Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Seeking advice on lenses
From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 06:32:53 -0500

Why not keep them and shoot the heck out of them.

Steve

At 12:09 AM 1/3/98 EST, you wrote:
>LUG friends;
>
>I am a retired engineer, so I don't make my living from photography; however,
>I do some professional photography using my Leicas, Nikon F3, Hassablad, and
>4x4 view camera.
>
>Please give me your recommendation on what I should do with my Leica lenses.
>For my two DS M3s, I have the following lenses:
>
>50mm F/1.5 Summarit - Wetzlar 956xxx
>90mm F/4.0 Elmar (Collapsible) - Wetzlar 1387xxx 
>50mm F/1.4 Summilux - Wetzlar 2629xxx 
>90mm F/2.8 Tele-Elmarit - M - Canada 3201xxx
>
>Of course, the ones that I use are the Summilux and the Tele-Elmarit.
>
>Should I sell all of these and buy the new 50mm ASPH Summicron or Summilux
and
>the 90mm Summicron?
>
>Or, is the 90mm Summicron also made in ASPH?
>
>Or should I sell just the Summarit and the Elmar and keep the Summilux and
>Tele-Elmarit?
>
>Thanks for your input.
>
>Charlie
>
>