martha Posted June 26, 2006 Share #1 Posted June 26, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Querying any users of this newish lens about features: pros and cons. Any comments either negative or positive are welcome. I am thinking I need to save up and buy one, but obviously don't want to invest if the user reports are bad. thanks for any and all input on this lens. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Hi martha, Take a look here Summicron-m 75 f2. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
johnkuo Posted June 26, 2006 Share #2 Posted June 26, 2006 I have never seen bad reports on this lens. I have one and love it. Excellent optical quality and compact size. Hope this helps. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martha Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share #3 Posted June 26, 2006 Hey, thanks, John. All I have read has been positive too, just wanting to hear from actual users. Tthanks for your input. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted June 26, 2006 Share #4 Posted June 26, 2006 Welcome, Martha, to the Forum! William Lamb was one of the first to obtain the 75 f2 AA. He has posted several marvelous photographs with it. Here is one most recently: William's 75 Shot of Bentley I hope you will find us a friendly bunch, and indulge your interest in Leica by visiting here often. Thanks. Allan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted June 26, 2006 Share #5 Posted June 26, 2006 The only downside to the 75 'cron I've experienced is that the viewfinder shows both 75 and 50mm framelines (true of all 75 or 50 lenses), and this may be confusing or distracting compared to the clean single frameline for a 90mm. I've noticed an occasional hint of 'drag' in the focusing due to the floating-element mechanism - but that's mostly because the focusing is so smooth and fast the rest of the time. Optically, it is quite probably the sharpest lens Leica produces, and also the tightest-framing (except for the 90 Makro). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martha Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share #6 Posted June 26, 2006 Thanks, Allan, for the Bentley example. I'm not sure that I could even get my eyes to focus that finely (hahha) to use it. Wow, love the--what is it?--bokah (?spelling.) Colors look realisitic. Photo looks like I could just reach out and touch it. Now, if I can just win the powerball.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkus Posted June 27, 2006 Share #7 Posted June 27, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I bought one just before Cristmas and really enjoy it. The lens is compact and the results have been excellent. I took a portrait of a colleagues 6 month old baby and the results were really good. Buy it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted June 27, 2006 Share #8 Posted June 27, 2006 I have been very tempted to buy one, but am still uncertain about my ability to frame accurately with my M6 0.58 viewfinder. I think I would have to see one twinned with an accessory viewfinder first. Not easy! David Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted June 27, 2006 Share #9 Posted June 27, 2006 I only had mine a few days before it was time to send it off to Solms for coding but in that short time, it's clear it's a great lens, the latest optical design from Leica beautifully compact amd easy to use and I've been more than pleased with the results. Recommended. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted June 28, 2006 Share #10 Posted June 28, 2006 Here's one: I attached the Leica polarizer a bit to firmly this Monday and when I went to remove the adapter ring, the collar surrounding the front element came with it! Took me a bit of struggle before I got the two rings free of each other. Lesson: don't attach filter rings too tightly. When I send it back to Leica to add the 6-bit coding, I'll ask them to re-tighten the front ring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
science Posted June 29, 2006 Share #11 Posted June 29, 2006 One of the best Leica Lenses I have handled. The focusing is ultra smooth. The throw is short. And the results have been superb. I have no complaints after a few months of heavy use. If you can, buy one today. brad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisweeks Posted June 30, 2006 Share #12 Posted June 30, 2006 love this lens! just used it for headshots the other night. it's so funny to see the mp with a radio transmitter on it! some people still request film and i dig that ... and this lens ... my god ... amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 11, 2006 Share #13 Posted July 11, 2006 this is one of the greatest lenses. If I would not already own the 1,4/75 I would immediately go for it! You will not regret! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisweeks Posted July 11, 2006 Share #14 Posted July 11, 2006 I've had this lens since the end of the third quarter of last year... i shoot in hollywood. when managers call and ask me to do headshots of their clients this is the lens i use. it is perfect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted July 11, 2006 Share #15 Posted July 11, 2006 Although this lens has great glass, you need to be in tune with 75mm. The other good one is the Summilux-M 50mm asph. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted July 12, 2006 Share #16 Posted July 12, 2006 Erwin Puts likes it: http://www.imx.nl/photosite/zeiss/test85/t004.html It is a last generation design. I would like to see an updated design for a 50mm Noctilux. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 12, 2006 Share #17 Posted July 12, 2006 Although this lens has great glass, you need to be in tune with 75mm. The other good one is the Summilux-M 50mm asph. My experience with 75mm is great, I never had any problems. It is more the question if you will go for a digital M, because then 1.4/50mm will become roughly 1.4/70mm Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted July 14, 2006 Share #18 Posted July 14, 2006 My experience with 75mm is great, I never had any problems. It is more the question if you will go for a digital M, because then 1.4/50mm will become roughly 1.4/70mm Yes Peter, I have been thinking this way every time I see the new Summicron 75 asph, and reach for my credit card! Then I think of my Summilux 50 asph, and the result of x1.33 =66.5 mm and f1.86 max aperture. Yours will do well: = 100mm, f1.86. Regards, William Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 14, 2006 Share #19 Posted July 14, 2006 It's still an f1.4 lens from an exposure point of view, it's only f1.86 as far as depth of field is concerned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted July 14, 2006 Share #20 Posted July 14, 2006 Mark, I was only thinking of DOF, ...more important to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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