Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick... Being in the market for only one lens, you have a tough choice to make. You are considering two outstanding lenses. What one must bear in mind is that neither lens is the "better" lens, they are different lenses intended for different purposes. Consider what you want in your first lens...greater focal length? The ability to shoot in lower light? smaller and lighter lens? The less expensive lens which will permit you to get your second lens earlier? Most of all, which lens will do the most to help you complete your vision. You WILL end up owning more than one Leica lens. I urge you to think deeply and make this very personal and subjective decision based on your own vision, needs, and capabilities. Both lenses you are considering will provide images of breathtaking quality...it is just that those breathtaking qualities will differ from one to the other. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: ..RODGERS, RICK [mailto:rick@quicktest.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:02 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: [Leica] 90 f/2 or 75 f/1.4 Hello, I am trying to decide on which lens to buy fo my first leica. I used a friends m6ttl and 75 1.4 for a week comparing it to my f100 and 85 1.4 and just finished putting the nikon up on ebay. I could not get over the difference in quality. I do mostly amateur travel photography and have been shooting for little over a year. My first roll on the leica was better than my 200th+ roll on the nikon. To the point, I was reading old messages on this list and some various reviews on the web and seemed to be getting differing opinions on the quality of the 90 2.0 relative to the 75 1.4. I realize that the 90 apo version is the newer and presumably better model of the 90 f/2s available. I would rather sacrifice the extra stop in favor of the extra focal length but I don't want to sacrifice the quality I saw from the 75 1.4. Am I over thinking this? Any opinions appreciated. Rick