Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or the Voigtlander 28mm. I am quite happy with it on my M8. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 06 Apr 2015, at 20:54, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > The option is the 28mm f/2.8 ASPH ELMARIT-M which is a more compact and > inexpensive lens which came out in 2006 where the Summicron ASPH came out > in > 2000. And the Summicron may block the viewfinder. The Elmarit is old > fashioned Leica compact wide angle size. The Summicron is new Leica > inflated > with bicycle pump size. > I might go with compact Elmarit. Both my other Leica wides the 21 and 24 > are > Elmarit ASPH's. Though neither are compact. > Its just that as Leica "brands" go "Summicron" is the main one as I've > always seen it. > > > On 4/6/15 12:53 PM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > >> Bob, >> >> I have the 28 Elmarit Asph. and have loved its performance. It is the >> lens on >> my M8 most of the time. It is small and performs very well in my opinion. >> There are others who think it is very contrasty, but I have found this to >> be >> not true. I think Lluis also has and uses this lens. >> >> Gene >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 9:13:20 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Was: Screw the Nocti, Now: 28mm And BeThere >> >> I bought the 28mm Summicron-M ASPH I think at about the time it was >> released, IIRC at the Leica Seminar on Cape Cod in 2001. I never got >> comfortable with the focal length and sold it some years later. >> >> Now I'm thinking about buying a 28mm Elmarit-M 2.8 to use on my M240, >> mainly when I'm traveling and don't want to carry my current 35mm >> Summilux. >> >> Is this good thinking? >> >> --Bob >> >> >> ===On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Erwin Puts: >>> "The Summicron-M 2/28 mm ASPH. is one of the crown jewels in the Leica >>> scuderia of lenses. It is a superb lens and after twelve years in >>> production still not surpassed." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/5/2015 9:39 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe on this thing we should find the specs. The MTF graphs. And or >>>> some >>>> reviews by people who sound like they may know what they're talking >>>> about. >>>> Instead of relying on capricious or even malicious chat group gossip. >>>> I can speak for the finish of the lens a chrome version which looked top >>>> Leica quality to me. If that accounts for much. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/6/15 12:24 AM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Interesting. i remember several years ago everyone was praising the 28 >>>>> Chron. >>>>> I wonder what has changed? >>>>> >>>>> Gene >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2015 3:06:51 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti... >>>>> >>>>> If I do street documentary, I would get a 28mm (again) for sure. I did >>>>> most >>>>> of my "Occupy" series with the 35 or 50mm, and I definitely would have >>>>> loved a 28mm. >>>>> >>>>> Fortunately, the 28mm Cron is the unloved Leica-child, so one can get >>>>> it >>>>> for around $2500 now. A bargain compares to the Nocti :-) >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Mark, I think you should go back a reread your books ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> john >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Mark Rabiner >>>>>> Sent: Monday, 6 April 2015 6:08 a.m. >>>>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti... >>>>>> >>>>>> Most of us and most photographers I've ever met unless they were just >>>>>> starting out had both a 28 and a 24. Nobody ever didn't have either. >>>>>> That >>>>>> would be crazy. Its always been a basic focal length. Its one of the >>>>>> frame >>>>>> lines in M's since the M2 in 1957. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >