Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/10

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 90 f/2 or 75 f/1.4
From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:32:47 -0400

Rick...

	Being in the market for only one lens, you have a tough choice to
make.  You are considering two outstanding lenses.  What one must bear in
mind is that neither lens is the "better" lens, they are different lenses
intended for different purposes.  Consider what you want in your first
lens...greater focal length?  The ability to shoot in lower light?   smaller
and lighter lens?  The less expensive lens which will permit you to get your
second lens earlier?  Most of all, which lens will do the most to help you
complete your vision.  You WILL end up owning more than one Leica lens.  I
urge you to think deeply and make this very personal and subjective decision
based on your own vision, needs, and capabilities.  Both lenses you are
considering will provide images of breathtaking quality...it is just that
those breathtaking qualities will differ from one to the other.

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: ..RODGERS, RICK [mailto:rick@quicktest.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:02 PM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: [Leica] 90 f/2 or 75 f/1.4


Hello,  I am trying to decide on which lens to buy fo my first leica. I
used a friends m6ttl and 75 1.4 for a week comparing it to my f100 and 85
1.4 and just finished putting the nikon up on ebay. I could not get over the
difference in quality. I do mostly amateur travel photography and have been
shooting for little over a year. My first roll on the leica was better than
my 200th+ roll on the nikon. To the point, I was reading old messages on
this list and some various reviews on the web and seemed to be getting
differing opinions on the quality of the 90 2.0 relative to the 75 1.4. I
realize that the 90 apo version is the newer and presumably better model of
the 90 f/2s available. I would rather sacrifice the extra stop in favor of
the extra focal length but I don't want to sacrifice the quality I saw from
the 75 1.4. Am I over thinking this? Any opinions appreciated.

Rick