Do you shoot details?

[traveler_101]

Do you shoot particulars of places such as architectural details, store fronts, street furnishings, etc.? If you do what FOV(s) do you favor, i.e. which lens or lenses do you use?

 

[Lss]

Usually it is a longer lens that I use for details. Anything between 50 and 90 on a rangefinder, which corresponds to a FOV between 50mm and 135mm equivalent depending on the camera I use, can be very useful. (I don't own anything longer for the rangefinders.) It is only the distant details where you absolutely need a longer lens.

And why not even something like a 15/4.5, if you want to dive in and show the context:

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Yes, all the time. Usually with a 50mm lens, but I don't get quite as close, most of the time, as your photo. My widest lens for Leica is a 28mm and I have a 24mm for SLRs, but I rarely use wideangles up close.

35mm lens.

50mm lens.

50mm lens.

80mm lens on a 645 camera (similar to a 50mm on a 35mm camera).

80mm lens on a 6x5 camera (similar to a 50mm on a 35mm camera).

 

[Brian Legge]

Yes. I don't think there is a single focal length best suited to this. You can find interesting details with almost any lens.

100mm:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6616024047

50mm:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6279406678

35mm:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6170958599

21mm (okay, not the best example but I haven't used this lens too often):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6196988617

What size details are most interesting? What sort of depth of field do you need to capture them? What system are you using (ie how close focusing on are the lenses you commonly shoot with)? How accurate are your framelines? No end to the number of variables. All the examples above are rangefinder shots. With SLRs I typically am closer and often wider.

 

[jsrockit]

I do... 35mm and 50mm for me.

 

[21-135 Apo All Good]

With the Leica 90mm Apo I get fantastic details: door knobs, antique hardware, flower baskets, signs, light fixtures, table settings, etc.

With the 135 Apo on the rangefinder I once did a series of US Flags illuminated from the sun from BEHIND the Flag. What I call "trans-illuminated" if I can make that word. This was in a Victorian resort town, so there were ample opportunities to explore on foot. The 135 offered excellent sharpness and allowed some separation from the building's details through the deliberate use of DOF. It was really a game changer in learning how to "see" photographically while using a rangefinder.

 

[shadowfox]

TLR, like the tiny Super Ricohflex:

Or its bigger brother the Ricoh Diacord:

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

Yes, I do shot lots of details, nice and less nice details as long as they catch my eye. Generally using a 50 mm, but sometimes even with wide angle if that's what I have on my camera at the moment and it does the job. Here a couple of examples, if I manage (new to the forum, sorry...).

 

[robert blu]

A rose in Berlin - m7; 50mm cron, delta 400

 

[furcafe]

All the time. Like others, apparently, I favor no focal length in particular.

Do you shoot particulars of places such as architectural details, store fronts, street furnishings, etc.? If you do what FOV(s) do you favor, i.e. which lens or lenses do you use?

 

[jippiejee]

I love details... 35mm and wider are perfect for that.


fez10 by aad_b, on Flickr

 

[traveler_101]

Yes. I don't think there is a single focal length best suited to this. You can find interesting details with almost any lens.


What size details are most interesting? What sort of depth of field do you need to capture them? What system are you using (ie how close focusing on are the lenses you commonly shoot with)? How accurate are your framelines? No end to the number of variables. All the examples above are rangefinder shots. With SLRs I typically am closer and often wider.

Good questions. I have a IIIf and Bessa-T. I don't pay that much attention to framelines which are not that accurate on my equipment anyway.

As for DOF -- narrow, I suppose; however, I have no interest in bokeh for this kind of shot.

I was assuming that a 50mm lens would do (I have the Elmar 3.5), but was wondering whether a longer lens on the Bessa might be needed. Maybe it would be easier with an SLR but I don't want to go there. Just bought my first Leica.

Nice shots , btw. The last one at 21mm is too wide. I really like also what Chris Crawford is doing. Really nice set of "slices."

 

[traveler_101]

I do... 35mm and 50mm for me.

I used a the VC 35/2.5 recently. Waiting to see the results . . . had a feeling it was too wide.

 

[traveler_101]

With the Leica 90mm Apo I get fantastic details: door knobs, antique hardware, flower baskets, signs, light fixtures, table settings, etc.

With the 135 Apo on the rangefinder I once did a series of US Flags illuminated from the sun from BEHIND the Flag. What I call "trans-illuminated" if I can make that word. This was in a Victorian resort town, so there were ample opportunities to explore on foot. The 135 offered excellent sharpness and allowed some separation from the building's details through the deliberate use of DOF. It was really a game changer in learning how to "see" photographically while using a rangefinder.

Right, thanks for the tip.

 

[traveler_101]

TLR, like the tiny Super Ricohflex:

Really like this shot. What is "TLR"?

 

[traveler_101]

Yes, I do shot lots of details, nice and less nice details as long as they catch my eye. Generally using a 50 mm, but sometimes even with wide angle if that's what I have on my camera at the moment and it does the job. Here a couple of examples, if I manage (new to the forum, sorry...).

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Fantastico, Andrea! Che obiettivo hai usato?

 

[traveler_101]

A rose in Berlin - m7; 50mm cron, delta 400

Good idea: nature in focus.

 

[traveler_101]

I love details... 35mm and wider are perfect for that.


fez10 by aad_b, on Flickr

Blow me away!

 

[bwidjaja]

Twins lens reflex, something like this:

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

Fantastico, Andrea! Che obiettivo hai usato?

Grazie. Summicron 35 on Leica M7.