Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, In contrast with others who do not like the many framelines in the M6, I have never had any trouble distinguishing the 75mm from the 50mm ones when I had the 75mm Summilux. Likewise, the lack of corners in the 90mm frames does not bother me too much. I do not think either of these two issues should keep you from buying one of these lenses; you should base your decision on the usefulness of each lens for your type of photography. Nathan George Huczek wrote: > I'm looking for either a 75 Summilux or a 90 Summicron to add to my M range > of lenses. I'd like some advice from those who have tried both. (I know > the newest versions of these lenses are both superb optically, so that is > not an issue.) I'm wondering how hard it is to get used to the framelines > each of these focal lengths offers. In particular, I find the lack of > corners on the 90 to be irritating, judging only by how this looks with the > preselector lever, and not in actual use. (Can the framelines be customized > for a body that is intended to be used primarily with the 90?) I'm also > quite used to using the 50mm framelines, so I'm wondering how difficult in > it to adjust to using the 75mm framelines for those who user a 50 a lot. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman