Leica X-VARIO. 1/1000th sec f/6.4 @ ISO 1600. Shot at 70mm equiv The X-Vario is a very powerful tool for street photography. Leica has chosen a reasonable focal range of 28 to 70 equiv, with 35mm and 50mm also labelled for convenience. I would say most Leica shooters are in the 35 to 50 range, but 70mm at F/6.4? Many like using telephoto lenses to create a shallow depth of field to isolate their subject, but there’s more to a telephoto lens. I decided to give it a try and found it really useful for compressing images that have a background that progressively gets further away, such as buildings. Notice how the lens compresses the buildings, but at the same time, due to the small aperture, everything from the foreground to the background is in focus? I think this is a great tool for street photographers, and something I haven’t been able to experiment with lately since I’ve been shooting single focal length cameras lately. However, I would caution not using the zoom lens as an easy way
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