[Leica] Re: Leica 24mm, 75mm

[Cummer Family <cummer@asiaonline.net>]

Dear Matt,
I have the 24 which I prefer over the 21 or the 28 - just depends,I think,
how you "see" wide. About the 90 APO, I just got mine (thank you Joseph)
and have shot only a couple of rolls of film - mostly close ups of faces -
the APO focusses down to 1 meter yielding a 220mm X 330mm frame which a
face fills nicely. The quality of reproduction is, as you might expect,
simply wonderful. I can handle the depth of field wide open, focussing on
the nearest eye - but when I have borrowed and used a 75 Summilux, I found
that I did not have the focussing accuracy to deal with such a shallow
depth of field. Now I know that the differences in DOF between the 90 at
F2.0 and 75 at F1.4 are negligible but I "feel" more confident with the
APO. Perhaps another reason is that I have used a 90 Summicron for many
years and am more used to it. The 75 close focusses to 0.75 meters with a
frame of 192mm X 288mm so if you want to get closer then the 75 may be the
lens for you. For myself, I am happy with my decision to go for the 90 APO
which is also lighter than the 75 by 60 grams.
Cheers,
Howard.
>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:07:48 -0800
>From: "Matt Morgan" <mattmorgan@pdseurope.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] 24mm, 75mm
>Message-ID: <200008191651.RAA19767@mail.enterprise.net>
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>Hmmm.....just when I was happy that all my lens choices had been made, now
>I'm all undecided again:-)
>The 75mm is a very expensive lens which is one consideration, but I do like
>the idea of the extra speed and certainly the "razor thin DOF". I'll
>probably still go with the new 90mm APO f2, but I would like to hear of any
>experience with it. Next month's budget is taken up with the 24mm,
>viewfinder and a Rapidwinder, so I'm about 6 weeks away from buying either
>the 90 or the 75.
>
>Matt.
>