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Subject: Re: [OM] Perfect portrait lens
From: Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 17:32:23 -0500
In the meantime you can "build" one the way I did.  Take a 50mm f1.4, and put
it on a good 2x teleconverter.

Steve Goss, Dallas TX usa

miaim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> OK, Lex. I'll play. This discussion may be old, but it's more interesting
> to me than cars, SUVs etc.
> 
> I've had the notion of getting a 100/2.8 on the backburner for months. I'll
> probably eventually do so, but for now I've been struck by how little I use
> a 135/3.5. For the vast bulk of the PhotoJ "people work" I simply used
> either a 28/2.8 or 35/2.8. Believe it or not, I also found a Vivitar 19mm
> useful for up tight and personal people shots. Perhaps these type shots are
> vastly different from formal portraits, but perhaps they're more
> interesting in that with a wider angle it's easier to place the person in
> their surroundings.
> 
> This whole idea of the most useful lens focal length takes on a special
> significance for me because I've been wrestling with the idea of either
> expanding my Medium Format SLR kit to include a longer than standard focal
> length (akin to a 90 or 100mm in 35mm), or simply scrapping the whole bulky
> MF SLR kit in favor of a much lighter, more compact fixed wide lens MF
> rangefinder such as the various Fuji's .
> 
> Lex, you mentioned that you'd not find much use for anything over 500mm
> because you like to get close. So why not get close to people with a wide
> angle for portraits? Sure you're intruding into their space, and sure it
> may somewhat change the interaction, but it's somewhat more fun than simply
> standing way back and clicking away. ;-)
> 
> Mike Swaim
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