Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You used the right word here, Joseph. I had completely overlooked that option. And I think that a relatively fast 75/2 might be the best complement to my 90/2.8 Hexanon. Thanks for the reminder! Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Yao Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:56 PM To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions Jeffery, Do not over look the Leica APO Summicron M 75/2.0 ASPH. If the Hexanon 90/2.8 and Heliar 75/2.5 are 'very good', I would rate the Elmarit M 90/2.8 as 'excellent', and the APO Summicron M 75/2.0 ASPH 'stunning'. And by Leica standard, it is not too unreasonable at under US$2,000. It is also a relatively compact lens, much smaller than, say, the Summilux 75/1.4 and 90/2.0. Bests, Joseph On 9/5/06 8:47 am, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information