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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Sebastian Oakley

How the 28mm focal length stole my heart (and my family photos)

The Leica 28mm Elmarit-M f/2.8 V3 attached to a Leica M9 against a green bush.

Of all the focal lengths in photography, the 50mm has always been the one that felt like home to me. There’s something deeply intuitive about it, a way it renders the world that feels close to how I see it.

My Leica 50mm Summilux f/1.4 Asph isn’t just a lens I use – it’s the one I take everywhere. It’s the lens I chose to define my work: to document the quiet beauty in everyday life, to find stillness in chaos, and to bring subtle elegance to the mundane.

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