Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]28/50 is my preferred two lens kit John -----Original Message----- Bob, The main reason why I picked up the 28 was because after going through my Paris images, where I used my 35 quite a bit, I found that the images sometimes seemed a bit cramped with the 35 (and no further room to zoom with the feet), and I think could have been much better with the view of a 28. So currently my bag will have a 21, 28, 50 in it for general travel use. Jay On 4/6/2015 7:13 AM, Robert Baron wrote: > 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. >>>>>