[Leica] TE for a newbie

[Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>]

>Only that I really disagree.  If I only had one lens
>it would be the tri-elmar.  Being "Leica like" is not
>a factor if you are not already accustomed to using a
>Leica.

My point. If someone is "entering" the world of Leica M, I just 
suspect that the TE is not the best "first" lens -- that was my point

>  I'm not sure what you mean by an "array" of
>finders. It simply acts like three different lenses
>instead of a zoom so you see the 28mm lines, 35mm
>lines and 50mm finder lines...I don't think of this as
>being different finders, it just works like having
>three lenses without the hassell of extra weight, or
>of having to change from one to the other.

agree, that's why I bought one, but for a first time user, who goes 
to "focus" the lens, and is met by frames changing it may be 
"confusing". I think the best thing about the M is the simplicity, 
and the TE adds a focal length element, which I would rather not give 
to a newbie.

>
>Where I would add a word of caution is lens speed.
>Having an f4 for me was not a problem.  I usually only
>shoot in daylight and was used to f4 as a pretty
>"normal" speed from using medium format. If you shoot
>in low light, or if you need a fast lens a tri-elmar
>won't work well.

Agree again. It is a bit slow, and that in "general" is not the M 
experience. Don't get me wrong, I think the TE will become one of my 
favourite lenses for travel especially, but I have found its handling 
to be a bit less "friendly" so far -- remember I've shot only 12 
images, and am yet to see any results.


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