[Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Summilux 50 asph - no contest. And I say this not ever having used one. :-)
But if you say only one lens, I want the combination of size, speed, and
performance. I've never owned a Noctilux, and haven't missed a thing. I have
owned Summicrons, and while they're wonderful lenses, I want more speed. So
what does that leave - a Summilux. And based on what I've seen, and everyone
has said about the performance - I'll go for it sight unseen. But I'd rather
have the 35 Summilux Asph if I could only have one lens. ;-)


> Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
> 
> Now, this  isn't a "What should I buy?" question because I have nearly all
> of them already. And the Noctilux 50/1.0 isn't the right answer because it
> is really designed to be used under limited light and it is just too darned
> big, expensive, and heavy to be a "best" of all worlds. Take into account:
> 
> Sharpness (a subjective perception)
> Contrast
> Bokeh
> Easy of use (yeah, I guess that means weight and size)
> Contrast
> Versatility
> Affordability (keep in mind that I'm talking to LUGers who could afford the
> body...they have enough to buy this lens, but who spend $3,800 if you can
> buy the best all-around 50 for less?)
> Use with today's films, not classic films
> Intangibles
> 
> I have a pretty good idea of what most folks would say, but wondered if I 
> am
> right. If the Department of Homeland Security dictated that a photographer
> could have only one lens, a 50 (so you couldn't take pictures of places you
> planned to attack), what would it be? Oh, and it has to be Leica.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
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