[Leica] RE: Recommendations

["O'Rourke, Joel, Ctr. OASD/C3I/Y2K" <Joel.O'Rourke@osd.pentagon.mil>]

Mike,

Thanks very much for the response. I like your notion of going with the fast
lens for the focal length at which its speed would be used most -- sounds
like the 75mm for me (street stuff, theatre, candid portraits), while the
35/2 would be compact and more along the lines of a point-and-shoot formula.
Makes great good sense to me. Thanks.

Joel



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Johnston [mailto:michaeljohnston@ameritech.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 3:33 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; Joel.O'Rourke@osd.pentagon.mil
> Subject: Recommendations
> 
> 
> >>>But, the question is: where to start? I'm thinking of M6, 35 (2
> or 1.4) to start. Then maybe a 75/1.4. I'm open to all suggestions,
> on-list
> or off-list.<<<
> 
> Joel,
> I'd get one M6 classic and two lenses, a 35mm and a 75mm. 
> Personally, I
> wouldn't get fast lenses at both focal lengths--I'd get one 
> fast and one
> small. You may think there is no "small" 75mm lens, but Nicholas
> Hartmann brought his new Voigtlaender (Cosina) Heliar screwmount 75mm
> f/2.5 by the _PHOTO Techniques_ booth at the PhotoToys'R'Us 
> show in NYC
> last weekend for me to see (thanks to Donal for the apt show 
> nickname),
> and it is a lens to fall in love with--just about the same size as the
> latest 50mm Summicron and beautifully finished, and handles just great
> on the M6.
> 
> IOW, decide what you typically want to have on the camera when you're
> doing low light, and get the fast lens at that focal 
> length--either the
> nifty small 35mm APSH or the 75mm Summilux--and then at the other end,
> whichever focal length you typically used for daylight 
> shooting, get the
> smaller, slower lens. The three items together will be starting to get
> heavy / bulky, but it's a good all-purpose bare-bones kit.
> 
> That's just what I'd do.
> 
> --Mike J., _PHOTO Techniques_ magazine.
> 
> P.S. Nice to meet all the LUGgers who stopped by the booth! Thanks for
> saying hello-- M.
>