How exactly did I come to adopt a 35mm focal length lens as my everyday carry having been a devoted user of the ’standard’ 50 for many years? Well, gradually and then very suddenly.

For decades, since, well, I started out in photography in the 1980s with an OM-1 and a 50/1.8, I was a one camera and one lens man. Mostly through a lack of money. And it suited me fine; no gear decisions to make (I seem to suffer from this a lot).

As I moved away from what I grew up doing, photographing people, I felt that a wider perspective, so to speak, would suit me better. This is the story of that journey and how I came to chose the 35mm lens I now use.

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