Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Almost Ready to Take the Plunge.
From: "Lee, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:48:19 -0500

Jeff,

I have both a 35 and a 50 for my M6 and use the both about equally.  One
option you might consider is instead of buying either a 35 or 50 Leica lens,
buy both the 35 and 50 Voigtlander versions.  The cost of the 35 f1.7 and
the 50 f1.5 Voigtlander is less than the price of a new 35 ASPH Summicron.
The 50f1.5 is apparently better than the  50 f1.4 Leica Summilux and the 35
is supposed to be more or less as good as the 35 non-ASPH Summicron. I know
that they are not Leica lenses and they may not hold their value well on the
resale market, but they provide a very economical way to outfit your Leica.

Jonathan Lee
- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 5:47 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Almost Ready to Take the Plunge.


Jeff- Ignore Buzz's advice and go with a 35 if you are only going to get one
lens. And, if you can afford it, go with the 35 Summilux ASPH, which may
just be the single best lens in the Leica M line.

35 is a great focal length - just long enough to function as a "normal"
lens, and just wide enough to allow you to get in close and still get a
reasonable view of the environment surrounding your subject.

If you can't spring for the Summilux ASPH, or don't need the extra stop, go
for a 35 Summicron. The ASPH is said to be great, but, at the same time, the
last version of the non-ASPH Summicron is still a really terrific lens.

B. D.
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Buzz
Hausner
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 3:32 PM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Almost Ready to Take the Plunge.


Jeff--

	You are about to get a deluge of opinions and I would wager that the
majority will say that you cannot live without an aspheric 35, probably the
Summilux.  You can buy what the majority of us tell you to buy, but my
advice would be to try both (putting aside for the moment any question of
lens speed) and see which focal length works for you.  Do you have previous
experience with these focal lengths?  I would guess that your preferences
developed using a 35 and a 50 on an auto-whatever camera will still obtain.
If not, if I were you, I would consider determining what I can spend and
divide that amount between an entry level 50 and 35-- and there are plenty
of fine and less expensive Leica lenses out there-- and work with them for a
while.  Then YOU can decide which is THE lens and give advice to others
after you trade both at very little lost value for the latest and greatest
50 or 35.

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Bailey [mailto:sasxjb@excite.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:00 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Almost Ready to Take the Plunge.


Hi All,

Well, I have decided that I must have a manual camera and I have decided on
a Leica M. This will be my first exposure to a range finder camera.

I think that I should start with one lense (minimize the number of variables
to start). I want your opinions on THE lense. I was thinking of either a
35mm or 50mm.

Thanks,
Jeff

fish-boy@mindspring.com





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