RE: [Leica] Lens choice--sole lens for M6

[Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

I for one actually agree with Marc and usually suggest a 50 as a first lens
for anyone starting out in 35mm photography, regardless of the body.  The
strand of this thread which has gone un-addressed is the question of what
format and lenses the poster has already used and what preferences she or he
has already developed.

This "best lens" question comes up a lot and the responses are fairly
predictable.  In the future it might serve everyone better if the person
posing the question be asked some additional information on experience and
preferences before we all go off in rhapsodic fugues about our own
favorites.  Okay, perhaps not fugues, but unedited encomia.

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: Henry Ambrose [mailto:digphoto@nashville.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 2:53 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Lens choice--sole lens for M6


>>35 Summicron ASPH - no doubt at all!
>
>Well, of course there is doubt:  there is much doubt.  More than a few of
>us find the 35mm lens boring.  
>
>I'd opt for a current 2/50 Summicron or a used 1.4/50 Summilux.  But, there
>is no "best choice" in the sense of a "one-size-fits-all".  Figure out what
>YOU want to use, what your style calls for, and match that.  My choice
>would quite possibly not be yours!
>
>Marc

Marc,

When I wrote the above quoted text I spoke only for myself.

I promise you, I have NO DOUBT that the 35 f2 ASPH would be my choice as 
my one M lens.
That's what the original poster asked for - informed, first-hand opinions.

As for the "more than a few of us" would you please show me the proxies 
that make you their spokesman? And who the hell are "a few of us" anyway? 
Whoever they are I'm perfectly happy for them to use any lens they wish! 
Y'all have fun!

Anyway - boring is as boring does. You're right - one size does not fit 
all.

Very Best Regards,

Henry Ambrose

P.S.
Marc, do you know anything about focal plane shutter Hasselblads? Like 
the 2000s and the 200 series.