Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kip, I fear you have some saving to do, but if you find the Nocti can be accurately focused with the .58, you will probably be OK with the 90, you can then start saving for the second .85 body for the Nocti and 90, but don't stop your trip, and perhaps the binocs would be a good way to decide if you need a short telephoto ;-) Cheers On Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003, at 09:08 Australia/Melbourne, kip@mac.com wrote: > All: > > I'm wrestling with a Leica purchase decision that I'm hoping the group > can help me with. I own an M6TTL, a 35mm Summicron, and a 50mm > Noctilux. I've decided I'd like to try a focal length with a bit of > magnification, and I've settled on the 90mm APO Summicron. However, my > M6 has the 0.58 finder, chosen because I knew most of my shooting > would be with the 35mm, a match that I love. > > Would the 90mm lens' focal length be extremely difficult to focus with > the 0.58 finder, so much so that I should defer the purchase until > some time (meaning probably a *long* time!) in the future when I can > afford another body with a 0.72 or 0.85 finder? If so, the other Leica > object I'm lusting for is the 8X42BN binoculars, which I could put to > use right away on many upcoming trips... > > What to do? > > Kip Peterson > San Diego > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html