Bob, you are never any help in helping me getting gears :-) (remember you were one of the enablers to get me into Leica in the first place...) On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I believe the P30 has a 1.3 crop factor. That means you should get the 30mm > or SWC. > > > Bob Adler > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Richard Man <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The XPan (double width 35mm panoramic) have only 3 lens, so the choice is > made for you. I use them in the following frequency: > > 45mm - 60% (similar to ~24mm in 35mm FOV but crop to 24x65 ratio) > 30mm - 20% (similar to ~18mm but crop to ...) > 90mm - 20% (similar to ~45mm ...) > > On the Leica, I use 35mm probably 70% of the time, 50mm 20%, and 75/85 for > 10% but really mainly for portrait there. > > On the 4/3, I use it mainly for events, so the needs are drastically > different. > > I will guess that I will use a 35mm equivalent lens the most, which for the > P30, according to the Capture free's XLS worksheet, would be a 45mm lens. > Hence my original thinking of returning the 60mm and get a 50mm Distagon > instead (found the worksheet after I bought the lens :-) ) > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Q.G. de Bakker < <qnu@xxxxxxxxxx> > qnu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Richard Man wrote: >> >> Well, my main problem is that I have no reference for shooting with the >>> P30. >>> My main gear has been XPan for fine arts, 4/3 for events and Leica for >>> everything >>> else. The P30 is going to be my landscape camera as I want more dynamic >>> range in the B&W photos. Chances are I will settle on a 3-lens kits, as I >>> have with >>> the other cameras. The trick is "which 3 lens?" >>> >> >> What focal lengths would you pick for the other cameras? >> >> >> ============================================================================================================= >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to <//www.freelists.org> >> www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and >> password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >> >> > > > -- > // richard < <http://www.imagecraft.com/>http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: < <http://imagecraft.com/blog>http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: < <http://www.5pmlight.com>http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]