Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Honemann wrote: > > > Now I wish I had the 75 lux again, it would make a good complement to my > > regular lenses, 50 cron, 90 elmarit-m, and 35 cron asph. I guess that's > > my best advice, its a good complement lens... > > True, Isaac; I usually go out now with the 35/1.4 asph on a Hexar RF and the > 75/1.4 on my M6 TTL. Not much you miss between these two fast lenses. That *had* been my dream set up... see below for more. The > trouble I've discovered is that the 75 images so far outshine those of the > 35 (believe it or not!) that I find myself actually going to the 75 more > often now--even if it means taking several steps backwards to get the same > composition the 35 would provide. So the 35 gets reserved for when I really > need the speed (low light or fast action) or when I want the effect of the > wider angle (more prominent foreground subject). > > The irony is that I used to just go out with the M6 and 50/2, and my hit > rate with that one camera, one lens kit was better than I'm getting now. > And the < $1k 50 summicron is a real sleeper lens: produces images that > rival both of the others (each > $2.5k)! For my style of shooting, you'd be > hard pressed to do better than the 50 cron. I agree completely. My 50 cron gets about 90% of the usage with the 90 coming in a distant third. I don't know if I've used the 35 since I got the 50... I think right now my ideal set up would be my 50 cron, a noctilux, and a new 50 cron for my IIIf... I use a pentax rig occaisionly. Guess which lens I use... that's right, 50mm f1.4... Isaac > > Dan