Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Portraiture lens preferences
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 22:05:13 +0100
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Terry,

I prefer precisely the two lenses you have--90mm Apo for M and 100mm Macro for
R. They provide the sharpest images with the best colour fidelity, and those are
the things I look for in a lens, regardless of the subject. If you want the soft
1930s look, just put on a UV filter and smear vaseline on it...

Nathan

tm wrote:

> Can all who have a moment tell me which Leica lens they prefer for taking
> portraits? On the M side, I have the 90 APO but not the 75 1.4. On the R
> side, I have the 100 APO-Macro Elmarit but neither the discontinued 90mm
> Summicron. nor the 80mm 1.4 Summilux. Of course, your recommendations can be
> the aforementioned lenses I don't have, but please include reasons in all
> cases. In advance, THANKS!
>
> Terry
>
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