Hi George,
Sorry to mistake the original post. If I had understood that we are talking
about the entire arsenals we have to draw from I'd have said some about
always travelling w/ different formats or the fact that I feel lost w/ out a
quiet little rangefinder somewhere close at hand--say in the trunk, under
the seat, in my briefcase, on the desk.
Because I have what some might see as an 'unhealthy propensity to collect
lenses--Zuikos, Tamrons, SMC, EF, Leitz, and a growing assortment of
englarging lenses (El-Nikkor, Schneider, Rodenstock)--I know something about
the need to "be prepared." The point that I was trying to make, or that
Doris had made and I wanted to respond to, was that the more lenses I have
and and the more that I get a chance to use the more selective I become.
Granted I will take various longer lenses along out of necessity or in
anticipation of a particular type of shoot or environment; however, the
photography that pleases me the most is tending more and more to involve
very basic tools.
The 50/1.2 is for me a perfect lens--speed, size, sharpness and an extremely
narrow depth of field. I have tried to use zooms--35-70, 35-80, 35-105--to
supplement it and because I am hand holding everything (yes I have tripods
and a monopod) I find that cannot abide by the slow speeds, even 2.8. More
often than not the hardest decision I have to make is about film
(speed/format/aspect), not about what lenses to bring.
Another (rather obvious) lesson that I've learned is that photos tend to
improve as the photographer gets closer to the subject. Shooting
(portraits) at normal or wide angles demands higher levels of intimacy and
interaction and often allows for more intricate composition, which I find
challenging and liberating, When one is within a few feet of the subject
and incident meter tends to work very well and it saves findling around with
those little buttons on top of the 0M4 (which does indeed have a very good
reflective meter).
Cheers,
Glen
-----Original Message-----
From: george <geanders@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 24, 2000 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Questions for the group
>>[snip]
>>> IMO, it's a case of the right tools for YOU. Funny, one often sees
>>>amateurs huffing and puffing at Disneyworld, dodging postmodern
>>>mouseketeers under creaking bagfuls of stuff, while some pros go
>>>and fill National Geographic articles with reams of great pics carrying
>>>3-4 lenses. Go figure.
>>>
>>
>>Well said Doris. Just reading the G's long lists I cranky and sweaty
>>thinking about the big bag burden.
>>
>Glen;
>
>I don't think either of us 'Gs' said we carry all that every time we go
out.
>We were answering a question as to what is recommended for an OM lens
system
>to best cover the full gamut of focal lengths. Neither the other G or I
own
>all the lenses we recommended.
>
>>These days I'm done to one lens one body: 0M4-50/1.2 and an incident light
>>meter.
>
>The only way I would go out with just a 50 on my camera is as an exercise
or
>a short walk. And with the metering system in the OM-4, I would never
bring
>an incident light meter.\
>
>
>G one or the other
>
>
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