Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not to be contentious, or anything, but I tend to carry only the 35 Summicron (pre-asph)! The members of the group finally convinved me that this was the 'Best' all-around lens! I carry a black Summilux 50 if I wear the photo-vest as it fits in the pocket and is not very bulky, but for general toting about with the M, it is the 35 Summi! If I feel retro and carry the LTM, it's a IIIa and an Elmar 50/3,5! I am more and more convinced that simpler is better! Dan ( Holy Lumbago!) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 4:25 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Ideal M travel lens combination > I will refine this kit even a tad farther. If you want the smallest, > lightest, and most discrete gear possible, your 35 should be a late, > pre-aspheric Summicron and your 90 should be the "Skinny" Tele-Elmarit. > Both of these are damn fine lenses (relatively inexpensive) and as small and > light as one can expect from world class equipment. You can carry > everything you need for a full day of photography in a couple of jacket > pockets. Assuming you will shoot hand-held, you will never tell the > difference between pictures taken with these lenses and pictures taken with > their more recent siblings. One caution, however, it would appear that care > is necessary in purchasing the 90 because certain individual units may have > developed a pernicious fungus, though a recent LUG survey indicated this was > less of a problem than the publicity might indicate. > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 4:45 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Ideal M travel lens combination > > > That is close to the ideal....of course if the idea of the ideal is hold > down the weight and bulk, make it an M6 with a 35 and a 90. Period. Camera > around the neck or over the shoulder with the 35 mounted. Ninety in a > pocket. > > B. D.