Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 75 summilux was my first Leica lens! I got it along with my camera because I got a great deal on it ($1000), but it was not a great lens for your only one... I ended up trading it in on a 35mm summicron ASPH, which is a better all around lens to have. I look at the 75 lux as a real special effects lens. When you shoot it wide open, or close to wide open, it has a very "lucious" look. It has the "best" bokeh I've ever seen... Keep in mind that it takes more than a little practice to nail shots consistently wide open. The lens is blazingly sharp stopped down, but so is the 90 2.8, and the 90 summicron ASPH/APO, and those last two are a little easier to carry around... Now I wish I had the 75 lux again, it would make a good complement to my regular lenses, 50 cron, 90 elmarit-m, and 35 cron asph. I guess that's my best advice, its a good complement lens... Isaac