Re: [Leica] Portrait Lens: 90mm or 135mm?

["Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>]

I think I'm with B.D. on this.  I picked up a seldom used 135mm f4 just so I
would not feel unprepared if I only carry my M6, but for the most part I
prefer the 100 APO and 180 Summicron on my R8 for telephoto.  I am also
coming to prefer the 19 on the R8 with grid screen to the 21 ASPH on M6, not
because of image quality but accuracy of framing.  Leica should put
cross-hairs on the finder like the Hasselblad x-pan has on the 30mm finder.

Tom Schofield
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Portrait Lens: 90mm or 135mm?


> 90! 90! 90! I know there are people on this list who will violently - and
> perhaps politely - disagree with me, but I am a firm believer in the idea
> that the rangefinder camera - particularly the Leica M with its .72 or
even
> .85 viewfinder magnification, is ill suited to the use of telephotos. I
> personally no longer use mine for anything over 50 mm, though I will only
> give it up for 50 and below when my eyes are too shot to focus, or they
pry
> it from my cold dead hands. But if you want a "portrait" lens for the M,
go
> with the 90, or the 75 Summilux, which is a truly stunning lens.
>
> Good luck
>
> B. D.
> http://www.a-day-in-our-life.com
> A Day In Our Life...
> Documentary Photography
> of American Families
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> > AppleMac97@aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:08 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] Portrait Lens: 90mm or 135mm?
> >
> >
> > Hi Everybody!
> >
> > After 20 years of using SLRs (Pentax, Nikon and Canon) I finally
> > succumbed to
> > the Leica mystique and bought recently a new M6 TTL (0.72,
> > Chrome) and a new
> > Summicron-M 1:2/35 ASPH lens (Chrome).  Needless to say, after using
> > auto-everything cameras all these years, it is a joy to use a fully
> > mechanical 35mm rangefinder camera.  I shoot primarily slides and
> > B&W film,
> > and the quality of the Leica lens is amazing!  Comparing slides
> > and negatives
> > shot with my quite sharp earlier Nikon and Canon autofocus fixed
> > focal length
> > lenses to the ones shot with the Summicron, I can clearly see a
> > higher degree
> > of image quality - contrast, sharpness, color and saturation.
> > Just using the
> > M6 is a wonderful tactile experience!  Winding the film and
> > hearing the soft
> > sound of the shutter is almost a religious experience!
> >
> > I need your help in selecting a lens for portrait photography
> > with the M6.  I
> > am considering the 90mm/f2.0 APO ASPH and the 135mm/f3.4 APO
> > lenses.  I can
> > afford to buy only one of these lenses!  I would like to know
> > what veteran
> > users of these focal lengths think and recommend.  From time to
> > time, I also
> > plan to use the lens for landscape photography.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Muhammad Chishty
> >
>
>