Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 9, 2006, at 7:01 AM, mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote: > 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. long, fast, great bokeh... think of it as a Noctilux on Viagra.. Steve > 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 > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information