Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>What are your favorite [ltm] models and lenses and why? > >Mike let me throw in my 2 cents on this one. i'll have to forgo the body part of the question since i only know one, the iiif, though i hope one day to pick up a black iiib... as for sm lenses, the ones that i use most are: - - summaron 35/3.5 - - skopar 25/4 1. both are marvelously compact - even with a lens hood, they're small, and for me that's part of the charm of using a screw mount leica: microsizitude coupled with lightweightability. 2. they're relatively inexpensive. both can be had for less than $400usd (and that includes a very good finder with skopar). 3. they're sharp, and produce images that jump off the negs and tickle your eyeballs, so crisp they are. though i sing the praises of these lenses, all is not exactly as i'd have it - i wish they both were faster, and i'd really like the skopar to be rf coupled. i frequently shoot indoors in low light, and often use both lenses 'wide open.' i'm never sure i'm going to get the shot with the skopar since i have to guesstimate the distance, and i'm frequently wrong on that account. guy