Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mitchell, It is difficult to give advice without knowing what style of photography you do. All the four lenses you mention are excellent. The wider the aperture, the more you pay, of course, and the lens is also bigger and heavier. But you have to keep things in perspective; none of the lenses are truly heavy, certainly not compared to SLR equivalents. I currently have the 90mm Apo Summicron and the 50mm Summicron. I have previously owned the 90mm Elmarit and the 50mm Summilux. Based on this, I can give you the following advice: 1) The 90mm Elmarit is an excellent, sharp lens. Buy the 90mm Apo Summicron if you really think that you will use the small improvement over the 90mm Elmarit and of course the additional stop. 2) If you are only going to have one 50mm lens, buy the Summilux. It is a very good lens and you will find the extra stop handy at times. If you think there might be a Noctilux in your future, or if you are really after ultimate sharpness, then buy the Summicron. None of the lenses mentioned block a significant portion of the viewfinder. Nathan Mitchell Baum wrote, in part: > I also want to buy a 90mm and a 50mm lens, new, Summicron ASPH versus > Elmarit in the 90. Summilux versus Summicron in the 50mm. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman