Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I mentioned earlier, I use this lens at f2.8. I don't think I have ever used it for a keeper at anything wider. Maybe this is sacreligious (sp?), but I just like the look of the lens at 2.8, I don't really care about shooting it where the DOF is 2cm, and everything in the background is a complete mess. A newer Voigtlander 75 f2.5 probably makes much more economic as well as ergonomic sense, but I honestly doubt that I'd get the same look as I do with the Leica lens. I have a Minolta 85/1.4 which appears every bit as sharp as the Leica 75, and this lens I have actually used at 1.4 (and very effectively), but at all apertures, the photos taken with it just don't have that "look" I get with the 75. The 75 is one lens where I believe that Leica would be making a terrible error by replacing it with an ASPH version. -dan c. At 06:30 AM 08-10-04 +0800, Matt Morgan wrote: >Aquiles, > >I bought the 75 because it's a big chunk of beautiful glass and very >fast, so it was always going to be about low-light situations. But. as >you illustrate, the focus in these situations is so critical and >difficult, its easy to waste a lot of opportunities and have regrets on >missed shots. > > [snip]