Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 19 February 2001, "George Kenney" wrote: > > Hi, > > My name is George and I'm a new Leicaholic. > > Tho I don't take pictures much, recently I bought an M6 .85 after > looking at it in a store. Another M6 (.58) and a few lenses later > (50/2; 75/1.4; 35/1.4; and Voigtlander 15/2.8) I'm getting ready to > take a photography class to learn how to use all this great stuff. I > haven't, however, been able to get the acquisition bug to be still, so > I'm wondering what other lenses might be good/useful. (After this > wild spending spree my girlfriend has imposed a limit of one new > lens per month, so a full set of further acquisitions will take a while.) > > Anyhow, here're two questions for those with patience enough to > tolerate newbies: > > 1) Would the Noctilux; the 28/2 (when it comes out); and the 24/2.8 > make sense? And tho I'm not much interested in longer lenses, > would the 90/2 ASPH give much greater/different coverage than > what I get with the 75/1.4 (which I love -- it takes better snapshots > for me than I've ever taken in my life)? > Welcome, George. My name is Doug and I'm a Leica(flex)ahoic. What makes most sense to me is to use what you have for a while, before spending more rent $$ on a new ASPH or other lens; learn the strengths and weaknesses (if any - this is an obligatory disclaimer) of your new toys before loading yourself up with more stuff than you know what to do with. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/