Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/01

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Subject: Re: M6, 50mm Summicron and more
From: c.blaue@bmsg.de
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 19:52:33 +0200

   Robert Garbutt wrote:

  >I'm a newcomer to this group and don't quite have a Leica yet.  I have
  >been saving for an M6 and 50mm Summicron and am about a month away
  >thanks to the extension of the $500 rebate till September.  Someone
  >suggested I become a LUGnut and here I am.

<snip>

>   2.  Someone I talked to along the way suggested that I should consider a
>   35mm lens rather than a 50mm because the 35mm "suits Leica photography".
>   It was a throw away line I never followed up because the comment didn't
>   really make sense to me.  Any comments on this?  I'm more a 50/85mm
>   photographer than a 35mm one - I would have thought it was my style that
>   mattered not the camera's (whatever that means - is this some Leica
>   mysticism I have not been initiated into yet?).


Hi Robert,

welcome to the group.

I have two answers to your second question:
1. If you are a 50/85 guy, your equipment should fit your needs, not vice
versa. My expierience with a 50mm and a 90mm lens is that the Leica supports
these focal lengthes very good.

2. However my preferences changed and I am looking for a 35mm or a 28mm to
trade for my 90mm Tele-Elmarit. Working with the Leica M changed my view and I
think it supports the wide angle lenses perfectly. It is a camera for a
photographer who is a member of a group of people rather than viewing the group
from far away being afraid to get caught in the (photographing) act.

christoph