Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > > I found a great deal on a 75/1.4 Summilux with built in hood > > made in Canada. -- i can't use it!! > > > > after years of Nikon F then Canon EOS shooting, I can't get used > > to the RF focus and small hard > > to use viewfinder lines -- I love my M6 with a 35 f/2, but I > > can't do the 75 thing > > I do not understand. The rangefinder focusing spot is the same size, no > matter what lense you have on the camera! > > Use the lense, use the lense...trust me ;-) Trust Austin, but not necessarily on this one...;-) I, too, love my M6...and I think the 75 Summilux is a technically fabulous lens. But I have found that when I am shooting a longer than "normal" lens, I really want to "see" what I'm shooting, and I can't do that with a rangefinder. I know this is strictly a matter of personal preference. And I do still have a 75 - the Cosina 75 2.5. I carry it as a backup when I otherwise just have my M6 and 35 1.4. But if I am planning on using a "portrait" lens, it's the 85 1.4, or 60 2.8, on my Nikon...And, despite what folks here say, the 85 1.4 is every bit the lens the Leica Summilux 75 is...;-) B. D.