summicron 35 asph and frame

[sbaruche]

This may be a very basic question I have a summicron 35mm when I select 35mm the picture appears wider more like th e28mm frame
To my knowledge the 35 mm turn out to be 53 mm on the epson I there any problem with my camera and framing ?
thanks

Sylvain

 

[cam]

same thing happens on mine with a Cron pre-asph so i don't think it's your camera. the framelines seem to be very generous.

i mistakenly flipped my frameline to 28mm and shot this. when i realised my mistake, i thought the bunch of photos i'd taken were surely lost. as it so happens, it just ended up being very very tight.

 

[alexz]

cam, very nice shot, BTW....worth to get printed and frames IMO...

 

[sbaruche]

summicron 35mm and frame

summicron 35mm and frame

so at the end I am leaving it on 28mm and seems to reflect what I am shooting still do not know if my 35mm is a 35 ? 53 mm ?

thanks
Sylvain

 

[tajart]

you might give this a try:

after taking a picture, look at it on your lcd screen, then look again through the viewfinder, paying particular attention to the frame lines you are using, and how much image is captured in comparison to what is framed.

then select another set of frame lines and do the same comparison.

change lenses and compare frame lines again between what is captured and what is framed.

use any of the frame lines however you like, they are for basic framing reference and don't have any effect on what the lens does on the sensor.

 

[yanidel]

It read on a thred that the RD1 framelines have 0.85 safety factor. So 28mm and 35mm framelines being close, 28mm framelines represent a very tight real 35mm without safety factor.

 

[Steve Litt]

40mm Summicron fits 35mm frame lines on the RD-1 and is my most used combination I prefer a slightly longer than standard lens and the 60mm crop of this lens on the RD-1 suits me fine.(GRD with 28mm in pocket)

Regards
Steve

 

[cam]

cam, very nice shot, BTW....worth to get printed and frames IMO...

thank you, alex. it was taken at the foot of a memorial to honour Breton members of the Free French Forces in WWII (Camaret-sur-Mer). the textures turned out quite beautiful and this is definitely one i'd like to see printed. the scene, i think, was kind of ageless...

photographically, if i'm honest, the tight framing works much better than what i'd probably have gotten if i'd had the camera set to 35mm. i mean know to go tight, but usually err on the side of caution and include much more than i need rather than cutting things out. it's all a matter of getting to know the camera -- which i'm still in the process of doing.

so at the end I am leaving it on 28mm and seems to reflect what I am shooting still do not know if my 35mm is a 35 ? 53 mm ?

Sylvain,

your 35mm is effectively a 53mm lens with the draw of a 35mm (which means you'll get 35mm DOF rather than that of a 50mm lens). confusing at first, but you'll get used to it as you get comfortable with the camera.

the VF shows you only a certain percentage of what you are shooting (somebody else can probably chime in and give you the exact percentage). i personally prefer to leave it on 35 framelines with my 35mm Cron and try to shoot extra tight to make sure i get everything i intended in (see above). you can pick the 28 lines but, again, it's important to get comfortable with the camera so you can be generous enough with your framing and don't cut anything important out.