ggriswold Posted July 30, 2011 Share #21 Â Posted July 30, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have been using the 50mm Lux ASPH.. I am not a huge fan of the 50mm focal length, but it fills a need. The 50 Lux is nothing less than a spectacular lens... pure Leica rendering if you are into that sort of thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Hi ggriswold, Take a look here Shall I get the 50mm 1.4 Summilux?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
lct Posted July 30, 2011 Share #22 Â Posted July 30, 2011 No need to take them with a lens he doesn't already own if the frame lines (FOV) don't suit his style and preference... Only way to know it is to take photographs in my modest experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 31, 2011 Share #23 Â Posted July 31, 2011 Only way to know it is to take photographs in my modest experience. Â Then of course he should buy one lens of every focal length to experiment. No need to take first steps to narrow the choice, or even to educate the eye. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 31, 2011 Share #24 Â Posted July 31, 2011 Rent, borrow, buy or steal one but use it for sure, the rest is litterature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted July 31, 2011 Share #25  Posted July 31, 2011 I can not understand the point of asking a whole bunch of people with different opinions: ‘’what should I buy?’’ It’s idiotic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 31, 2011 Share #26 Â Posted July 31, 2011 I'm loving my new 50 Summilux. It's my one "fast" lens and the images it captures are something very different and very special, but your experience could obviously be different... Â Last week I attended the Leica Akademie M9 Experience in San Francisco. Besides receiving a crash course in rangefinder operation and the M9 (which is always fun and I believe everyone learned something new) the chance to basically try out whichever Leica lenses you wanted was priceless. Just seeing all that glass on the table and hearing "Which would you like to shoot first?" was incredible. Â I had never held a Noctilux before, so mounting one on my camera and trying it out was very cool. It's an incredible lens, but I have no need for the speed, don't like the weight and don't like the price. I spent most of my time with the 24 Summilux, another pricy piece of Leica glass. While I enjoyed the 24 Summilux it's also very expensive and I don't need the speed for my wide angle lens. Â My point is that for $199 (or whatever the cost of the M9 Experience in your area) you get the keys to the Kingdom for a day. Well worth the price of the class to take your choice of Leica glass out on the street for a day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 31, 2011 Share #27  Posted July 31, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I do find it strange that these anguished threads pop up regularly. How could anyone expect someone else to tell them what focal lengths to prefer, and buy? As I wrote on another thread, it's like asking someone else what size shoes you should wear.  People fall in three categories. Some like the 35 for what it does, and have no use for the 50.  Some like the 50 for what it does, but are left cold by the 35.  And some love both for what they do, under circumstances that fit the one or the other.  Oops – there is also a fourth category: There are people who don't use either! Finding out what kind of photograper you are – what description/shoes fits you best – means discovering something important about yourself. Such a discovery should be sought eagerly and joyfully, not approached fearfully.  So cut the Angst. If you find after some time that one of your lenses lies unused, for x-sakes sell it. You will lose little economically. You may even gain. And you have gained something else too: Photographic self-knowledge. Know thyself.  The old man with two Summiluxes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
businessasusual Posted July 31, 2011 Share #28  Posted July 31, 2011 I can not understand the point of asking a whole bunch of people with differentopinions: ‘’what should I buy?’’ It’s idiotic.  Step one in consumer behaviour. Then everyone reads this after their purchase to validate. Fun, Rip, just fun. I bet for most these are really big purchases - one lens - price of second hand car - so - pre purchase justification intensifies. And I get your point. :)  I am an impulsive buyer - decide really quickly and follow up with purchase before I go cold - with every purchase I make, including cars. (have NEVER test driven a car I've bought, ever) I miss the old days where you could walk into a camera store and touch and feel before buying. Suspect that contributes to increase in these threads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted July 31, 2011 Share #29 Â Posted July 31, 2011 I have just made the same move - adding the 50 lux to my 35 cron. If you do decide to go for it - Make sure you take a focus test chart and your camera body to the shop and test the focus first. Â Mine is front focussing and I did not realise and test until I got home and from what I have read, it is not such an uncommon problem. so, save yourself some potential costs and time and check first. Â I used to shoot 50mm exclusively so am familiar and comfortable with the this focal length and IMO it warrants enough perspective difference from the 35mm . The 35mm Summicron just feels perfect on an M body for me just the right size and balance where as the 50 lux is more heavier, so it has a tendency to weight the camera front and the focus ring is more stiffer and not as buttery smooth as the cron - Something to do with the FLE I read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpalme Posted July 31, 2011 Share #30 Â Posted July 31, 2011 I wouldn't bother buying the cheap lens to try out the focal length. That just adds another step of buying a lens you probably won't want to keep then have to sell it. Buy the 50 lux shoot it for a while and if you don't like it you will make money when you sell it... in essence a free trial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted July 31, 2011 Share #31 Â Posted July 31, 2011 35 and 50 are two different focal lengths. Some people prefer 35, others 50 or both, depends on personal tastes. I would try a cheap 50 before spending big bucks if i were you. Â Â Even better then trying a real 50mm lens would be to simply shoot with the lever engaged to the 50mm position and judge how we like what we see through the viewfinder. Â This being said, each focal length is different and unique enough to warrant its existence. This is also why I don't understand the people that use and preach for a 28+50mm combo or a 35+75mm combo. This is such nonsense: a 50mm lens can never be replaced by a 35+75mm combo and and a 35mm lens can never be replaced by a 28+50mm combo. Â Each lens has its exact application. This is why I never hesitate to bring a 35 and a 50. They simply can't replace each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted July 31, 2011 Share #32  Posted July 31, 2011 I have currently the 35mm Summicron. I love it and it does most of the work What so special about the 50mm summilux apart from the extra stop and the 15m extra zoom from the 35mm cron?   I am worried that when I buy the 50lux, I will toss the 35cron and that I dont want.I had a fair amount of bad decision in buying lens, this time I want to make sure that Indeed I will make use of them.  Anyone please?  Are you asking about the 50mm Summilux aspherical or pre-aspherical. I suggest you google to learn the difference between the two. I have both and would not want to part with any of them. Looking at your web page there are plenty of shots justifying to own a 35mm as well as a 50mm lens. Prices for used 50mm Summilux lenses have reached ridiculous levels and if you don't need the speed, an outstanding lens is the Elmarit 50mm f2.8, which can be had at bargain prices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted July 31, 2011 Share #33 Â Posted July 31, 2011 I suspected that the 75/2 would suit you. Great lens isn't it. Great combo with the 35/2 asph as well. Â Â This is where I can''t agree. These recommended "combos" are nonsense to me and usually come across as fanboy/amateur conversation (not here necessarily but in general). Â People simply can't shoot with combo lenses. You can never shoot with both at the same time (obviously) and you can never substitute a 50mm lens by using a 35 or a 75 (obviously). It will always remain an approximation. And if we are into approximations, then all these combos become nonsense, naturally. Â Of course, we live with what we have on the camera at the time and go from there, but when a scene calls for a 50, or a 21, or a 28, or a 90, the elusive "exclusively 35+75 or 28+50 combo" just don't cut it. This is why one should go with his favorite focal lengths instead of silly (to me) pre-set combos that always exclude the 35+50mm possibility. I say silly because the 35 and 50mm focal length are the most popular ones. Â As a matter of fact, the Best combo would have to be the 35+50mm simply according to the market and production numbers. This is the reason why one shouldn't really give too much importance to other random people's recommendations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 31, 2011 Share #34 Â Posted July 31, 2011 This is where I can''t agree... Indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 31, 2011 Share #35 Â Posted July 31, 2011 Even better then trying a real 50mm lens would be to simply shoot with the lever engaged to the 50mm position and judge how we like what we see through the viewfinder... Using any lever cannot replace the experience of taking photographs with a real lens. Did it been there for 30+ years and it cost me a lot you can trust me. More seriously, some people prefer 35, others 50, others both. It is essentially a matter of tastes and the only way to check it is to take dozens if not hundreds of photos with a lens the focal length of which you're after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 31, 2011 Share #36 Â Posted July 31, 2011 Even better then trying a real 50mm lens would be to simply shoot with the lever engaged to the 50mm position and judge how we like what we see through the viewfinder. Â One could also try the preview function for forum discussion...see how it looks before jumping in. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fluff Posted July 31, 2011 Share #37 Â Posted July 31, 2011 I am worried that when I buy the 50 lux, I will toss the 35cron and that I don't want. Â I'm sorry Salim, your logic escapes me. You're worried you'd like the new lens so much that you'd not use the old one? Â Seems a bit like saying that you always go to Spain for your holiday, but you'd like to try Hawaii......but what if that means I don't want to go to Spain anymore?!?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
salim Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share #38  Posted July 31, 2011 WOWWOOW. Thanks guys, alot of useful info I got here and I thank you all for the input.  My question was intended mainly to those who have both 35 and 50 and apparently they somehow have use of both most of the time, which exactly what I wanted to know. I am new in leica lens, so my main useage would be the magic that it bring in the photo, especially shooting street.  I am an able landscape and travel photographer. Shooting street is new, and to me, the rendering of the image while shooting street is what makes the images so captivating. Hence my question  Anywho, I got my answer and guess what, I have paid a downpayment for the 50 Lux here in my country and I am expecting mine to arrive in couple of weeks so they tell me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted July 31, 2011 Share #39 Â Posted July 31, 2011 ......As a matter of fact, the Best combo would have to be the 35+50mm simply according to the market and production numbers. This is the reason why one shouldn't really give too much importance to other random people's recommendations. Â Given good photographic conditions, I am now exceedingly comfortable using my MATE 28-35-50mm Tri-Elmar, generally concentrating on the 35mm and 50mm settings. I also have Summicrons in these focal lengths which are reserved for low-light situations or when very shallow depth of field is desired. But the MATE is often the only lens I use for uncomplicated travel outings. The Tri-Elmar's performance fully matches that of their prime counterparts. In a way this experience supports your assertion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markforce Posted July 31, 2011 Share #40  Posted July 31, 2011 If you can find one and can afford it, buy it. It's a superb lens. If you find you don't like it you can probably sell it at a profit. They are scarce and in great demand. I mainly use the 35 and 50 Summiluxes and find them a great combination. Alwyn  Same here. Nuff said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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