Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sam: I currently own an 180 APO Summicron. Unless the dimly lit room gives you a shutter speed over 1/125th, you would probably be better off with an M6 and A Noctilux or Summilux. The APO Summicron is pretty expensive lens and for what it costs you could but a M6 and a lens to go with it. The APO Summicron also weighs a ton. It is solidly built and the high refractive glass used in it is very heavy. If you have ever swung a 300 2.8 on your Nikon, this lens would have the same mass as the Leica 180. The Nikon 300 2.8 is 2.56kg versus 2.5 kg for the Leica lens. I use mine for indoor sports hand held and both my fore arms and back are sore at the end of the day. Regards, Robert At 08:35 PM 2/8/2002 -0500, Sam Carleton wrote: >I am looking at the 180/2 for candids indoors where light is low. I >would be hand holding the lens. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html