Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Julian: Whenever I travel, I just take one M body and the classic trio of 35, 50, 90. If I'm going to Europe, then I take a 25/4 VC lens (recently replaced by the 21/4). The VC wide is so small it's insignificant in the camera bag. In 50 and 35mm lenses, I have both a pair of classic 1980s Summicrons and a pair of modern Asphs (35 Summilux Asph and VC 50 Nokton). If I'm going to do a significant amount of available light, I take the fast pair. If not, I take the Summicrons. For a travel 90mm, I would recommend the VC 90/3.5. It is small like the Tele-Elmarits, but very sharp wide open. I love my 90 Summicron, but I am not going to schlepp it for two weeks unless I *know* I need it. How often do I use each lens? In order of frequency, 50, 35, 90, 21 or 24. If I had to, I'd leave them behind in reverse order. Everything photographic I take has to fit in either my Billingham Small Hadley or my little LowePro fanny pack, with the exception of film and a little table tripod. One of these days I need to roll the Billingham in the mud so it's a less tempting target, but my wife likes that it looks nice. --Peter At 08:03 PM 12/27/04 -0800, Julian Koplen wrote: >I was a little careless in my expression when I said money was not the >consideration; I meant not a consideration between taking two M's or buying >a 35-70 zoom to go with my R's. If money were really no object, I would be >first in line for an M7, maybe two. > >Amazing that almost no one is pushing a short tele like the 90mm. Most seem >to be suggesting a moderate wide and a "normal".