Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gruppe: Dear Constant Readers- I turn to you for... [pregnant pause]...advice! I am at an impasse, and I am hoping that I can get some feedback to help me break the mental logjam. I am negotiating for an M6 with a 50 Summilux. Beautiful with pristine glass ( Previuos owner used a Uv filter ALL the time!). Now, I have both a 50 Summicron, also black, and with pristine glass, and a chrome Summarit in like new condition ( Sherry CLA'd it, and it doesn't have cleaning marks on it!). Should I try to keep all three? Would I be remiss in selling the Summicron, and is theSummilux image 'comparable' at f2 to the 'cron? Is the Summarit superflous with a Summilux? I like the images it makes- pretty good, and I can see why people call it the 'poor man's Summilux as it is fast. It has good bokeh, though! I admit it! Here again, would I be remiss in selling it? I think it a bit 'piggish' having three 50's like this ( Heck, I have the 50 Elmar and Summar, with adapters, so I have plenty of potential with 50mm lenses!) and think I should trim the stable, but I can't decide which! Have any of you been caught on the horns of this particular dilemma? I hate being flame bait, but I do respect the groups' experience and expertise and I thought that you folks might make my decision less painful since I am sure some of you, like me, are not into collecting, and keep a trim kit for your M stuff! My hope is one of you had the same thoughts, and I'd like to know! So I risk asking! Dan ( actually serious, for a change!) - - Soggy but intact... in the wake of Floyd. Still keeping the chain saw in the back of the wagon, though!