Do we shoot our age in FL?

[Vics]

Would a 15 year old with a Bessa R gravitate toward a CV 15mm for shooting skate-boarders? Then when she "passes the bar exam" at 21 would she narrow her view to 21mm? Then at 35 would he tend more to documentary work with a 35? And at 50 would the 50mm "see the way she sees?" Later, in old age, would portraiture pull him to the 75-to-100mm group (and a tripod)? Does our view narrow with maturity? If so, I'd advise keeping each lens as one goes along.

 

[Rob-F]

I keep shooting wider as I get older. At age 18, 35mm was wide enough for me. Now, at 73, I own and use a 15mm Nikkor, a 15mm CV, an 18mm Nikkor, 20mm Nikkor, 21mm Elmarit . . .

I have a 75mm SUmmicron, but seldom use it.

 

[newspaperguy]

WAIT A MINUTE! I'm shooting with the OMZ 300 on the E-1.

Wotin'ell does that make me? 😛

 

[Vics]

WAIT A MINUTE! I'm shooting with the OMZ 300 on the E-1.

Wotin'ell does that make me? 😛

About the right age to turn around and go the other way, like Rob-F.

 

[Cesium]

I guess I'll keep shooting my 20mm as long as I can then.

 

[Rodchenko]

When I was 25, I shot mainly with 35mm lenses. Now I'm twice the age, and I'm most fond of my 42mm.

I need to wait for a third data point before I can derive the equation. I'll return to this in 2039.

 

[redisburning]

my only focal length is twice my age lmao.

 

[Vics]

my only focal length is twice my age lmao.

Will you continue to shoot twice your age as you go along? (I had to look up "imao." Shows hopw old I am!)

 

[Richard G]

Just a moment, just a moment. Hmmm 50 at 17......but, 35 at 35. Then 25 at 49, a second 50 at 49....but no: then 21 and wider to 18 at 52. Still, also a third 50 at 52. And now a fourth 50 at 53, and an 82 year old 50 at that. I do think there's something in it. Am I ahead of the game: I recently bought my third 90?

 

[GaryLH]

Guess I don't know my age then since I still shoot everything between 21 to 400 fov 😛

Gary

 

[back alley]

i wonder at times if some shoot their iq?

 

[Spanik]

My angle of view stays the same but the focal lenght goes up as I go larger in film size.

 

[Vics]

i wonder at times if some shoot their iq?

Well, I'm mostly a fifty shooter, so that works for me.

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Well, I'm mostly a fifty shooter, so that works for me.

Yup! I likes me 7.5mm, so it works for me too. :angel:

 

[kossi008]

I'm all over the map. I have no age. Oooommmmmmm.
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[Moto-Uno]

I wonder at times if some shoot their iq?

Do they make single digit length lens? Peter

 

[Robin P]

The theory doesn't hold up other than the fact that historically 35mm was once considered a wide angle and 24mm was as extreme as we might think a 17mm today.
However, more believable is the theory of certain pundits who say that the 28mm FOV is more suitable as a "normal" lens for people from the East - witness the number of Japanese compacts with a wide lens (often sold just for the Japanese market).

 

[Roger Hicks]

Nice idea. Not convincing, but mildly persuasive. For 30 years I used 35mm as "standard". Now it's more often 50mm.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Steve M.]

Thirty or forty years ago my one lens (Canon AE-1) was a 50. Now at 62 I shoot 50, 90 and 135. I actually prefer the 135 viewpoint, but the 90 is all I will usually consent to carry. Maybe the older I'm getting, the longer the focal lengths. I always was a Rebel :]

 

[ssmc]

Buy an SLR and get a 24-70 or 24-105 (!) zoom and you've pretty much got it covered 😉

No but "seriously" I started with standard lenses (45/50mm) when I was a teenager. Unfortunately I've just about caught up with that...