[Leica] Advice needed on 35mm lens for Leica M

[feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)]

If that's what you like, then by all means hang on to it. I have a 2/50 
Summar, which many
will disparage, but I love it for certain applications for which I feel 
it has no equal.
;-)

feli

On Mar 8, 2005, at 7:07 PM, Chandos Michael Brown wrote:

> Maybe I'm a fool, but the 35/1.4 and the 50/1 are two lenses (along, of
> course, with an M film body) that I intend to hang on to the bitter 
> end,
> in hopes that a reasonable digital M body will someday appear.
>
> The 35/1.4 "sings" to me through all its apertures; just as the
> Noctilux's vignette at full aperture is a 'flaw' in the technical 
> sense,
> the 35/1.4's 'softness' possesses a character all its own.  I don't
> defend it against modern designs, but on its own terms it's a 
> formidable
> lens with a distinct Leica signature.  I love it.
>
> CHandos