Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 75 Summilux is magical. One cannot be without it, especially for people shots. Ken Wilcox At 07:02 PM 8/26/99 -0000, you wrote: >Over time I will respond privately to those of you who were so kind as to >offer your wishes, best and otherwise!;-) > >I want to take this opportunity to say, briefly, that I really was >overwhelmed both by the number of those of you who sent best wishes, and who >some of you were...Folks whom on occasion the good doctor may have >"disagreed" a tad with. This list really is an amazing little experiment in >instant universal community of one sort or another....It is, quite frankly, >the only thing I would really miss if I had to give up the internet... > >NOW..onto the IMPORTANT STUFF... > >I hate question like this, but I'll pose it anyway: > >Suppose you already had a 35 1.4 and a 90 f.2...You could add either a 21 >ASPH and a 24ASPH....a 21 ASPH, or a 24ASPH, AND a 75 Summilux. You shoot >virutally all b&w...all available light...all people, much of it in tight >surroundings,....which would you chose and why? (I have used a 21 >extensively, love it, do get enormous use out of it, but find it a bit >extreme at times. I have owned a Nikon 24 and used it extensively, but found >at time it wasn't quite wide enough...Which means, do I go for the two >wides, and say to hell with the 75? Or do I add that fabulous 75 with it's >extra stop, and settle on one super wide?...Help Me Before The Insurance >Check Comes! > >B. D. > > > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>