Re: [Leica] Still confused (was: 35, 90 and now 50mm?)

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

I agree with part of your message exactly.....I used to want 
a faster 50 and 90 for the maximum aperture.....since I've 
had a new 90, I've wished I'd bought a 2.8 elmarit instead..
I'm always unsure of focus and DOF at f2....so the lighter, 
smaller elmarit I used to use was enough...
same with the 50......I'd love to have a 35 1.2, tho....HEHEHE...

Anybody wanna trade an EXC+ or better elmarit for a minty 90 
Summicron? (the one just prior to the asph....like new)

Walt

On Fri,
29
Sep 2000, Jesse Hellman wrote:

> Which lens? In my opinion it depends on your vision and how you see, and
> how you want to round it out over time. I use the 50mm lens more than
> all the others combined. On trips I take the 50 and the 21, only. I have
> taken the 90 but rarely used it. I want to take pictures, as a tourist,
> that include my surroundings and, in Europe, the 21 is very useful.
> 
> I use the 90 for portraits, but the 50 focuses so close you can do
> without it as a tourist.
> I find that there are so many things to see, that to limit yourself to
> one lens when you go out is really no limitation at all. It frees you to
> see, which may sound strange but is at least in my experience true.
> 
> So there is no right answer. If you are very comfortable with the 35,
> getting a Summicron is worthwhile, but I bet you will not take both out
> at any one time.
> 
> As for the Summilux, it does not offer the advantage that it would in a
> reflex of helping with focus. it is useful only when you want an opening
> greater than F/2. This may be heresy, but while I do use F/2 a good
> deal, and use TMax P3200, I think the loss of depth of field at openings
> greater than F/2 is a real limitation. How many really excellent
> photographs have been taken at openings greater than F/2?
> 
> I would love to post a street photo I took recently as an example of
> vision with the 50, but I do not have my website up yet. Is there any
> other way to do this in the meantime?
> 
> All that said, I admit that if a 50 Summilux ASPH comes out I will
> probably buy one, the proof that reason is secondary to passion.
> 
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