Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My experience exactly. If I can step up, but not back (because backing up is difficult or adds too much clutter in the foreground), then the 35 is indispensable. But whenever I have some room to maneuver, a 50 or higher usually does a better job for me. Mike Quinn (who is usually too lazy to run up and fill the frame) Dan Cardish wrote: > IMHO, a 35 a much different look than a 50, regardless of aperture size. > It seems to me that you are comparing apples with oranges. > > Dan C. > > At 05:16 PM 05-03-00 -0800, drodgers@nextlink.com wrote: >> >> I neglected to add in my last message that I bought a 50/1.4 Summilux M >> as an interim step until I could afford to buy either a 35/1.4 ASPH and the >> Noct. I found a used 50/1.4 Summilux for substantially less than the price >> of the other two lenses. In retrospect I must say that the 50/1.4 Summilux >> has performed admirably well. So well, in fact, it really took away my >> desire for the other two lenses. >> >> I guess this evaluation regarding the other two lenses resulted form recent >> case of "low-light-itis". But that I mean that I tasked myself with >> shooting at maximum aperture (not always really low light). I had only the >> 50 Summilux, but again it performed extremely well. So the evaluation is >> really between three lenses, 50/1.4 Summilux, or the 35/1.4 ASPH and Noct. >> I really only have first hand experience with the 50/1.4, and in truth it's >> a lens I'd hate to be without. >> >> I'm concerned about the size of the Noctilux. One of the biggest draws of >> the Leica M is it's small size. I'm just not certain how much I'd use a >> lens that's three times the size of the 50/1.4 Summilux. (Even the >> Voigtlander 50/1.5 Nokton is bitter than the 50/1.4 Summilux). >> >> I have no concerns regarding the 35/1.4 ASPH. Except that I wonder how much >> better it might perform than my 50/1.4 Summilux. Has anyone used both and >> how do the two compare in practice? >> >> I just wish there was some way to try the other lenses before actually >> buying them. >> >> David >> >> >>