Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Going the opposite way: 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor in LTM: Resistance is futile. This, I think, is the sharpest LTM lens that I have ever seen. Guy Bennett wrote: > >What are your favorite [ltm] models and lenses and why? > > > >Mike > > let me throw in my 2 cents on this one. i'll have to forgo the body part of > the question since i only know one, the iiif, though i hope one day to pick > up a black iiib... > > as for sm lenses, the ones that i use most are: > > - summaron 35/3.5 > - skopar 25/4 > > 1. both are marvelously compact - even with a lens hood, they're small, and > for me that's part of the charm of using a screw mount leica: microsizitude > coupled with lightweightability. > > 2. they're relatively inexpensive. both can be had for less than $400usd > (and that includes a very good finder with skopar). > > 3. they're sharp, and produce images that jump off the negs and tickle your > eyeballs, so crisp they are. > > though i sing the praises of these lenses, all is not exactly as i'd have > it - i wish they both were faster, and i'd really like the skopar to be rf > coupled. i frequently shoot indoors in low light, and often use both lenses > 'wide open.' i'm never sure i'm going to get the shot with the skopar since > i have to guesstimate the distance, and i'm frequently wrong on that > account. > > guy