[Leica] Zeiss Normal 50mm f/2 Planar T* ZM

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At 07:32 PM 10/8/2009, you wrote:
  Most people
>do not take GREAT pictures at 1.4. Most people do not NEED the tight
>tolerance of the Leica lens. Now, for Doug Herr, that's a different
>story. His fowl pictures get their sharpness and characteristic from
>the Leica lens. Most other mortals? Nah.

I could not do without Leica M 1.4 and 1.0 lenses.  I agree that Doug 
uses the Leica R lenses at the limit that other lenses would not 
match.  I have never found other lenses to equal Leica M's for the 
low-light photos that I take of people either.  If I'm using a 1.4 or 
1.0 lens, I use it wide open.  Other makes don't even come close to 
Leica wide M's wide open.

Tina

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