Marty Posted August 13, 2011 Share #21 Â Posted August 13, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) The decision to take only one lens is the important bit. The lens itself much less. 35mm is popular and the Summicron is nice and compact. But a blind choice of anything from say 24mm to 90mm will get you great results that you cannot reproduce with any other focal length - a bit depending on your comfort zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thighslapper Posted August 13, 2011 Share #22 Â Posted August 13, 2011 Why no Tri-elmar ??? Â Thats the whole point of it. Â I suppose I would rather grumpily have to put up with a 35/2...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpalme Posted August 13, 2011 Share #23 Â Posted August 13, 2011 If this is a fantasy break, i'll take my 28 Summilux asph, it renders so beautifully the pictures make you swoon!.. Wow you have a 28 Summilux? Must have been expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpalme Posted August 13, 2011 Share #24 Â Posted August 13, 2011 For M8, I would take 28 Cron... For M9 ( If I could afford it) I would take a 35mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el.nino Posted August 13, 2011 Share #25 Â Posted August 13, 2011 50 Summicron. And yes, I also have the current Summilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted August 13, 2011 Share #26 Â Posted August 13, 2011 If this is a fantasy break, i'll take my 28 Summilux asph, it renders so beautifully the pictures make you swoon!.. Â People could waste a lot of time looking for this lens that they would never reach their desert island! Â I forgot to mention, if I cannot take my MATE, I won't go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootinglulu Posted August 13, 2011 Share #27 Â Posted August 13, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Wow you have a 28 Summilux? Must have been expensive. I got it for a very good price actually!..Mmm, I'm liking this fantasy break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted August 13, 2011 Share #28 Â Posted August 13, 2011 If this is a fantasy break, i'll take my 28 Summilux asph, it renders so beautifully the pictures make you swoon!.. Â And at half the size of the 35mm Noctilux, I have to agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likealeica Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share #29 Â Posted August 13, 2011 It is sort of a fantasy break, but not totally. 30 years ago I did 2 weeks in Italy with a Leica IIIF and a collapsible 3.5 Elmar 50mm. As I remember, the greatest pleasure was not having to wonder what lens to choose for this shot or that. In years since, I have gone off with 35 and 50 Summicrons, and a 90 Tele Elmarit, and I tended to remember more about changing lenses than the things I was changing them for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digbyhp Posted August 14, 2011 Share #30 Â Posted August 14, 2011 40mm Summicron-C. Â A very flexible focal length, sharp and small. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny66 Posted August 14, 2011 Share #31 Â Posted August 14, 2011 35 lux. It would end up reasonably close to a 50mm with the crop factor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted August 14, 2011 Share #32 Â Posted August 14, 2011 50mm f/2 Summicron IV - it has the best resolution, has a decent max aperture, focuses quickly and offers lightweight and miniscule viewfinder blockage. It's an ideal travel companion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted August 14, 2011 Share #33 Â Posted August 14, 2011 If I could only take one lens, I would choose another destination. I am not into limitation, especially when I spend big bucks for an airfare. Â I think I would rather pluck one eye out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted August 14, 2011 Share #34  Posted August 14, 2011 35 Summicron I do this regularly - not to the desert, though +1 (and sometimes to the desert) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rea1412 Posted August 14, 2011 Share #35 Â Posted August 14, 2011 Summilux 50, definitely! because this is the only lens I have... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joewehry Posted August 14, 2011 Share #36 Â Posted August 14, 2011 It depends on the kinds of photographs I want to end up looking at. If i'm more interested in details about the sea or sand, I'd take a 90 f/4 collapsible. If I want sweeping landscape, the 35m f/2.5. If I want to take more choices between the extremes, the 50 f/2.5 for it's compactness. Depending on film or sensor you might be cranking that thing to f/8 or f/11 on sand, so why a summilux? But I'd hate what salt water and sand would do to my lenses, so If I were forced to go to either location, I'd take a pinhole lens cap and blower/brush and leave my other lenses at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likealeica Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share #37 Â Posted August 14, 2011 No salt water, no sand to worry about. This is rather a fantasy trip. The object is to hear opinions on what single lens comes closest to doing it all. Doesn't do it all, but comes closest. So far, without a specific count, it seems like a pretty even go between 35mm and 50. I think my own choice would be a 50mm. But I'm really enjoying the responses so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
myshkine Posted August 14, 2011 Share #38 Â Posted August 14, 2011 I would choose a 28mm (I have the Elmarit Asph current ver). But a 28 Summilux would be also good... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted August 14, 2011 Share #39 Â Posted August 14, 2011 No triElmar. Â What's the point in asking a question, then deliberately eliminating one likely reply? Â Before I bought my TriElmar, my reply would have been 35mm f2.8 Summaron. Â Best regards, Â Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted August 14, 2011 Share #40 Â Posted August 14, 2011 As you set the FF constraint any decent 35 mm lens - or 50mm if you like portrait a bit more than landscape (picture of a camel or whatever). If all else disappeared I would be content with my M2 and 35/2.8 summaron. Â On the M8 the 28/2 ASPH obviously, but that is not FF of course so it only uses the sharpest part of the image plane:rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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