lmmo Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share #21  Posted December 9, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks to everybody. Even if I do agree with some people's opinion about really using a lens for a significant time before buying a new one, I'll move forward and buy the 35 Summicron ASPH.  I don't see them selling on eBay bellow 1.500€ so even if I don't use it a lot I can always sell it for a profit. Even though I would find very difficult to depart to a classical lens like that... )   Luciano Oliveira Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Hi lmmo, Take a look here Is 28, 35 and 50mm too much?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
StephenPatterson Posted December 9, 2011 Share #22 Â Posted December 9, 2011 Luciano, the 35 Summicron ASPH is a wonderful lens which I use more than any other. You will not be disappointed. Â Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted December 9, 2011 Share #23 Â Posted December 9, 2011 You can't learn anything by having one lens and imagining what the world would look like with another. Â I liked 75 mm lenses before I bought my first film M. But I mucked about with the frame lines first and determined that I didn't like the 75 lines at all. (Much later I bought a 75 anyway, but sold it soon after when I verified what I should have already learned.) With the M8.2, I get roughly there using a 50 instead of the 75...much better frame lines and viewing for me. Â Nothing wrong with buying and trying, as trying is always the best method, but one shouldn't dismiss the frame preview lever as a totally useless add-on. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM-25 Posted December 10, 2011 Share #24 Â Posted December 10, 2011 Think in terms of frame line efficiency.... Â The M9 is like my M6 in that it is .72 viewfinder magnification, about perfect for a 35. 28 is decent, 50 kind of blows, especially focusing for 1.4, bought an M3 just for using a 50, best move I ever made. Â I use the 35 the most, 50 on the M3 next, then the killer and professionally priced CV 28 3.5 and once in a great while, the CV 90. Since I shoot my M6 and M3 equally, the 35 and 50 are what I use the most. Â Besides my X100, the M6 with the 35 is the camera I run out the door with the most... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 10, 2011 Share #25 Â Posted December 10, 2011 Buy, buy buy...... !! Â Get them all if you have the cash.... try them and sell the ones you don't use. Â You won't lose much financially and it will cure that constant nagging 'if only.....' that is the curse of Leica ownership.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted December 10, 2011 Share #26 Â Posted December 10, 2011 No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted December 10, 2011 Share #27 Â Posted December 10, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello Luciano, Â Welcome to the Forum. Â All 3 are very fine lenses. Each lens covers a different angle of view. Adjacent or relatively adjacent lenses have a degree of overlap in function. As suggested above it is good to look & study w/ your Preview Lever. Many people who use a 35mm lens full frame find it often obviates the need to also have a 28 or 50 in many situations. Some find the lack of additional equipment both liberating & challenging @ the same time & find this adds to their enjoyment of photography. Figuring out how to do more w/ less. BTW: A 35mm Summicron is certainly a fast enough lens for almost any situation. Â Best Regards, Â Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmmo Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share #28 Â Posted December 10, 2011 I just bought it. The lens is as new - I can't really find any fault besides the square hood cap that is missing (it seems that it's quite easy to loose). Â The lens was already 6-bit coded and all manuals and boxes were included. Not a bad deal for the price. ) Â Â --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.594923,-8.793799 Luciano Oliveira Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmolinski Posted December 10, 2011 Share #29  Posted December 10, 2011 No way. I think in fact you want one more to round it out. I have what I think is the perfect set.. 24, 35, 50, 75. you 28, 35, 50, ?.  One more then you can stop  That's exactly what I have, all at f/1.4 except the 35 which is at f/2. But to be honest I have a need for a 21mm lens thus I am looking around and check opportunities to trade my 24 lux for a 21. I would definitely go for 35 and 50 start learning to handle the beast. An m9 is a challenge. Love it or hat it, but start concentrating on one lens. When I go out I definitely go with one lens only. Why? better concentrated on the subject than thinking about which lens... Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 10, 2011 Share #30 Â Posted December 10, 2011 ...Not a bad deal for the price... Indeed. Congratulations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted December 11, 2011 Share #31 Â Posted December 11, 2011 I am about to find out an my M8, I currently have a 28 Cron and a 35 IV Cron, the 35 is borrowed and I do accept Im really comparing 37 to 46 which seems close to35/50 on a FF but the pro rata difference is the same so its not similar enough to 35 and 50 on an M9 in my view. Â I would go for it and then decide, if you like both great, if you only use one then you have decided and lost very little or nothing in the process Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted December 11, 2011 Share #32 Â Posted December 11, 2011 I started in the M system with on lens. A few months later, I had five in my bag. Now I am back to one only. A learning experience one has to go through, so buy it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 11, 2011 Share #33 Â Posted December 11, 2011 +1 Â + 2 Summicron asph is great, and, depending on the situations, can be the right choice when you decide to get one lens only with you. Â Then, about the MANY Leitz 90s one can find for rather cheap... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted December 11, 2011 Share #34  Posted December 11, 2011 I started in the M system with on lens. A few months later, I had five in my bag. Now I am back to one only. A learning experience one has to go through, so buy it  Which one did you keep, was it the 60 Hexanon?  Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted December 12, 2011 Share #35  Posted December 12, 2011 Which one did you keep, was it the 60 Hexanon? Mark  Hi Mark, the 60mm Hexanon is back home in a box. Not ever selling this one. But I have been travelling for the last 6months with the 35mm Lux Asph only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted December 12, 2011 Share #36 Â Posted December 12, 2011 I consider a 21/28/35 a nice wide set or 24/35. 35 & 28 are too close and the three lens set is frequently too many to carry. Â If I had a 50/28, a 75 would be my next. And then I would stop there. You quickly get overburdened with too much freight. I have samples of every focal length, and most sit at home. I dislike moving in too closely with a 35 to fill the frame, thus I keep the 50, the last 2.8 being my current favorite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2011 Share #37 Â Posted December 17, 2011 In my experience, 28 and 35 actually work out very similarly in practical use. YMMV. With film there are some with 28 and 35 on 2 bodies, mostly in order to not be left with an empty camera. Some work analog with just 28mm and 35mm to keep an even look in their pictures and still have some movement leeway. Imo with an M9 it's a waste of time (and lost opportunities + a chance to drop one) because cropping a 28mm file to 35 is less than a pecadillo. All this while nobody here would say "no" to the offer of a good 35CronA for one grand . Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2011 Share #38 Â Posted December 17, 2011 Hi Mark, the 60mm Hexanon is back home in a box. Not ever selling this one. But I have been travelling for the last 6months with the 35mm Lux Asph only. Â Hi Yan! Â Travelling while someone sells your Hexanon in Hong Kong on ebay ? Serious: never thought there are two of those in the whole wide world. Even a 1.2 Noctilux surfaces occasionally, but it's the first time I see it outside your Paris site. There are Hex 1.2/50ies and I thought you got yours from a sheik, who had it made for order and got bored of it. Â Cheers, Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted December 18, 2011 Share #39 Â Posted December 18, 2011 Hi Mark, the 60mm Hexanon is back home in a box. Not ever selling this one. But I have been travelling for the last 6months with the 35mm Lux Asph only. Â If I could only keep one lens it would be my 50 Summilux ASPH, but I think the most versatile single focal length for travel is my 35 Summilux ASPH FLE. Is that also your thought travelling with the 35 for 6 months? Â I note you have the version-1 35 Summilux ASPHpre-FLE. Was it bought at the time it came out or do you prefer it to the version-2 ASPH FLE? Â I liked the Sydney photographs. Nice to see an "outsider's" take on one's home town. Â Â Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted December 18, 2011 Share #40 Â Posted December 18, 2011 Just get a Tri-Elmar with all three and then you will know what most here are trying to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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