Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me, the 75 is great for outdoor 3/4 'walking around' portraits of friends when I travel. Great isolation of subject from background, beautiful negatives. I find the effect different than a 50. good shooting, have fun Rob >>> goldframe1@yahoo.com 02/02/01 03:09PM >>> My new lens just arrived today, a 75mm Summilux-M f1.4, what a beauty!! See what hanging around the LUG can do. Smmooooth as silk - Oh boy! It's a departure from the compact Leica lenses that I prefer for normal daytime photography - its big and heavy. My normal walking around kit is a 50mm Elmar f2.8, 35mm Summicron f2.0 and the 90mm Tele-Elmarit f2.8. Anyhow, I'll probably finish the half a roll in the camera in short order today and get some prints back before this evening. Its exciting. I'm kind or wondering if I'll use the 75mm in normal daytime outside situations - it's hard to see (conceptually) where using a 50mm at a wider aperture wouldn't give a very comparable image?? So here I go to expose some film and see. gold