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With a 35 cron would a 28 elmarit or cron be worthwhile?


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I guess I could rent a 28 and find out, but what are forums for? I love my 50 lux (though I miss the lighter weight of the 50 cron I sold) and shoot it a lot on my 240mp. The 35 summicron I have is a great lens. I'm not sure the 28 would be worth it though I'm traveling in southern France next month and thinking of more landscape photography. Thoughts? A reasonable idea or just an extra 300g of weight?

 

 

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I guess I could rent a 28 and find out, but what are forums for? I love my 50 lux (though I miss the lighter weight of the 50 cron I sold) and shoot it a lot on my 240mp. The 35 summicron I have is a great lens. I'm not sure the 28 would be worth it though I'm traveling in southern France next month and thinking of more landscape photography. Thoughts? A reasonable idea or just an extra 300g of weight?

 

 

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You already found out how to get to the bottom of it :) Just my two Rappen (due to deteriorating exchange rates against cents and the like) on it: your favors and habits may change. I also have and use 28, 35 and 50 (and other focal lengths). I loved the 28 in cities, actually. When I was in Nice last year, it was 85% the 28 (of the Q) and the 50, 15% the 90. So - maybe you want to add a camera and just take the Q? I like to use the 35 in a two lens set up at times, paired with a tele mostly. Not so much with a 50.

 

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It might be worth thinking about the 24 mm f3.8 Elmar lens. This would certainly complement your 35 mm and 50 mm lenses.  The extra width would be useful for landscape photography; if you are interested in  photographing buildings it would provide extra 'wiggle room' for carrying out perspective adjustments in post-processing.

 

I used to use this combination along with my 90 mm Summarit for travel.  However, after buying a used 28 mm ASPH Elmarit whose small size/low weight and excellent performance, I really admire, I have now shifted to a 21, 28, 35, 50 and 90 mm full lens complement for my travels.  I always go hiking with a 28, 50 and 90 mm lens combination which I sometimes use when travelling on shortish mini breaks.

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It might be worth thinking about the 24 mm f3.8 Elmar lens. This would certainly complement your 35 mm and 50 mm lenses. The extra width would be useful for landscape photography; if you are interested in photographing buildings it would provide extra 'wiggle room' for carrying out perspective adjustments in post-processing.

 

I used to use this combination along with my 90 mm Summarit for travel. However, after buying a used 28 mm ASPH Elmarit whose small size/low weight and excellent performance, I really admire, I have now shifted to a 21, 28, 35, 50 and 90 mm full lens complement for my travels. I always go hiking with a 28, 50 and 90 mm lens combination which I sometimes use when travelling on shortish mini breaks.

About the time you wrote this, I followed my LA Leica store's suggestion and ordered the 24mm Elmar. His logic basically verbatim with yours and, despite the slower aperture, I think is the best choice. (I couldn't see myself toting a 24mm 1.4 or paying for one, though it is gorgeous)

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Even though you already ordered the 24, on my last 2 weeks stay in Menton (near Nice), I brought my Cron 28 and my 21 Super-Elmar and I used the 28 on most pictures (roughly 90%). On my next stay in 2017, I'll bring the 28 along with a Voitglander CV 21 and a 12mm (both Voigtlander being very small).

It's always a matter of your mostly used lenses but in small quaint towns (e.g. Menton and Villefranche) or in Nice's Old town, streets are son narrow that a 50mm is too much IMHO.

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Even though you already ordered the 24, on my last 2 weeks stay in Menton (near Nice), I brought my Cron 28 and my 21 Super-Elmar and I used the 28 on most pictures (roughly 90%). On my next stay in 2017, I'll bring the 28 along with a Voitglander CV 21 and a 12mm (both Voigtlander being very small).

It's always a matter of your mostly used lenses but in small quaint towns (e.g. Menton and Villefranche) or in Nice's Old town, streets are son narrow that a 50mm is too much IMHO.

 

 

Can't agree more on the 28 and French Riviera  :D

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I love 35mm but wouldn't be without my 28mm, in close company it's much easier to get wide enough for dinner table shots etc, it's the perfect lens for car photographs, it's notably wider in comparison than it sounds and all 28 Leica lenses are great IMO!

 

It's a more intimate 35 in the same way the 50 is a more distant less intimate 50. I also really like the 28mm perspective

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