Re: [Leica] Recommendations

["Jerry S. Justianto" <jsjm6@cbn.net.id>]

I also use
35mm f.2 ASPH for size reason
and
Summilux 75mm for this is my real standard lense.

If there is one more Leica M lenses that I will buy, it will be the
Noctilux.

JSJ

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <Joel.O'Rourke@osd.pentagon.mil>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 3:32 PM
Subject: [Leica] 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.
>
>