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After selling my M240 a while ago ( which I regret deeply ) I am planning to buy the M-P in a few weeks. I always used a 50mm summilux and a 28 summicron. But now I might just go for a one lens set-up. So here's my question. Should I buy the 50 again or go for a 35 summilux instead for a one lens setup and maybe buy a 50 later down the road.

 

I mostly shoot street, landscapes and some portraits of my 2 yr old son.

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After selling my M240 a while ago ( which I regret deeply ) I am planning to buy the M-P in a few weeks. I always used a 50mm summilux and a 28 summicron. But now I might just go for a one lens set-up. So here's my question. Should I buy the 50 again or go for a 35 summilux instead for a one lens setup and maybe buy a 50 later down the road.

 

I mostly shoot street, landscapes and some portraits of my 2 yr old son.

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m-lenses/344926-summilux-fle-35-vs-50-asph.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/223662-3-lens-kit-m9-thoughts.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/252164-quest-1-lens-kit-turns-many.html

 

probably a good question for the lens forum !!

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After selling my M240 a while ago ( which I regret deeply ) I am planning to buy the M-P in a few weeks. I always used a 50mm summilux and a 28 summicron. But now I might just go for a one lens set-up. So here's my question. Should I buy the 50 again or go for a 35 summilux instead for a one lens setup and maybe buy a 50 later down the road.

 

I mostly shoot street, landscapes and some portraits of my 2 yr old son.

28-35-50 f/4 Tri-Elmar?

 

Pete.

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After selling my M240 a while ago ( which I regret deeply ) I am planning to buy the M-P in a few weeks. I always used a 50mm summilux and a 28 summicron. But now I might just go for a one lens set-up. So here's my question. Should I buy the 50 again or go for a 35 summilux instead for a one lens setup and maybe buy a 50 later down the road.

 

I mostly shoot street, landscapes and some portraits of my 2 yr old son.

 

What was wrong with the 28 last time?

Personally I find a 28 to hard to frame, and use a 35 and 50 as a moderate wide and moderate tele. 35 first as its more versatile. Unless you'll end up with a 28, then what's the 35 for?

Have fun and make the choice before you son turns 4! I often think that the wrong choice is better than no choice. Life moves to fast for indecision.

 

Cheers,

Michael

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The best single lens setup for what you describe is probably is a 50mm, but if you have the space to carry two lenses a 35mm and 90mm is a lot more versatile. You'll get a wider range of images. You have much more freedom to choose how much background to include in the shot and how tight to go around the head. Yes, a 50mm alone will give you a head and shoulders portrait but the nose will be enlarged, and it will do street but not as intimately as a 35mm.

An excellent second hand combination is a 35/1.4 ASPH (pre-FLE) + 90/2.8 Elmarit-M.

I have this and could not be happier.

 

Good luck.

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I have been using the 35 FLE exclusively for 6 months and like it. I have a desire for a Noct. but will probably go with the 50 summilux for the compactness.

 

For me a 35 and a 50 will do all of my shooting. 35 for street and travel, 50 for portraits and people.

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Any lens pointing towards bright light is always going to produce awful looking pictures. Learning how to light your scene is pretty basic stuff.

even if that was true, which it is not, you would have to take into account the capabilities of the different lenses, in which case the Summarit turns out to be more robust than a Summicron, for instance.

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even if that was true, which it is not, you would have to take into account the capabilities of the different lenses, in which case the Summarit turns out to be more robust than a Summicron, for instance.

 

Not sure what you're experience is but all you would get from pointing lens at the sun (any lens) is a very bright image with no detail at all in the shadows. Your problem is not lens performance it is one of exposure!

 

Not my ideal lighting technique to be honest. I would rather the light shine ON the subject.

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Any lens pointing towards bright light is always going to produce awful looking pictures. Learning how to light your scene is pretty basic stuff.

 

I'll have to tell that to my 28 Summicron ASPH. It must have forgotten...

 

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Not sure what you're experience is but all you would get from pointing lens at the sun (any lens) is a very bright image with no detail at all in the shadows. Your problem is not lens performance it is one of exposure! ...

I wrote "towards bright light" but you've changed it to "at the sun", which is a little different. You'll note from Mark's gorgeous picture that some lenses suppress flare even when pointed directly into sunlight, the 28/2 Summicron asph being one and the 50/1.0 Noctilux being another. In my opinion this is a little bit of the 'magic' of (some) Leica lens designs because I have never been able to do this with other Pentax, Canon, Nikkor, Voigtlander, Zeiss, Hexanon, Rollei, Kobalux, or Schneider Kreuznach lenses that I own or have used.

 

The 50 Summicron in my experience flares readily with bright light.

 

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The 35mm Skopar copes well in these situations...

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