Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/16

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Subject: [Leica] Scaling down my kit
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 19:15:14 -0500
References: <86d9e997-d678-8751-1bff-c7d9a74fcfc2@gmail.com>

When I decided to slim down my Leica holdings, It went pretty natural.
I started selling lenses, and when I got down to my Summilux and
Tele-Elmarit, I  realized I wanted to keep them.  So I did.


Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 7:06 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
wrote:
>
> Oliver, I'll add a "me too!" to this thread.  You will be able to figure
> out what lenses you use the most.  Or at least, the lenses with which
> you took your favorite shots. In your case, you might also ask yourself:
> "What kinds of pictures am I realistically going to take given my
> situation? And what focal length would be best for those pictures?"
>
> Another possibility would be to put each lens on your camera for a day
> or two and shoot with only that lens. See how you feel about the shots
> from each lens. That might tell you something.
>
> Is there a specific reason to limit yourself to two lenses?  You don't
> have to carry all of them every day.
>
> Since you're using an M8, your 35mm Summicron is an almost-50 with a bit
> more room (47mm equivalent). If it were me, I would keep that lens, and
> one other. I know that when I used an M8, I used a 35mm lens way more
> often than any other.
>
> Regardless of what you decide, keep shooting. Limitations are no fun,
> but it's better to do what you can.  Doing what you like is a key to
> staying with it, and with us.
>
> Hope this helps!
> --Peter
>
>  > Unless you shoot a lot of film!  According to my metadata, my most often
>  > used camera is the Nikon LS5000 (Scanner) and my most often used lens is
>  > Unknown!!
>  >
>  > After that, my most often used lens was the Noctilux, until I got the 
> SL.
>  > For many years, I only had two lenses, the Noctilux and the 35/1.4.
>  >
>  > Tina
>  >
>  > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 9:46 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
>  > lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>  >
>  > > Oliver,
>  > > Just keep what you actually use a lot and sell the rest. If you use
>  > > Lightroom, here is a data driven to do it:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
> https://lightroomkillertips.com/lightroom-can-tell-you-which-lens-is-your-favorite/
>  > >
>  > > Cheers
>  > > Jayanand
>
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In reply to: Message from boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Scaling down my kit)