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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed May 10 18:31:20 2006

50/1.4?

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 Don Dory
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:22 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?


Jeffery,
The 50 ASPH of course.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 5/10/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Now, this  isn't a "What should I buy?" question because I have nearly 
> all of them already. And the Noctilux 50/1.0 isn't the right answer 
> because it is really designed to be used under limited light and it is 
> just too darned big, expensive, and heavy to be a "best" of all 
> worlds. Take into account:
>
> Sharpness (a subjective perception)
> Contrast
> Bokeh
> Easy of use (yeah, I guess that means weight and size) Contrast
> Versatility
> Affordability (keep in mind that I'm talking to LUGers who could afford
> the
> body...they have enough to buy this lens, but who spend $3,800 if you can
> buy the best all-around 50 for less?)
> Use with today's films, not classic films
> Intangibles
>
> I have a pretty good idea of what most folks would say, but wondered 
> if I am right. If the Department of Homeland Security dictated that a 
> photographer could have only one lens, a 50 (so you couldn't take 
> pictures of places you
> planned to attack), what would it be? Oh, and it has to be Leica.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
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>
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