Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens choice--sole lens for M6
From: "Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:46:38 -0500

B.D.,

Thanks for your input, but I'm afraid you misunderstood my so-called problem
(deciding which kind of Leica lens to buy is the kind of "problem" we all
want more often).  I don't feel I can spring for the ASPH lenses at present.
So, unless I start feeling a lot richer, my current choice would have to
come from one of the pre-aspheric 35 or 50mm, either the Summicron or the
Summilux.   Of course, Ted is telling me that maybe I can focus indoors
adequately with my present Summicron-R lenses.  I have the 50 and 35.  I
confess that I never put myself to the real test trying to focus on faces at
f2.0 indoors with the R lenses, but on an informal dry run, I felt like I
wasn't doing so well.

I would still value your opinion about the above choices, if it is not
putting you to too much trouble.

Regards...........Julian
- ----- Original Message -----
From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 6:38 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Lens choice--sole lens for M6



> Julian Koplen wrote:
> >So, for my one lens with the M6, what's my best choice?
>
> 35 Summicron ASPH - no doubt at all!
>
> Henry

Unless you want to do a good deal of available light photography, in which
case it's the 35 Summilux ASPH - no doubt at all!

B. D.