Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have an 85/1.4 Zeiss SLR lens, and it is a monster. I may have to actually handle one of the 75/1.4 Luxes to really get a feel for its size. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier Ludwig Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:46 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions Jeffery 90 is "too long" for my personal RF usage. I have the 75/1.4 - it's, IMHO, the Leica lens with the smoothest bokeh of all. Most will say, no, it's the 35/2 Summicron 4th gen. - but I do not share this opinion. If the 35 is the king, then the 75 is the queen. And much more powerfull like in the chess game... May be you had noted I had the 75 'Lux for sale past winter, to finance a DSLR. I had found a buyer on the list, but then, after looking at some of my shots made with that lens, I did not have the heart to sell it. This might illustrate what the lens means to me... The size of the 75/1.4 is too large for many - I did not have any problems. Together with a rapidgrip on the M6 it balances very well. Didier (still waiting for a DSLR) >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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information