[Leica] Re:Portrait Lens

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

I've done a goodly number of portraits with my M8. If I had one, Summilux 50 
would be the perfect portrait lens for the M8. I use my Noctilux at f/4 and 
it works like a dream for portraits. I wouldn't want anything longer than 50 
for my portrait work.

I've experimented a lot with aperture for portraits, both on the M8 and on 
other cameras. Now I always shoot all portraits at f/4 because I don't want 
to experiment any more and I found it to be the best compromise among all of 
the factors. If you're going to shoot at f/4 you don't need a Nocti, of 
course, but that's what I have.