Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/10/00 3:01 am, Bego at owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: >> What would you do? "Travel light" and just stick with the 35 and 90mm-lens, >> or buy the 50mm Summicron additionaly? What is your experience? Would the >> 50mm 'cron be a wise completion or just another heavyweight to carry around? >> >> Buying a lens can be pretty difficult. :-) Hi Bego I was under cost constraints when I bought my M4 system in 1983 and though I wanted a 35/50/90 combination I dropped out the 50 thinking I would buy one later. Ever so often I look into the possibilities of buying a 50mm for my now M6 system with its 35 and 90 (a pre-Asph Lux and a Tele-Elmarit) but never do. The closest I came was when the collapsible f2.8 came out. People say it's an awfully long way between 35 and 90 but I have found I don't miss that middle ground with the M. I take 85-90 per cent with the 35mm and only occasionally do I fit the 90 to pull out details and capture and isolated individual in a crowd. Buy and live with the 35/90 combination before you 'plug the gap'. I always felt if I bought a 50 I'd end up never using the 35 and the 90! - -- David Prakel dprakel@rochester.rr.com