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From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, 05 August, 2006 11:51 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Planning a weekend trip to Rome
>
> Your fastest wide angle lens for all those dark interiors where flash
> is forbidden or useless.
Winsor, surely you cannot be serious!
see here
http://jahudson.tripod.com/161.html
hand held with a Leica M3 and Summilux M 35mm/ f1.4 and natural available
light only.
Same place where Fidel Castro came recently to be a pall bearer at some left
wing politico's funeral [really so].
I have enlarged this 35mm negative to 16" x 12" with very negligable loss of
detail or clarity.
The secret is high quality glass, a decent camera, the right film and a
steady hand. A monopod or tripod would be a bonus.
John Hudson
Your fastest, modest telephoto for detail. I
> don't know what you have but a 24/2 and a 135/2.8 should cover 95
> percent of all eventualities and be light in the bargain. Or
> sacrifice a little range with a 35-80/2.8 to keep it even simpler.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:19 AM, Johan Malmstrom wrote:
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> > My dear Anna is turning 30 this November, so we're planning a trip
> > to the
> > Italian capital that month. Just a quick weekend visit for relaxing
> > and
> > enjoyment. Although I guess November is not the most common tourist
> > season
> > we don't wont to spend the time in queues to a "tourist trap". Any
> > thoughts
> > on good places to stay, eat and etc would be appreciated.
> >
> > I've never been to Rome and Anna was just a kid when she was there.
> >
> > Ohh and don't hesitate to go in depth on which OM-equipment I would
> > need to
> > take. Why don't give me a place-lens-combo-list for instance :)
> >
> > / Johan
> >
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