Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So which one, the 75 or the 90 do you use the most. I just purchased the 90 ASPH and 15 years ago had the 75. I only shot B&W back then. I am interested in your opinion, to see if I can't live with just the 90. Thanks. - --- George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca> wrote: > At 10:52 AM 08/12/2000 -0500, Lee, Ken wrote: > >I find this comment very interesting. The focus on > my 75 Summilux is much > >stiffer than my 90 APO and I thought others had > said the same. Maybe it > >should go to Reinhold for a cleaning. Does anyone > else find the focusing on > >the 75 to be much stiffer than any other M lens? > > > > I find that to be true of the 75 as well. Mine > seems to focus very > stiffly. I remember someone on the LUG mentioning > that this is done on > purpose, to reduce slippage due to the very shallow > depth of field wide > open at close focusing range. > > I have the 90 apo lens as well. The photos each > produce have a completely > different look to them. The 90 apo ASPH gives a > very sharp, more contrasty > image; the 75 has beautiful bokeh and buttery-smooth > tonality. > > > > NO ARCHIVE > > EASY ON THE GRAVY > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/