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Hi All,

 

Sorry to ask such a open question about lens and I know there is a wealth of information and views already posted.

 

I want to take an M6 and shot some film and wanted to see what the views are to the best 3 lens kit for film on the M6. I was thinking:

 

1. Leica 28mm 2.8 ASPH

2. 50mm 1.4 (pre-ASPH)

3. 90mm 2.0 cron

 

Look forward to your views.

 

Regards

 

Rodney

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That is exactly the kit I got for the M9 but with the ASPH 50 Lux. The 90 Chron is kinda big and does not get used as much as I thought, maybe the 75 Chron would have been better. I later added a Pre ASPH 35 Lux as a single lens kit. Now I also have an M6 TTL...

Pete

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I shoot film with the 28/2 and the 50/1.4 ASPH. Great lenses. Your kit looks fine. The pre-ASPH 90 is a good bet.

 

The choice of 50's is up to you. I rather like the ASPH. The pre-ASPH is a *bit* cheaper on the used market and is softer wide open, but it does have a unique look.

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Lens selection is a very personal choice. It depends on how you shoot. How close or how distant is your subjects.Lighting also comes into play. If you shoot on the street, you may not need better than f4, or if you shoot indoors f1 may be better. It also depends on taste, if you need creamy bokeh, or sharp bokeh.

 

So the regular street shooter may opt for a 35/50/90, or a 28/50/90. Today, most likely a cron, but an elmarit may work as well. For street, small and compact is helpful.

 

Indoors you may opt for 24/50/75 or 28/50/90, with a mixture of cron and lux.

 

Also a combination of older and newer lenses, as they all have different properties

 

Everybody's choice is different.

 

I shoot with a 24 Lux, Nocti f1, 75 Lux as my daily three lens kit. My two lens kit is a 35lux ASPH and the 75lux. I often shoot in very low light, and often use a ND filters for bright day light.

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The standard three lens Holy Trinity is 35-50-90, but I find 35-75 does it most days for me. The other lenses get used for specific jobs, but when I'm just being opportunistic the first two work and are easy to carry.

 

Chris

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Hi,

 

I have an M6TTL 0.58 and my kit is 28-35-50. I use them all about equally and, on the rare occasion I may want a super-telephoto (ie even longer than the 50) or a super wide I carry my R8 with a 24, 90 or 135. But of course then it is no longer a 3 lens kit.

 

Like so many things, it's all about what suits you and your way of doing things. It's your vision, man.

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Rodney,

 

I would just buy one lens - say a 35 summicron, Try it out and shoot some film. Shooting RF is quite different to SLR work. Once you've shot a bit, then buy more lenses. My travel kit (for business trips) is one M body (M6TTL or M2) and my 35 pre-asph lux plus a pocketful of HP5. You'll learn a lot from shooting with one lens.

 

Best wishes,

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As Posted use one lens for a while, a year or so until you gain some sense of what works for you. A 35mm is best for a first lens and may be all you ever need.

I never use a 50mm anymore but use the 35 Lux ASPH and the 75mm ASPH gets most of the work my 90mm ASPH used to do. Lastly is my 21mm ASPH which is a little harder to use because it requires an external finder. Good luck.-Dick

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A 35mm is best for a first lens and may be all you ever need.

 

I'm not picking on you specifically Dick, but this is the sort of sweeping generalisation that should best be avoided when giving advice like this. There have been plenty of posts here over the years that show the split between 35mm and 50mm is pretty well equal in terms of taste - and that is what it is, taste. Personally, I see the world in 50mm terms and find a 35 pretty wide, but I certainly wouldn't say that a 50 is "best for a first lens". We are all different, eh?

 

Regards,

 

Bill

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I want to take an M6 and shot some film and wanted to see what the views are to the best 3 lens kit for film on the M6....

 

 

Which viewfinder magnification do you use?

 

0.58? - the frames for 90mm would be very small - I'd recommend 75mm as the longest lens.

 

0.72? - has frames for 28mm, but they are difficult to see as a whole, especially if you use glasses. Perhaps 35mm are easier to work with

 

0.85? - you would need an additional viewfinder for 28mm. 35mm is even wide, if you use glasses. 90mm is optimal.

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Excellent point.

 

I use a .85 on my M7 and a .72 on my M2. I find the 35 is about as wide as I want to go 80% of the time. If I do want to go wider I have a 28 and a 15. I can use the 28 on the .85 without an external viewfinder if I take the extreme edges of the viewfinder as a guide, and yes, I do wear spectacles.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

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I think you need to define more of what you want to be able to do. If it was all about light weight and street speed you would be talking quite different lenses in some cases. If its about creamy bokeh and smoothness the OP' choices are about bang on. If you want the cutting modern look, the choices would be different.

 

In terms of FLs, I think it is important to define the FL that is the anchor of the set. For me, as much as I love 28, 35mm is my anchor hence moving from a 28-35-50 kit to a 24-35-(50)-75 set. If everything else fails I can shoot 35mm alone without any grief. Only time will tell, so if unsure, get a few lenses at fair used prices and resell what does not work out for you.

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Excellent point.

 

I use a .85 on my M7 and a .72 on my M2. I find the 35 is about as wide as I want to go 80% of the time. If I do want to go wider I have a 28 and a 15. I can use the 28 on the .85 without an external viewfinder if I take the extreme edges of the viewfinder as a guide, and yes, I do wear spectacles.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

Hi Bill

 

This post and your previous means if he is a dominant

 

5cm person he needs a M3 or other 0.85 finder

3.5cm person he needs a M2 or other 0.72 finder?

 

Or he needs to use a magnifier?

 

Hey I got a M2 and M3...

 

Noel

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Hi Noel,

 

No, not necessarily. I got the M7 .85 as soon as it came out because the greater magnification was important to me as a 50mm user. That said I love the M2 because it is uncluttered, having only the "holy trinity" frames - 35-50-90. I do find the M6 type .72 viewfinder cluttered with all 6 frames. I would not have an M3 because of the need to have goggles or an external finder for the 35.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

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Hi Bill

 

I think we are concurring I prefer a .85x finder for 5cm, so If I only used 5cm, it would need to be a 0.85 finder, similarly for a 35mm the .72x is necessary if you have glasses, probably optimal without glasses.

 

So the OP needs to (first) decide what his dominant lens is (will be) as it controls the finder magnification choice?

 

Note the question mark...

 

I'm rather disorganized and It is not unknown I take a M3 and 5cm with a 3.5cm in bag but forget external finder, and have to make do with the full finder without a bright line frame, when I switch to 3.5cm lens...

 

Noel

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