Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It really depends on how wide do you want your shots. For most uses, I like the 35mm more, but that is me. For you it might be something else. If you are doing a lot of indoor shots or if you doing a lot wide or close up scene on the street, then I will get the 28mm. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Or the Voigtlander 28mm. I am quite happy with it on my M8. > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 06 Apr 2015, at 20:54, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > > The option is the 28mm f/2.8 ASPH ELMARIT-M which is a more compact and > > inexpensive lens which came out in 2006 where the Summicron ASPH came > out in > > 2000. And the Summicron may block the viewfinder. The Elmarit is old > > fashioned Leica compact wide angle size. The Summicron is new Leica > inflated > > with bicycle pump size. > > I might go with compact Elmarit. Both my other Leica wides the 21 and 24 > are > > Elmarit ASPH's. Though neither are compact. > > Its just that as Leica "brands" go "Summicron" is the main one as I've > > always seen it. > > > > > > On 4/6/15 12:53 PM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > > > >> Bob, > >> > >> I have the 28 Elmarit Asph. and have loved its performance. It is the > lens on > >> my M8 most of the time. It is small and performs very well in my > opinion. > >> There are others who think it is very contrasty, but I have found this > to be > >> not true. I think Lluis also has and uses this lens. > >> > >> Gene > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 9:13:20 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Was: Screw the Nocti, Now: 28mm And BeThere > >> > >> I bought the 28mm Summicron-M ASPH I think at about the time it was > >> released, IIRC at the Leica Seminar on Cape Cod in 2001. I never got > >> comfortable with the focal length and sold it some years later. > >> > >> Now I'm thinking about buying a 28mm Elmarit-M 2.8 to use on my M240, > >> mainly when I'm traveling and don't want to carry my current 35mm > Summilux. > >> > >> Is this good thinking? > >> > >> --Bob > >> > >> > >> ===On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at > >> jayburleson.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Erwin Puts: > >>> "The Summicron-M 2/28 mm ASPH. is one of the crown jewels in the Leica > >>> scuderia of lenses. It is a superb lens and after twelve years in > >>> production still not surpassed." > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 4/5/2015 9:39 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> > >>>> Maybe on this thing we should find the specs. The MTF graphs. And or > some > >>>> reviews by people who sound like they may know what they're talking > >>>> about. > >>>> Instead of relying on capricious or even malicious chat group gossip. > >>>> I can speak for the finish of the lens a chrome version which looked > top > >>>> Leica quality to me. If that accounts for much. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 4/6/15 12:24 AM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Interesting. i remember several years ago everyone was praising the > 28 > >>>>> Chron. > >>>>> I wonder what has changed? > >>>>> > >>>>> Gene > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2015 3:06:51 PM > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti... > >>>>> > >>>>> If I do street documentary, I would get a 28mm (again) for sure. I > did > >>>>> most > >>>>> of my "Occupy" series with the 35 or 50mm, and I definitely would > have > >>>>> loved a 28mm. > >>>>> > >>>>> Fortunately, the 28mm Cron is the unloved Leica-child, so one can > get it > >>>>> for around $2500 now. A bargain compares to the Nocti :-) > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, John McMaster <john at > >>>>> mcmaster.co.nz> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi Mark, I think you should go back a reread your books ;-) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> john > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: Mark Rabiner > >>>>>> Sent: Monday, 6 April 2015 6:08 a.m. > >>>>>> To: Leica Users Group > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Most of us and most photographers I've ever met unless they were > just > >>>>>> starting out had both a 28 and a 24. Nobody ever didn't have either. > >>>>>> That > >>>>>> would be crazy. Its always been a basic focal length. Its one of the > >>>>>> frame > >>>>>> lines in M's since the M2 in 1957. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photographer > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits