Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isaac Crawford <isaac@visi.net> wrote: > I am constantly amazed at how many truly wonderful 50mm > lenses there are out there. My 50mm summicron-m is > certainly the best overall 50 I've ever used, but my > Pentax 50mm f1.4 is great. specially since it cost me > $10! I love how my Jupiter-3 (a sonnar rip off) renders > pictures, and my old Konica I rangefinder has a lovely > collapsible 50mm (I'm guessing it's a Tessar design). I just took a look at my 35mm cameras. Except for the M2 (currently masquerading as a pinhole box) every single one of 'em has a 50mm lens mounted on it. I'd guess 90%+ of the pics I took during the past three months were with a 50. I'm normally a 35/90 guy...wonder what's up? :-) - -Dave-