Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right....Can't speak to the 24 - for me it's the 21-28 and 35...the lenses longer than than are, for ME, sort of after-thoughts on the M...;-) Steven Alexander wrote: > > on 9/28/01 9:59 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote: > > > Hey...to each his or her own. I've found that, for me, even in those > > situations, I want to be closer or further - I want to be able to get > > just a bit more in the frame, which the 50 gives me, or I want the > > intimacy of the 85-90 mm range. But it is a matter of taste, which is a > > point someone trashing me yesterday missed. I never suggested that it > > was 'wrong' to get the 75; I simply stated my views. And part of my view > > is that it is, in terms of its optical properties, a spectacular lens. I > > have always insisted, and will continue to insist, however, that the 75 > > Summilux and Nikon 85 1.4 - both AF and AIS - are virtual twins in terms > > of the image results they produce. > > > > B. D. > > Just to let people know I'm still online, I too feel the 75mm is a difficult > focal lenght to work with, BUT a fantastic lens. I had one and tried for > several years to learn to use it...the 50mm and the 90mm meet my needs. > > Now about the 24mm, 28mm, 35mm hmmmm!!! > > Steven > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html