Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>In January I bought a new Leica M6 TTL in chrome together with a 35mm >asph.-Summicron, which I mainly use for travel photography. > >[snip] > >Now I think about buying a 50mm lens. But which one? > >[snip] > >Which one would be your choice, if you had a 35mm-Summicron and a >90mm-Elmarit? > >Bego bego, i've got the same set up (though i bought the 50 first), and opted for the summicron. my reasoning was pretty much the same as yours - noctilux too expensive, would love to have the extra stop of the summilux but not willing to pay $1000 for it, liked the collapsability of the elmar but couldn't live with the 2.8edness of that lens - in short, the summicron seemed perfect. i still feel that way about that lens. it is the best 50 i have ever used: it's beautifully sharp and contrasty wide open (which is how i almost always use it), has gorgeous bokeh (apologies to the lexical nationalists among us), and it's inexpensive compared to just about all other leica lenses. my one regret: the extensible lens hood, which i'd like to see replaced by one of the old-style 'saturnian ring' hoods, but that's a relatively minor point in an otherwise wonderful lens. guy