Re: [Leica] 90 f/2 or 75 f/1.4

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Rick

You have performed the most proper and valid of all testing methods -
determining the image that you like the best.  That's what it's all about.

Simon


RODGERS, RICK wrote:

Snip:

I don't profess to know much
> if anything about the proper testing procedures or photography in general
> for that matter. But to my eyes the leica won hands down. >

> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:43 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] 90 f/2 or 75 f/1.4
>
>
> Well, not to start a flamewar, but I defy anyone to successfully pick
either
> a shot taken with the Summilux 75, a magnificent lens, or the Nikon 85 1.4
> AF D, an equally magnificent lens, out of a pile of photos taken with
those
> two lenses.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ..RODGERS,
> > RICK
> > 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
> >
>