Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good idea....I forgot about Erwin's resource.....thanks! Francesco Sanfilippo francesco@incsystems.com Webmaster & Network Administrator, InContact Systems, MentorU.Com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf > Of B. D. Colen > Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:19 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] 50 Summicron or 50 Summilux as standard lens?? > > > > > If one were to buy a lens for an M6HM > > to use as their ONLY lens, I assume the > > consensus is that the 50mm is the best > > choice since it fits nicely between wide > > angle and short telephoto, Salgado and > > Cartier-Bresson used it as a standard > > lens, etc. > > Francesco - Why do you care about consensus? What lens > works best for YOU, > rather than for Cartier-Bresson and Salgado? If I had to > choose only one > lens I would make it the 35 Summilux ASPH, but that's > because it suits my > style of photography, that has nothing to do with that will > work best for > you. > > > > > Now, how does one choose between the > > Summicron and the Summilux? Is the 50 > > Summilux as good wide open as the 35 > > Summilux? I have read that the Summicron > > is the BEST 50mm lens PERIOD. Is this true > > or is the 50 Summilux just as good at f/2? > > If they are equal from f/2 down to f/16, > > the choice would be the Summilux just > > because it has f/1.4, right? > > Go look at what Erwin has written. > > > > > Francesco Sanfilippo > > francesco@incsystems.com > > Webmaster & Network Administrator, > > InContact Systems, MentorU.Com > > > > > > > >