Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-25 Thread Bob Rapp
- Original Message - From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OTOH when you do find that perfect scene it helps to have a nice wide > lens to capture it with :) I wonder what a 30mm rectilinear for > Pentax 6x7 would cost (and weigh). > > Cheers, > Andthe armed gaurds requir

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread David A. Mann
Mishka wrote: > For me, figuring out the right use for tele lenses was a lot easier > than that for WA ones. Before I got my first one, I had read the lens > tutorial at photo.net -- it emphasizes quite a bit that "there gotta > be interesting foreground". I find wides a lot harder to use than

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread Fred
>> I just think that pictures without people are not very >> interesting. The people don't have to be the main subject for me >> but they have to be present somewhere. > I am just the opposite, I like pictures without people. Structure, > organization, lines and of course scenic are my favourite

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread Jim Apilado
4 Jun 2002 15:11:21 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Why I like WA lenses... > > Hi Steven, > > Sorry for the delay and possible repetition of what others have said. I'm in > digest mode so it takes me a day or two... > &

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread Len Paris
It's a good thing we all get to take our choice, isn't it? Len --- - Original Message - From: "Bob Rapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 3:46 PM Subject: Re: Why I like WA lenses... > From: "Len Paris&qu

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread frank theriault
I'm with you, Bob, I don't take a lot of "people pictures", but for me I don't know that it's preference, or the fact that I'm just not very good at it. It's something that I'm trying to learn/improve upon (just this weekend I took the MX to a Bike Courier BBQ and burned a roll and a half of fil

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread Bob Rapp
From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just think that pictures without people are not very > interesting. The people don't have to be the main subject for > me but they have to be present somewhere. > > Len > --- I am just the opposite, I like pictures without people. Structure, organization

Re: Why I like WA lenses...

2002-06-24 Thread Len Paris
I don't do a lot of wide angle shooting, outside of covering large groups, but, when I do, I too like to get up really close on a foreground person, at a small aperture to cover a great depth to include the environment in the picture. Normally, I use telephoto lenses from 85mm to 200mm and follow