Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/7/05 2:11 PM, "John O. Newell" <john.o.newell@comcast.net> typed: >> it's about my >> favorite lens. I use it all the time. More than my 50 and more than my 35. > > Mark, why? > > Size? > Image quality? > Other? > > Interested in why it's become such a strong favorite for you. No rocket > science reasons required. ;-) > > John Newell > Because a 50 as much as I love them require a lot of concentration or your miss your focus. On the other hand a 35 is kind of for me: Sloppy. It's too point and shoot. A 40 on the other hand is a nice compromise between the formality of the 50 but with the giving you a break on the focus and DOF of the 35. It's a loose 50. And it's a super compact almost pancake light weight lens which makes my camera a pleasure to carry around for hours to a full day. No unwieldy lens shade of my 50 Summicron flying into the highway. No heaviness of my 35 apish Summicron. It's just heavy that's all that lens. And I like using the finder on the hot shoe. I'll be getting such finders for every focal length I've got. Probably use them often. Love that clean view. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/