Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes Hank, I'm aware of VC Lanthar, it si indeed getting quite rave reviews. It might be on my list, however I'd like to get my feet wet in concert photography that I did at a times with my Canon and there I'll need all the speed the lens can provide. With Canon the fastest I had was their 70-200/2.8L zoom which is an excellent piece of glass (perhaps unless I'll try some Leica...;-) ) and often even f/2.8 was quite limiting. So chances I'll consider somethign like 90mm/2 albeit its heft. Given Lanthar's pricing perhaps I'll be able to afford both versions, while Lanthar will serve me on regular outings, travel and similar... Anyway, for the time being I'm willing to limit myself to just one, single 50mm lens and see how I'll get hooked by RF... Regards, Alex Hank Kellner wrote: >Alex, > I've used just a 50mm Summicron and a 90 mm Summicron since dirt was > invented. Recently, however, I sold the 90 mm 'cron and bought a 90 mm > Voigtlander Apo Lanther, which is much smaller and lighter than the > Summicron.. What's more, it's a very sharp lens. > Wasn't it Emerson who wrote, "Simplify, simplify, simplify"? Or was > it Thoreau? > Regards, > Hank >Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: > Alex wrote: > > >>In fact, first of all I intend to keep things simple just limiting >>myself to 50mm standard lens and trying myself for all kinds of photo I >>do usually for a time being....untill will feel my RF skills are >>adequate enough and will feel a limitation of single focal length. In >>the whole I intend to round my lens line-up by three focal lenghs: 28mm, >>50mm and 85-90mm which will cover nearly entire range I used to. >> >> > > > >Hank Kellner >Author, SHADOWS AT GARNER LAKE >www.iUniverse.com >Toll free: 1/800/288/4737 > > > >--------------------------------- >Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >