Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:23:10 -0500 > From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com> > 75 1.4... I think is has welded it self onto my M... Yeah, I'll have to second this -- though I'm glad to hear that the 28mm Elmarit has fans: I'll have to try one. I'll add that I've shot more duds -- up to 40-50 straight loser images -- with the 75mm. I've been a rangefinder photographer for a whopping 2.5 years now, and, spoilt bastard that I am, have used an M6 the whole time. The biggest change, beyond a quadrupling of my film consumption, has been in the quality of my best images: the standouts are more outstanding than they were in the old SLR days. I love all my lenses -- honorable mention to the 24mm ASPH, because of its scary technical brilliance. But it's predictably impressive. In contrast, the 75 Summilux delivers the great shot less frequently and predictably -- I am still learning how to play to its strengths -- and surprises me with great shots I don't remember taking. I look at something I'm going to photograph, and I do not see what that lens is going to see. And it delivers huge home runs amidst images where I thought I was just wasting film. I believe an early post in this thread said something similar about the 28mm. Sorry to spill more ink blathering about how great the 75mm summilux is, but the comments about the 28 reminded me of my sweetie. - -Al __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/