Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 2/50 R Summicron, even a very old used one, is a fantastic lens. Compared to some other R and M lenses, the prize should be $500 higher than current - just by it's performance. This is admitted by a VF/RF Leica lover. - - What else do you like to know? Alf - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 08:41 05.11.1997 -0800, you wrote: >Dear Fellow LUGnuts, > >My R8 and lens system doesn't have a lens faster than 2.8 aperture. I have >zoom lenses, and the wonderful 60 and 100mm apo macros. My low light >pictures are taken with the Noctilux and an M6. But I am beginning to feel >the pinch for a lens with a maximum aperture greater than 2.8. > >Does anyone out there use a 50mm Summicron R lens all that often? It would >be the cheapest way to get into a low light lens for the R system. It just >seems hard to go back to a 50mm when you can use zooms and other specialty >lenses but all with a smaller maximum aperture. > >Thanks, > >Richard >--------------------- >Richard Clompus, OD >West Chester, PA, USA > >