Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Howard. When I go to Australia at the end of the year or January, I'll probably stop over in Hong-Kong as I have often done before, and then with the price difference, solve some of my reasons for dithering:-) I'm looking forward to the 24mm because I have certain things in mind that I want to use it for, and I'm also looking forward to having acquired all that I need and then just forget about gear and concentrate on what I can make it create. Although I might end up with a decent range of focal-lengths, I really hate having to carry a bag, or having to think about which lenses to use because I think, particularly for `street-photography', that too much gear can often obfuscate and limit the ability to capture instinctive shots. I'll be at Notting Hill Carnival this weekend, and I'll just have the 35mm. That's all I need. Please give me/us an update of your experience and results with the 90mmAPO in the future. Thanks again, Matt. - ---------- >From: Cummer Family <cummer@asiaonline.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica 24mm, 75mm >Date: Sat, Aug 19, 2000, 6:26 pm > > Dear Matt, > I have the 24 which I prefer over the 21 or the 28 - just depends,I think, > how you "see" wide. About the 90 APO, I just got mine (thank you Joseph) > and have shot only a couple of rolls of film - mostly close ups of faces - > the APO focusses down to 1 meter yielding a 220mm X 330mm frame which a > face fills nicely. The quality of reproduction is, as you might expect, > simply wonderful. I can handle the depth of field wide open, focussing on > the nearest eye - but when I have borrowed and used a 75 Summilux, I found > that I did not have the focussing accuracy to deal with such a shallow > depth of field. Now I know that the differences in DOF between the 90 at > F2.0 and 75 at F1.4 are negligible but I "feel" more confident with the > APO. Perhaps another reason is that I have used a 90 Summicron for many > years and am more used to it. The 75 close focusses to 0.75 meters with a > frame of 192mm X 288mm so if you want to get closer then the 75 may be the > lens for you. For myself, I am happy with my decision to go for the 90 APO > which is also lighter than the 75 by 60 grams. > Cheers, > Howard. >>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:07:48 -0800 >>From: "Matt Morgan" <mattmorgan@pdseurope.co.uk> >>Subject: Re: [Leica] 24mm, 75mm >>Message-ID: <200008191651.RAA19767@mail.enterprise.net> >>References: >> >>Hmmm.....just when I was happy that all my lens choices had been made, now >>I'm all undecided again:-) >>The 75mm is a very expensive lens which is one consideration, but I do like >>the idea of the extra speed and certainly the "razor thin DOF". I'll >>probably still go with the new 90mm APO f2, but I would like to hear of any >>experience with it. Next month's budget is taken up with the 24mm, >>viewfinder and a Rapidwinder, so I'm about 6 weeks away from buying either >>the 90 or the 75. >> >>Matt. >> >