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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu May 11 08:34:14 2006

I laid out the criteria in the original email posting. I guess I was looking 
for "best" as the one lens that could be the best compromise of features, 
like D76 and Tri-X, rather than the best at doing one thing.
--
Jeffery

---- Mark Langer <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> wrote: 
> I have another naieve question -- what constitutes the "best"?  It seems to
> me that there is no one "best" lens unless you make clear the criteria that
> one uses to determine what "best" means.  Value for money?  Sheer optical
> performance?  Do compactness, balance when mounted on the camera, speed,
> ability to mount on both a screwmount and bayonet body, etc. matter in this
> evaluation?  Depending on the criteria, I could opt for any one of a number
> of lenses to suggest, even with the limitation of only speaking of ones I
> have used personally.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 5/11/06, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > On May 11, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Mark Langer wrote:
> >
> > > How can people say that this lens is the best when it isn't even
> > > available
> > > yet?
> >
> >
> > easy Mark... the same way they can compare two lenses that they have
> > never used, and with absolute authority select the best...
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > >
> > > Enquiring minds want to know.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Daniel, I put a down payment of $100 on that new Heliar two months
> > >> ago.
> > >> I'm hoping that my serial number will be 0000003.
> > >> --
> > >> Jeffery
> > >>
> > >> ---- Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> > >> > > Now, this  isn't a "What should I buy?" question because I
> > >> have nearly
> > >> all
> > >> > > of them already.
> > >> >
> > >> > Ahem ...
> > >> > http://www.cameraquest.com/inventor.htm
> > >> >
> > >> > scroll down to the 50/2.0 Heliar. You're going to need that one
> > >> and you
> > >> know it.
> > >> >
> > >> > > 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.
> > >> >
> > >> > Since it would be very difficult and time consuming to really
> > >> take all
> > >> > of the variables into consideration and give them correct
> > >> answers ...
> > >> > I'd get boring on you and opt out with ...
> > >> >
> > >> > Summicron
> > >> >
> > >> > You really can't go wrong with a Summicron. I'd never have to look
> > >> > back and wonder if I made the right choice.
> > >> >
> > >> > Daniel
> > >> >
> > >> >
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