[Leica] basic older M lens question

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Hoppy

I own a LTM Canon 3.5/135 (late version, black, not Serenar) I had acquired 
for less than 100 bucks, original hood included. The lens is sharp, has a 
soft bokeh, but there are two minus opoints I would not conceal:
- Contrast is a bit low - needs some postproduction pushing (in wet or 
digital lab)
- when focusing, the front barrel with the aperture ring turns with - 
something one really needs to get used with it. On my sample, the aperture 
ring is additionally a bit stiff, so if I change the aperture, I need to 
hold the focus barrel with the other hand if I want to keep the focus.

For occasional use the canon 135 is ok. But the Elmar 135 has definitely the 
better handling. Depends a bit on your budget which you prefer.

I do not use the canon 135 on the M6 often because of the small viewfinder 
area. It works much better on the Canon VT deluxe which has the genious 
parallax correction system for external finders and an inbuilt rapidgrip. 
This is my sports shooting RF gear...

Didier


>I'm looking at getting an inexpensive 135mm for occasional use on my M6 .85.