framelines for 24mm, versus the other focal lengths, while composing. But if you can prefocus and pre-visualize, all the more power to you! Â I wear glasses. It's a rare day when I have time to scan the full frame lines for the 24, and about a quarter of the frame edges are blocked by the big lens shade anyway, and BTW the lens shade no longer clicks into place securely when you install even a thin 486 B&W IR filter, so tape or some other kluge is needed, and they haven't made the Epson RD-1 21mm x1.5 external viewfinder that would be just right for a while now, so Steven Gandy is out of stock on them, and ...grrrr. But I love the results anyway. Â scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share #20 Â Posted March 8, 2007 I am just not communicating well. I meant, the 28 seems ideal, since it's still relatively wide, so that you can see outside the framelines, making composing (cropping in camera) more interactive. Â If you've shot SLR, and had to bob your head or pan around, you'd understand what I mean, where the rangefinder excels for composition. Â I guess what you're saying is you know the edges are the crop for 24, almost, eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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