Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 21mm Elmarit-M vs 50mm Noctilux
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:01:43 -0700
 
>If someone were to give you a free lens and the choice was between the
>21mm Elmarit-M or the 50mm Noctilux, which would you choose and why?

For me, f/2 is fast enough. I'd grab for the 21mm lens. Why? Because I 
regularly take pictures in available darkness scenarios with as slow as 
an f/2.8 lens with no problems, and I like working with wide angle lenses.

Godfrey