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Subject: [Leica] Your Recommendations
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:52:42 -0400
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Gary,
On a small budget the Cosina/Voightlander  lenses available at CameraQuest
as previously mentioned.  The 25mm if you just can't back up enough
currently or have some subject in mind that needs a wider view.  The 21mm
are very good for moderately mind expanding images; as Slobodan mentioned
there is a real learning curve to getting the near far relationship down.
As you go ultrawide it is all to easy to have everything in the frame a
little tiny speck out there somewhere.

If you are feeling really adventurous, then pick up the 15mm.  With that
lens you need to be real friendly with your subjects.  If you can't reach
out and touch your subject you are too far away.  But it is a way to make
very different images.

On a larger budget substitute the Zeiss offerings but I would go to the 18mm
instead of the 21.  With the Zeiss you will be spending around 1k per lens
give or take.

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Gary Dalton <grdalton at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have an M2. My widest lens is currently a 35 Summaron.
>
> If I wanted to go wider, what are my best options?
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