Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would be very interested in hearing about any actual experience from owners of the 75mm f1.4 Summilux-M. In the last 3 years since I've become an M devotee any questions about the 75mm have been dismissed with the explanation that the 75mm is really just a specialists lens, indoor journalistic use mostly, not used in normal work. I do agree that the M is not really a camera to use as one might an SLR. More lenses are not necessarily better - more equipment does not a better photographer make - I agree. But... I'm open to learning more here. I am told that Leica makes and sells very few of the 75mm M, that it's more specialized and limited than the 135mm M, another rarely used focal length, in actually practice, among M user's. ?? Personally my most frequently used lenses are the 35mm f2.0 Summicron-M (pre-ASPH), the 50mm f2.8 Elmar-M and the 90mm f2.8 either in the Elmarit-M and I just picked up a mint!! 90mm f2.8 Tele-Elmarit-M, my new light-weight favorite and the 21mm f2.8 ASPH Elmarit-M. I kind of go along with Brian Bower's thoughts. Again with the ASPH - wonder if that would be another next step for the 75mm too.