Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.
From: "Stewart, Alistair" <AStewart@gigaweb.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:30:26 -0400

Hi Ken - 

well there's nothing wierd about your personal kit...except the 2 135's :=)


Alistair

- -----Original Message-----
From: Lee, Ken [mailto:ken.lee@hbc.com]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 1:45 PM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.


B.D. 

I agree with Ken.  My 75 Summilux is my only "fast" lens so far ( I have a
35 and 50 Summicron and 90 Elmarit-M) I love what it does to people
pictures.  On the wide end I wavered between the 21 and 24 ASPH. In the end,
I opted for the 24 because it wasn't too extreme. The store had sold their
only 24 viewfinder, so they lent me a 21 to use until my 24 came in. I shot
a roll with the 24 and was pleased with the result, but fell in love with
the view through the 21 viewfinder. In the end, I kept the viewfinder and
exchanged the 24 lens for a 21 and am now a very happy camper. 

I have sold off a bunch of LF and MF equipment and my very personal (and
wierd?) kit consists of 21, 35, 50, 75, 90 and 2 135s.

I think it would help if you could borrow a 21 finder and look at the world
through it for a while. I think people either love it or hate it.

Heal quickly and well.....
Ken  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Wilcox [SMTP:wilcox@tir.com]
> Sent:	Friday, August 27, 1999 1:21 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	[Leica] Re: THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.
> 
> The 75 Summilux is magical. One cannot be without it, especially for
> people
> shots.
> 
> Ken Wilcox
> 
> >Suppose you already had a 35 1.4 and a 90 f.2...You could add either a 21
> >ASPH and a 24ASPH....a 21 ASPH, or a 24ASPH, AND a 75 Summilux. You shoot
> >virutally all b&w...all available light...all people, much of it in tight
> >surroundings,....which would you chose and why? (I have used a 21
> >extensively, love it, do get enormous use out of it, but find it a bit
> >extreme at times. I have owned a Nikon 24 and used it extensively, but
> found
> >at time it wasn't quite wide enough...Which means, do I go for the two
> >wides, and say to hell with the 75? Or do I add that fabulous 75 with
> it's
> >extra stop, and settle on one super wide?...Help Me Before The Insurance
> >Check Comes!
> >
> >B. D.
>