egibaud Posted January 4, 2007 Share #21 Â Posted January 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have ordered a 35mm 1.4 and a 50mm 1.4 Does anyone think these 2 focals are to close to each other? Or the question could be, you don't have one lense, but you have only 2 lenses... which ones? Â Thanks, Â Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrism Posted January 4, 2007 Share #22  Posted January 4, 2007 I have ordered a 35mm 1.4 and a 50mm 1.4Does anyone think these 2 focals are to close to each other? Or the question could be, you don't have one lense, but you have only 2 lenses... which ones?  Thanks,  Eric  If I could only have two it would be the 28 cron and the 50 lux.  Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted January 4, 2007 Share #23 Â Posted January 4, 2007 28 Cron and 50 Lux Asph! One isn't enough, but two almost is. I also have the CV15 and will get a 75, but I don't know which yet. I lean towards the Lux on even dates and the Cron on odd dates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted January 4, 2007 Share #24 Â Posted January 4, 2007 Difficult choice to make, there are plenty I have not tried. Given the FL's I have 21, 35, 50, 75 there is such a spread for different uses, I'd strike 2 away easy the 21 and the 50. That leaves the 35 Summilux Asph and the 75 Summicron Asph, I'm sorry to say I couldn't choose between them. Put a gun to my head and I'll say 35 Summilux Asph stays if I can ONLY have one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 4, 2007 Share #25 Â Posted January 4, 2007 I'm a romanticist at heart. My standard lens is the 35 Summicron asph or 24, but really 3-d Leica stuff comes from the Summilux 75 and I really love my Summarit 1.5/50 from 1954. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted January 4, 2007 Share #26 Â Posted January 4, 2007 Whichever lens fits on the M8 mount without damaging either camera or lens and delivers images of a quality that clients are moved to hand over large amounts of cash for the result. Â -g Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardhagen Posted January 4, 2007 Share #27 Â Posted January 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Maybe this is a bit off topic. Please excuse me. I'm new to this forum this is my first post and have a newbie question. I have been using M6s and have an array of lenses for the M6 camera. I'm considering purchasing an M8 and wonder if my old lenses will work with the new M8 digital without any modifications. Thank you in advance for your answers. Â Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted January 4, 2007 Share #28 Â Posted January 4, 2007 The lens I always keep on my M7 is the 35 Summicron so I have ordered a 24mm for my M8. When I go walkabout with the M8 and two lenses I would take the 24mm and a 50mm 1.4. If I was taking three lenses it would be 15, 24, 50. Â I have never used a tri-elmar, but one of these days I want to give one a try. Â Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frc Posted January 4, 2007 Share #29 Â Posted January 4, 2007 One lens?,,,,,,,, Lux 35 asph! The other five are extra. Â Welcome Richard, Â Your lenses need to have the six-bit coding to ensure troublefree use on the M8, IR-filters must be used on the lenses due to the IR-sensitivity of the Kodak sensor. The field of view will be narrowed by a 1.33 factor, 35mm becomes +/_ 50mm. Almost all the M-lenses from the past can be used. People using the M8 can tell you more about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 4, 2007 Share #30 Â Posted January 4, 2007 I do not see any necessity to code lenses of 35, maybe even 28 mm and longer. But IR filters are indeed mandatory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted January 4, 2007 Share #31 Â Posted January 4, 2007 One lens on M8? 35 Lux ASPH. Â Two lenses on M8? 50 Lux ASPH Â Three lenses on M8? a fast 28--not necessarily the Leica Though I have to say I have the Elmarit, and it's a wonderful little lens, too. Â After that it's the edges... the 75 / 90... a 15... a 21 / 24... and so on into madness. Â I'd kill too for a 28 Lux Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted January 4, 2007 Share #32  Posted January 4, 2007 Maybe this is a bit off topic. Please excuse me. I'm new to this forum this is my first post and have a newbie question. I have been using M6s and have an array of lenses for the M6 camera. I'm considering purchasing an M8 and wonder if my old lenses will work with the new M8 digital without any modifications. Thank you in advance for your answers. Richard  Almost all of your old lenses will work just fine, straight away - one or two of the collapsible lenses are not okay, but most of these will also work.  You may wish to get them coded for use with the IR filters (if you choose to use them), but it isn't a necessity, and the lenses will work fine without it.  Me? I suppose I like the standard tri-elmar at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotmaesron Posted January 4, 2007 Share #33 Â Posted January 4, 2007 Anyone tried the new 28 Elmar? Its cheap, but is it any good? (For M6 and M8?) Â Fotmaesron Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted January 4, 2007 Share #34 Â Posted January 4, 2007 Anyone tried the new 28 Elmar? Its cheap, but is it any good?... High contrast and sharpness, smooth bokeh and a Tessar signature i like much. My favourite lens on the M3 and .85x M6. I prefer the tabbed version from 1994 but the latest one gives the same results. Beware that it cannot collapse fully on the M8 or the R-D1 though. Otherwise if i had to take one lens with the R-D1 it would be the Summicron-C 40/2. 2 lenses: 28/2 (or 2.8) and 50/1.4 asph (or pre-asph). 3 lenses: the latters plus one current Elmar 50/2.8. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardhagen Posted January 5, 2007 Share #35 Â Posted January 5, 2007 Thank you all for your responses to my question. Â Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkuo Posted January 5, 2007 Share #36 Â Posted January 5, 2007 35/1.4ASPH. It's just such a versatile lens, on both film M and M8. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted January 5, 2007 Share #37 Â Posted January 5, 2007 2/50 Summicron-DR. I'm getting buried with this lens, my M4 and a stash of Tri-X. Â If someone put a gun to my head I would probably pick the 1.4/35 Summilux-ASPH, simply because it is more versatile. But we did say 'favorite lens'; which does not automatically imply a rational choice. ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkuo Posted January 5, 2007 Share #38 Â Posted January 5, 2007 Ok how about the 180/2.8APO? It's one of my least used lenses, but every time I use it, I can't help being stunned by its performance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnocke Posted March 22, 2007 Share #39 Â Posted March 22, 2007 For R? Â 1.4/35 or 4/35-70 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nryn Posted March 23, 2007 Share #40 Â Posted March 23, 2007 To date for me it's the 35mm Summilux ASPH. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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