[Leica] 80 Summilux R (was 'Am I being stupid? (R content)')

[tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)]

On Nov 07, 2010 at 02:39 PM +1000, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> I looked at the new shots after posting and recalled that they were shot at
> minimum distance too so that invalidates the comparison of the field size 
> of
> a 90 @ 1m vs. Summicron 75 @ 0.7m  If you have the Macro Elmar then you can
> compare directly yourself of course.

According to the specs, they are functionally the same, the 75's smallest 
field is 16.9 x 25.4 cm at .7m, while the Macro 90 does 16.1 x 24.1 cm at 
.77m.  Of course the Macro 90 gets much tighter with the adapter...

The APO 90 gets down to 22 x 33 cm at 1m.

Depending on one's style, the 75 is the clear choice.  If I were Leica, I'd 
be working on a 90 AA II with a floating element that goes down to .7m. :)

> Sorry I don't follow your preference for the APO 90 over the APO 75 when
> already have the Macro Elmar but hey whatever makes sense to you of course.

I most likely will not buy the APO 90 or 75 for the M, and instead will get 
something for an SLR.  Maybe I'll just end up with the Canon 85/1.8 :)

> Everyone's ideal lens selction is different/

Indeed.