Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right you are! Well, sort of right. It is, by any standards, an excellent 21 - but the ASPH 21 is unquestionably better. :-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Buzz Hausner Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:55 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] ...and One to Glow On Upon reflection I realize that B.D. is right...it was my spherical 21mm that he didn't particularly like. Buzz - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of bdcolen Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:12 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] ...and One to Glow On No, Buzz! I think that's a great lens. I've always thought that's a great lens. Honest. :-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Buzz Hausner Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:59 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] ...and One to Glow On Leica has made an awful lot of 35mm lenses. Each of these lenses has its unique characteristics, and individual lenses of the same marque and manufacturing run can differ from one another. Just go look in the archives for discussions of the "Skinny" 90 Tele-Elmarit if you want to learn about a lens which appears to vary wildly from one unit to another. It is most likely that every lens Leica has ever made has its fan or fans who swear it is their one and only true love, even the dreadful 135mm f/2.8 with eyes. Oops, there I go again... In truth, there is no substitute for experience; that is for trying different lenses. You can hit up your friends...you can go through a trading frenzy at your local dealer's, you can rob a collector. At the end of the day, nobody else can tell you what lens will have the character or "glow" that you favor. My personal favorite is the last spherical 35mm Summicron made in Canada, but B.D. hates that lens. My favorite lenses are ones that I bought simply because they were the current model being shipped by Leica at the time of purchase. They are my favorites because I have used them a lot and I understand and can exploit their idiosyncrasies. My ultimate advice, therefore, is not to agonize over lens characteristics, but to make an informed and economical judgment and then go out and get to know the lens and how best to use it, whichever model and unit you ultimately acquire. Buzz Hausner - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html