Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here again.... the quandry of what to keep and what not to keep! Since it really boils down to the subjective assessment of what makes the image YOU ( and you alone!) want, I would say to take a roll of film, shoot some pictures of typical subject matter for you, and then SEE which does the best job for you!!! Everyone wonders why Ted may love a lens one week, and sell it the next. Simple. The lens may do a bangup job on assignment "A", and he loves it, but then again- he ain't married to it, and if the new assignment "B" calls for another look, or technique, he uses what does the job. This I am sure can be expensive for the professional, since they are faced with a wide gamut of assignments, but those of us who do it for LOVE!, we tend to focus (sorry about that one!) on one type of photography- portraits, people in general, street photography, foto realite, etc. For us it is relatively simple. We use what makes the type of image we seek, and usually, we don't have to change so often! Personally, I cannot fault the Tele-Elmar.... even if it is older. I have a 1933 Elmar that gives me the look I want, whereas the 90 Summicron-M doesn't! I favor a very clean and mean Summarit over the Summilux, but like the 35 Summicron for most things, but for street shots- in bright daylight- a Summaron does very well, and with an adapter- fits the M6 and works quite nicely, thank you! So some of my stuff, patterns and expressions are more important than resolving nose hair, or pimples on someone 50 feet away. Trust your own eyes- USE THE FORCE, LUKE! Dan ( Obi Wan) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 5:46 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Was: Tell Me About This Lens Now: TE versus new elmarit > Why keep the TE if you are getting the newer 2.8. Or vice versa? > > Dan C. > > At 08:20 AM 12-06-00 -0500, Bill Satterfield wrote: > >I have the 90/2.8 TE as well as the 90/2 non- asph. I was thinking about > >selling the 2 and getting the latest 2.8 and keep the TE. Any thoughts on > what > >I should do? > > > >drodgers@nextlink.com wrote: > > >