[Leica] Seeking general macro advice

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Luis said and asked:
>>>> I usually try to never miss your opinions and advices, I find them 
>>>> always plain of sense.  The only comment I would add is that when I was 
>>>> shooting macro on my R equipment (R3 & R4), I have obtained excellent 
>>>> results with the 90mm Summicron R, sometimes with the Elpro-3, 
>>>> sometimes with the Macro Adapter, or both accessories. <<<<<

Hi Luis,
The 90mm Summicron is a beautiful lens and I used it for sometime until I 
bought the R 80 1.4 Summilux. But I used the 90 with the macro adapter with 
good results. On occasion I think the 90mm was a better lens than the 80 
1.4. However the 80 was a little faster and that was the consideration to 
sell the 90 when I got the 80. Wide open is where the 80mm really paid off 
for interesting pictures and way out of focus backgrounds that made the in 
focus subject jump right off the page or screen.

But the 100mm Macro is superb beyond anything other manufacturers produce. 
It's a true macro lens and when you use the macro adapter or as I do 
sometimes, I use the 2X extender and the macro adapter and it opens a whole 
new world of seeing subjects with excellent results.

I trust this helps.
ted