Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Terry, I prefer precisely the two lenses you have--90mm Apo for M and 100mm Macro for R. They provide the sharpest images with the best colour fidelity, and those are the things I look for in a lens, regardless of the subject. If you want the soft 1930s look, just put on a UV filter and smear vaseline on it... Nathan tm wrote: > Can all who have a moment tell me which Leica lens they prefer for taking > portraits? On the M side, I have the 90 APO but not the 75 1.4. On the R > side, I have the 100 APO-Macro Elmarit but neither the discontinued 90mm > Summicron. nor the 80mm 1.4 Summilux. Of course, your recommendations can be > the aforementioned lenses I don't have, but please include reasons in all > cases. In advance, THANKS! > > Terry > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html