Boris,
I thought I was reading about my LX and 40mm lens. That's the combination I
keep on my LX at all times. Nothing wrong with it.
Jim A.
> From: "Creature's Comfort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 13:17:48 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: What lens for an LX?!
>
> Boris Beard wrote:
>
>> Two months ago, I aquired my first LX [...]
>> I happened to have a 40mm pancake on it (as that's
>> one of my favourite focal lengths).
>> [...] Then he added "this lens is too cheap for
>> a magnificent camera like this"
>> So - what should I be using with my LX to do it justice?
>
> Well Wendy (or Boris <g>), since the 40mm lens is of a focal
> length that you like, it's as perfect a lens as any for your
> LX. It is nonsense to think that any one lens "is too cheap"
> to be used on an LX - or any camera for that matter.
>
> While it's true that there are lenses of better quality, or
> lenses that can produce sharper, more contrasty, photos, such
> as the very expensive 43mm Ltd, playing the lens game is not
> what photography is all about. Some of the world's most
> notable photographs, as well as some of this lists best
> photos, have been made with older or less expensive glass,
> some lenses being so old that they're neither coated nor
> K-mount, nor (GASP!) Pentax.
>
> There are many on this list with several LX bodies, and with
> lenses ranging from a cheap $20.00 50mm all the way up to
> glass costing many, many times that, and you know what - they
> all work just fine on the LX. So, shoot with what you like,
> learn about other options, but don't ever be deluded into
> thinking that an LX "deserves" anything better than what
> you're using at the time.
>
> Once you've learned the characteristics of various lenses
> you'll choose the one that will best produce the photograph
> you have in mind. A camera, no matter how cheap or expensive,
> no matter how common or how rare, is little more than a place
> to hold the film flat while the lens, whatever its value, goes
> about the job of creating the image on the film.
> --
> Sheldon Belinkoff
> CREATURE'S COMFORT
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