Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Suggestions for lens purchases?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue Oct 2 00:09:59 2007

You could ultra wide or you could go almost wide.
Looking at your shots I'd say I'd get a 40mm.
Its my favorite lens. On my camera the most.
Mines the C lens for the  Leica or Minolta CL the Summicron which I use on
my "classic" as the cam doesn't not work with my newer TTL.

But there are other options.
The Rollei was selling at B&H for a deal last I looked.
Same as on the Rollei 35 made in the day.

And there's a high spend easy to grab version from Cosina as a CV
Voigtl?nder lens.


Second choice for me to tell you to get would be a Schneider Super Angulon
3.4 21mm. You'd need to use a hand meter. But the lens is ultra compact. And
historical. It makes a super kinda image.
If I was you that's what I'd get. I'm not though so it gets confusing.

Here's a shot of the f4 which you could also get... Instead.
http://www.lucadicecco.com/watch/sm2.jpg
Side view.
http://www.lucadicecco.com/watch/sm1.jpg
Not too amazingly gorgeous.


Taken with it:
http://photo.net/bboard-uploads/00D0g2-24861384.jpg
Jean-Loup Sieff, portrait of Alfred Hitchcock, Leica M, 3.4/21 Super-Angulon



Mark William Rabiner
rabinergroup.com




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