[Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions

[joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)]

Jeffery,

Do not over look the Leica APO Summicron M 75/2.0 ASPH.

If the Hexanon 90/2.8 and Heliar 75/2.5 are 'very good', I would rate the
Elmarit M 90/2.8 as 'excellent', and the APO Summicron M 75/2.0 ASPH
'stunning'.  And by Leica standard, it is not too unreasonable at under
US$2,000.  It is also a relatively compact lens, much smaller than, say, the
Summilux 75/1.4 and 90/2.0.

Bests,

Joseph


On 9/5/06 8:47 am, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:

> I have every conceivable possible lens between 15mm and 50mm (with a lot of
> weight skewed toward the 50mm end). However, I have only two lenses past
> 50...a 90/2.8 Hexanon (which is "very good") and a 75/2.5 Heliar (which is
> "very good"). I would like to have something excellent longer than 50. It's
> a length I don't use enough. Since Zeiss Ikon apparently stopped dead in
> their tracks at 50, I pretty much have the following choices in Leica 
> glass:
> 
> 75/1.4
> 90/4
> 90/2.8
> 90/2
> 
> Of course, the faster the glass, the more expensive it is. I doubt that I
> will be shooting smoky, dimly-lit pubs with this. So speed is not that much
> of an object. Does one of these stand out among the others? If the fast
> glass is the glass with hair-raising quality, I will consider [choke!] the
> cost as secondary.
> 
> BTW, 90mm seems to be the length LEAST used by LUGers, at least in PAW
> postings. It isn't THAT long......
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com