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Your favorite Leica lens?

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Ko.Fe.
Ko.Fe.

I like the lens to be Leica lens on film and digital. Factory coded and recognized. I don't like it to be prone to fungus and separation, which is present even in latest ELC lenses. I don't like cheap

Jared
Jared

The problem with topics like one is that "favorite" will be heavily influenced by the type of photographs one likes taking.  Street photography?  You'll probably get a lot of votes for 35mm lenses wit

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My most used lens by far is also my Summicron 35... But this particular question has been fascinating me since this thread started.   I read all the comments with great interest... and the comments

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I've been reading this post debating my answer, I know what the word favorite means but guess I don't see it this way. I enjoy using all my lenses but I use what's appropriate. Perhaps I'm different in that I don't have multiple of the same POV angle. With all that said my favorite lens would be whatever I have chosen for whichever particular situation / condition

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Whichever will give me what I want for a particular shot print.  Today I needed a 70.  Have been patiently waiting this week for a gloomy winter sunrise thru a specific window over the lake - will be a 90

 

That said, Summi 50 2.0 ver 4 never fails to please

 

Have every step from 21 to 135... lots of 50's, some pre-war etc. acquired over 45 yrs + full Viso 3 kit (works great with 240)

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Abram

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To revisit this post I still stand by my statement of saying whichever one I was using for its intended purpose and so far of all the Leica lenses I've tried / owned, the only one I didn't really like was the 50mm Summilux ASPH, perhaps it's just me or I just had a bad copy or something but it never quite lived up to the hype for me (that's what I hate about hype). I very much prefer the Summicron 50 and now have a pretty rough V4 50 Cron that I like better. 

 

Though in that time I have also since purchased a 50 Elmar-M and boy do I love that lens! What a wonderful little optic, it may take the cake for me.

Still want to try the 35 Summilux Pre-Asph though!

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