I agree. I doubt there's a single person that uses M wides that wouldn't want any camera it gets bolted to, to be at its' best right to the edges ... even if they say differently. It'd be better if they did.What ? Smeared edges with a wide angle doesn t matter ? It sure does . Every professional I ve worked with has stressed the importance of using the entire frame . Look at Alex Webbs work ..how to you layer a composition without concern over the entire frame ?
We aren t talking about the outside boarder ...Jono was speaking to the outside 1/4th of the frame ..most off center compositions use this area . Most street shooting is done with 24-35MM lenses at distances of 6-10 FT . My number one reason for losing an image is clipping an edge .
Its not the same as landscape ,of course , but at 36MPs you have to picky because you will see the difference .
Frankly, I have a fortune in Leica WA lenses that I use so infrequently for color work as to make them a true indulgence. I'm a 35mm and mostly 50mm sort of shooter for street and candid work, probably due to using a rangefinder where aux finders spoil the whole organic process for me. So each of us decides based on preferences.
For me this is an extension of a system I already have, that I happen to be able to use a few M lenses on ... not the other way around. That IMO is the crux of all this debate. It ain't a M mount camera, it can use some M mounts.
- Marc