Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the last non-asph 'cron, which I always found to be one of their best lenses. If it's soft at the edges, well, I don't know of any RF shooters who compose like one would with an SLR, so it's kinda moot. The only 35 'lux I've used where the M3 version and their last non-asph version, both real pigs not really worthy to be in the same camera bag as the rest of their lenses. What I've seen of the new 90 apo 'con image quality makes it a lens well worth saving for. I'm currently using a 90 Elmarit-R, last version, on my R6 which covers that range. I'm quite comfortable with mixed shooting, i.e. RF and SLR. I even mix digital for color and 120 for B/W. Personally, I think that a 35-90, or a 28-75 are great combinations. You should look at the past few years of your work and see where you tend to gravitate lens wise. For my own work I tend to get closer and wider, which makes the 28 'cron my next purchase. Slobodan Dimitrov kiklaas@iinet.net.au wrote: > > Slobodan, > > I am tossing up between 35mm Cron and Lux - are you really happy with Cron? > It's cheaper than the Lux and I need to get the 90mm as some stage so > savings would go towards this. > > (we are having a Leica Day in Perth - end of May - should be some good > demo prices going.) > > Karina > > > I had a chrome 50 Elmar-M. I sold it recently because it was too heavy. > > The times that I used it were pleasant surprises. It had an overall > > clarity, that was at once sharp and contrasty, no matter which f stop I > > used. It seemed to produce negs with a longer tonal range, without a > > loss of paper contrast. > > For me, apart from a 35mm 'cron, it's a great walk about lens. But the > > next one I acquire will be a black one. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html