Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/09
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Steve Beyer,
>>I guess I am interested in why you have your lenses..........if you owned
the Elmarit
>>would you still buy a 80 Summilux or 100 APO Macro Elmarit<<
I own the 70-180 APO & the 80 Summilux. My reasons ( in spite of the focal
length overlap) are: 1.) My 70-180 APO is used a lot on a tripod; used in
landscape work.
2.) My 80 Summilux is used for hand held portrait work; a.) It's high speed
creates a bright/contrasty screen ( particularly with the new (R8) screen )
which makes focusing fast & accurate. b.) It's high speed allows faster
shutter speeds which yields all the obvious benefits. c.) It's performance
at f1.4/f2 is quite remarkable.
And last, but not least, my 80 Summilux yields a rather unique "glow" in my
slides relative to my 90 f2.8 & the 90 f2 that I tested in Kennebunkport.
This last quality is very hard to define ( for me ) & I'm still trying to
sort this out ;~)!
Tom D.