Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Now I wish I had the 75 lux again, it would make a good complement to my > regular lenses, 50 cron, 90 elmarit-m, and 35 cron asph. I guess that's > my best advice, its a good complement lens... True, Isaac; I usually go out now with the 35/1.4 asph on a Hexar RF and the 75/1.4 on my M6 TTL. Not much you miss between these two fast lenses. The trouble I've discovered is that the 75 images so far outshine those of the 35 (believe it or not!) that I find myself actually going to the 75 more often now--even if it means taking several steps backwards to get the same composition the 35 would provide. So the 35 gets reserved for when I really need the speed (low light or fast action) or when I want the effect of the wider angle (more prominent foreground subject). The irony is that I used to just go out with the M6 and 50/2, and my hit rate with that one camera, one lens kit was better than I'm getting now. And the < $1k 50 summicron is a real sleeper lens: produces images that rival both of the others (each > $2.5k)! For my style of shooting, you'd be hard pressed to do better than the 50 cron. Dan