Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Rick, I also consider my 75 as my first lens, since I like candid photo. My choice of 75 is based on considering Leica as available light and hand held photo camera, thus extra stop and shorter focal length is more user friendly to slower speed (you can get a good picture with 1/60) for hand held situation. JSJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "..RODGERS, RICK" <rick@quicktest.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:02 AM 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 >