Re: [Leica] Wide angle lens assortment

["Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>]

Fred,
I don't pretend to have the expertise that others on the LUG have but I
spent a year in Europe and shot a ton of Kodachrome.  I had three wide angle
lenses.  A 24mm Nikkor, a 28mm ElmaritR and a 35mm SummicronM.  The 24mm was
clearly the most useful lens among the three in the close confines of
Europe.  I no longer have the  24mm but I've found it to be more useful than
the 28mm.  The 28mm is kinda like all-weather tires, a Jack of all Trades
and Master of None.
Just my two cents.
Bud Cook
- -----Original Message-----
From: Fred Whitlock <afc@cl-sys.com>
To: Leica List <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, January 04, 1998 7:41 AM
Subject: [Leica] Wide angle lens assortment

>
>I love wide angle photography but have only 2 wide angle lenses for the M
>system-a 21mm Elmarit-M and a 35mm Summicron-M.  There are times when I
>wish I had something in between.  The new 24 Aspherical is very pricey and
>perhaps too close to the 21 in focal length.  The 28 Elmarit-M has the
>advantage of not requiring an accessory viewfinder for the M4-P or M6 but
>is, perhaps, a little close in focal length to the 35.  I think it's the
>better choice for me to add to my kit, at least on the surface.  Has any
>one else solved a similar dilemma satisfactorily?  Has anyone added one of
>the intermediate WA's to the lenses I have and been glad they did it?
>Should I simply replace the 35 with the 28?   The 28 would have to make
>blistering images to replace the 35 Summicron for me.  I use it more than
>any other single lens.  Any discussion would be appreciated.  Good
>shooting.
>
>Fred
>Maplewood Photography
>http://www.maplewoodphoto.com
>
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