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View Poll Results: Which is the most versatile focal length?
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21mm
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0.40% |
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25mm
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0.93% |
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28mm
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4.54% |
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35mm
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43.26% |
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40mm
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20.03% |
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50mm
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224 |
29.91% |
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75mm
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0.80% |
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90mm
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Most Versatile Focal Length |
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10-30-2004
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Voigtlander Mann
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Most Versatile Focal Length
Which focal length of the 35mm RF do you consider to be the most versatile. In other word, the focal length that you could use for your daily photography needs.
Last edited by Peter : 11-02-2004 at 17:20.
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10-31-2004
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I'm a sucker for regular 50mm
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10-31-2004
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35 or 35-40 for me, let's take 38  |
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10-31-2004
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35, step forward and it is a standard lens, step back and it is wide.
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10-31-2004
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40mm because it's what I have on the Canonet GIII & 28 and that's my most versatile RF's right now. Most of my RF's have 50 or 45mm lenses. The only 35mm is on the Kiev.
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10-31-2004
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I like 40mm best overall.
But HCB took approx 98% of his shots with a 50mm and his work wasn't too shabby 
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10-31-2004
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Or how about being sneaky and choosing a Tri-Elmar and covering all your focal lenghts (28, 35, 50mm) at once?
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10-31-2004
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I voted 35mm but maybe you could add 75 and 90? There are one or two people here who like the longer lengths I think.
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10-31-2004
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Voigtlander Mann
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I tried but I am not allowed to edit the poll!
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10-31-2004
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done.
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10-31-2004
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Thanks Joe. |
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10-31-2004
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I had to vote from my history; looking back the 35mm has been my most often used lens for the longest period of time. However, a few years ago I began using a 28mm fairly often and lately have used a 50mm more then ever before.
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10-31-2004
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I mainly use my canonet and it's 40mm and I think that's a pretty darn good focal length most of the time.
On my SLR I use the 50mm most of the time but lately I've been addicted to my Panagor 90mm. I've also got other lenses I use depending on what I'm shooting, so I'd say my favorite is somewhere between 28mm and 400mm.
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10-31-2004
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50mm for me. If I back up far enough I can usually get most of what I want, and its long enough to use for a portrait lens if you're careful. It's also long enough to isolate details and be rid of distracting background elements that distract from the main idea/subject of the photo. Sometimes a 35 is perfect, but usually it's a 50 for me.
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10-31-2004
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Quote:
Originally posted by rover
35, step forward and it is a standard lens, step back and it is wide.
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Nu huh - distance to subject does not alter the perspective of the lens.
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10-31-2004
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Oh, you know what I mean. I am keying on the word versatile. You are correct that they perspective of the lens doesn't change, but the position of the photographer handling that lens/camera dictates what is in the frame. For favorite focal length I would have picked differently as I think that I see better in either 28mm or 50mm than I do in 35mm. With a 35 I either want to, you guessed it, step forward, or back.
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10-31-2004
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5000 & call it a day!
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not to be a wise-ass, but the perspective of an image is dictated by the camera-subject distance, not by the focal length |
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10-31-2004
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5000 & call it a day!
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Uh huh i see you talk about the perspective of the LENS not the image... Sorry for being a wise-ass  |
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Rats. The poll doesn't indicate 135 film, so I voted for what was the closest to my favorite, the versatile 100mm f/2.8 Mamiya Universal...
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10-31-2004
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I have realised that I could use only a 35mm lens for my current photography, namely street and documentary. Like what Rover said, all I need to do is to use my feet for proper framing of the subjects.
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10-31-2004
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I have to admit that I still prefer the look of a normal lens - a 50 or 75-85 depending on format - and use that for the vast majority of my shooting. There is a look to that view that I find preferable.
The only exception would be for a portrait when I do enjoy a short tele for perspective.
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10-31-2004
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Well, here is an interesting shot taken with a 35mm lens. I was leaning against the steam shovel more or less right under the arm. I was able to fit enough of the arm in the shot to give it the look of a wide angle lens, but when compared to what I remember from being there, it also appears to be slightly compressed, the distance from me to the bucket, more common with telephoto lenses.
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10-31-2004
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Good shot, rover, has impact! The perspective looks "normal" to me; can't really get that with a longer lens.
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10-31-2004
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Zoom with your feet!
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I'll put in a word for the wides... Excellent for landscape, and when used with care superb for environmental portraits...
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11-01-2004
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I like using those focal length wider than 28mm! |
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