Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You might sell the 90/2.8 (superfluous with the 70-180 2.8 whilst the 80/1.4 offers you 2 more stops, a real advantage) and buy a mint, late version 50/2 and put cash back in your pocket. (I've found that I can live without f/1.4 on a 50...and its usual performance loss...quite nicely, but at 80-85mm it is very useful.) Save the money for whenever Leica decides to update the 24 with an ASPH, perhaps even an FLE/CRC-type design. Your comment about weight/size for handheld photography is well-taken (even though you speak of the 70-180 and 35-70 ASPH, two *beastly* heavy lenses). Leica have evidently forsaken the issue entirely, what with the discontinuation of the 90/2.8 and 180/4. The latter lens was probably felt redundant in the same market with the 80-200/4 but handheld there's less likelihood to get sharp images with the zoom. Regards, Nigel On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 12:54:44 -0500 Thomas Donovan <75674.3465@compuserve.com> writes: >Casual portraits are my favorite use of Leica glass. Weight >IS critical for handheld work; thus, tradeoffs ( for me ) seem >to be: a.) Keep what I've got & only purchase the new R-50 >f1.4. Use the 24 f2.8, 35 f2, 50 f1.4 & 90f 2.8; optimal weight >& multiple cameras..I hate changing lenses ;-)! b.) Purchase >the new R-90 f2 apo & trade in the R 90 f2.8. Use the 24 f2.8, >35f2, & 90 f2. ; optimal weight with the exception of the 90f2 >apo & no 50mm focal length. Hmmm, how critical is the 50? >c.) Purchase the new R-35-70 f2.8 ASPH & trade in the R35 f2 >& the 90 f2.8. Use the 24mm, 35-70 f2.8 ASPH, & the 80f1.4; >hmmm, heavier gear & still multiple cameras. Help ;-)! ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]