I like those pics, they look great. The building with the wood
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siding shows no distortion, nice for a zoom!
On 5/7/09 5:37 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Despite having about 20 OM mount lenses, in the last year or two of when
> I was actively shooting film my walkaround kit was an OM-2s and a
> 35-50/3.5-4.5 along with a Kiron 70-150/4. Very compact and light,
> would fit into my smallest case and was suitable for most situations.
> There are probably a couple in this Minuteman Park series done on the
> 70-150 but the majority are with the 35-70. Minuteman park lies between
> Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts not far from where I used to live.
> Some photos were taken there and others are either in Lexington or
> Concord. <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Minuteman%20Park/index.htm>
>
> #9 is Lexington Green where the first shots of the revolutionary war
> were fired. The bridge in the series is "The Old North Bridge" in
> Concord, the scene of the second conflict of the day when the British
> attempted to cross the bridge in search of weapons caches. The houses
> shown are located in Minuteman Park and are important for having played
> some role in the battle during the retreat of the British back to
> Boston. As you can tell from the mile marker stone they had a long way
> to go whilst being sniped at continuously from the woods all the way
> back and suffering heavy losses
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Chris Crawford wrote:
>> If I had the money I'd pick up a 35-70 3.5-4.5, I hear it is a decent lens
>> and it is so SMALL. Would make a nice walk-around lens I think. I think a
>> 50/1.4 silvernose would be fun to try too, since people say they have a
>> different look than the newer versions. I'll probably never buy one of
>> those, people on ebay are still charging $70+ for old silvernose 50/1.4
>> lenses which is about what I paid for my >1,100,000 50/1.4 that is said to
>> be a lot sharper. Someday I'll probably pick up one of the 35-70's though,
>> they usually go cheap.
>>
>>
>>
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