Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Depends on what you want with a 35..... If you want the best OOF areas, the 35 Summicron ( Version 1,3, or 4) is best. ( an cheapest, but used only) If you want technical performance... more similar to your 50 ASPH, then the 35 F2 ASPH is best. If you wish to watch your pennies and get better technical performance than the 35 F2 ( non ASPH) but less OOF area performance, the Biogon may be best ( no personal experience with this lens...) And if you are patient, and wish to wait, a new 35 F1.4 ASPH is supposedly on the horizon... but the bucks will be out there.... Performance like your 50 ASPH ( supposition, but it was designed using more modern technology), speed like your 50 ASPH, and most likely to blow away ANYTHING out there......regardless of brand ..... Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net