Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DT, Living in europe ans having been to the 'States a number of times, I never felt the need to change the lenses I carried when going to other parts of the world. The sky tends to be bigger in the USA but apart from that (!) I thought the urban environment was pretty similar. I'm a 35 type of a guy and my preference is for 21, 35, 50 and 90, but as you have some of the latest fab lenses there I might be tempted to take all asph / apo gear instead! S'up to you, but life (and pictures) here ain't so different from over there... best regards, Jem ========================== InfinityDT@aol.com wrote: > I'm planning to spend a (too-)short time in Europe soon, all the time in > cities, on foot and on busses, trams, trains etc. I want to take my Leica M > outfit because it is more compact than my reflex outfit and I can carry it in > a small bag (I have a Domke that's about the size of a Billingham Series 3 > plus it has a belt tunnel in addition to the shoulder strap for added > security). Last year I shot Royal Gold 100 and the results were great but I > really prefer to have slides to project and so I want to shoot K25 and/or > Velvia. I have never used reversal film with a Leica (or any camera without > a stepless electronic shutter). I've heard that the shutters aren't all that > precise but of course with negative film a half stop or so isn't as critical > as with slide film. I don't have the time to send them for a professional > speed-check ( I suppose I could do a down-and-dirty test roll against a solid > background and check it against one from a camera that I know to be > accurate). I've seen Brian Bower's books full of Leica M work shot on PKM, > so I'm inclined to think I've nothing to obsess over. Any LUGers who shoot a > lot of reversal film with an M system can help me out here? > > Also, another quandary I'm in is: I want to take no more than 4 lenses, > perhaps even 3. I'm a long-time 50mm kind of guy, so that's in the bag for > sure. Question is, for European urban-type photography, which 2 or 3 other > M lenses would you consider "essential" choosing from 21 ASPH, 28, 35 > Summicron ASPH, 90 Elmarit and 135 APO-Telyt. > > Thanks for any help. > D.T. (which is what everyone calls me)