Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Cooper jotted down the following: > I'm sure this is old territory, but I have yet to look seriously into 90mm > Leica lenses. Now that I'm inseparable from my M3, I thought I'd try out > that frameline. Which 90 is considered to have the nicest balance between > sharpness and bokeh? And are any a bargain, like my DR Summicron? The 1960's Summicron is heavy, but wide open has some of the most gorgeous bokeh I've ever seen. A superb portrait lens. Stopped down it's as sharp as you could want. And they're cheap -- having been pushed down in price even more by the introduction of the 90 APO, which made the 1980s Summi cheaper. The other bargain is the skinny Tele-Elmarit. Great travel lens, small, compact, sharp when stopped down, softer wide open but very nice bokeh. You loose a stop, but you gain an E39 filter thread, which makes the 25mm f/4 Skopar, 35mm f/2 'cron, 50mm f/2 'cron and 90mm f/2.8 TE (all use the E39 filter thread) quite possibly the most superb travel outfit you could imagine (added to this is that the 50mm and 35mm can share the same lens hood and that the 90 and 50/35 lens hoods can share the same cap). M. - -- Martin Howard | It never ceases to amaze me how people con- Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | sistently pay more attention to *how* you email: howard.390@osu.edu | say something, than *what* you say. (Anon) www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------------