[Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions

[mcyclwritr at comcast.net (mcyclwritr@comcast.net)]

I really like the 75mm f/1.4. Noctilux-like bokeh and portrait length. That 
said, it's as much trouble to focus as the Noctilux. The focusing magnifier 
helps. 

I haven't tried any of the 90s. But, Jeffery, the truth of it is you're 
going to get the 75mm f/1.4, sooner or later. You know you will. Might as 
well be now.

-Chris Lawson


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From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
> 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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