Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/3/99 11:13:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, michaeljohnston@ameritech.net writes: << You have to search pretty hard for situations that truly require an aperture of f/1.4, never mind f/1. --Mike >> Or that work with the negligible DOF at those apertures. The super-speed lenses are more often *required* with an SLR, from a focusing and handholding/shutter-speed standpoint, and somewhat easier to use since the shallow DOF is viewable. In 30 years I have never owned a Leica lens faster than f2 other than the 75 Summilux which I find difficult to use (size, weight, DOF, finder intrusion) but still have; and the 90 Summicron which I sold (the only Leica lens I have ever parted with) within a year of acquisition for a current Elmarit that I enjoy immensely. TEHO. DT