[Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Jeff, I have a 90/2 AA for 2-3 years and the 75/1.4 for about 4 months. I 
love both of them. The 75/1.4 is big but balance really well. I like the 
focus throw too - not too long and not too short. Most of my shots are 50 
or the 75, and occasionally 15. All the ones in the last batch 
http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/050806/ Stanford Pics are taken 
with the 75.

The 90/2 is stunning of course, and I use it when I think the 75 is too 
short.

At 05:47 PM 5/8/2006, you wrote:

>I have every conceivable possible lens between 15mm and 50mm (with a lot of
>weight skewed toward the 50mm end). However, I have only two lenses past
>50...a 90/2.8 Hexanon (which is "very good") and a 75/2.5 Heliar (which is
>"very good"). I would like to have something excellent longer than 50. It's
>a length I don't use enough. Since Zeiss Ikon apparently stopped dead in
>their tracks at 50, I pretty much have the following choices in Leica glass:
>
>75/1.4
>90/4
>90/2.8
>90/2
>
>Of course, the faster the glass, the more expensive it is. I doubt that I
>will be shooting smoky, dimly-lit pubs with this. So speed is not that much
>of an object. Does one of these stand out among the others? If the fast
>glass is the glass with hair-raising quality, I will consider [choke!] the
>cost as secondary.
>
>BTW, 90mm seems to be the length LEAST used by LUGers, at least in PAW
>postings. It isn't THAT long......
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
>

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