Lenses and numbers of.....

[Hookeye]

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Okay, my turn:

 

90mm f/2.8

70mm f/2.0

50mm f/1.0

50mm f/1.4

35mm f/1.4

35mm f/2.8

28mm f/2.0

24mm f/1.4

21mm f/3.4

CV 15mm

CV 12mm

 

On my M8 I use the 28mm Summicron most.

[airscrew]

Elmarit-M 1:2.8/24 ASPH.

Summicron-M 1:2/35 (v4)

Tri-Elmar-M 1:4/28-35-50 ASPH. (v1)

Summilux-M 1:1.4/75

Elmarit-M 1:2.8/90

Tele-Elmar-M 1:4/135

 

Don't remember when I have used the last one. Looking for something wider (15…21) next due change from M7 to M8.

[Stein K S]

Since my first Canon bought in 1976, the 35mm seems still to be my choice. I do keep a 28 Elmarit ASPH, two 50 mm (Elmar-M and the Cron) and the last 90 2,8... in addition to the Cron 35 IV and the newly aquired 35 Lux asph pre-FLE.

 

Shooting just a few shots with the Lux, I do believe that this lens will "occupy" the M9 the most (70%+). Just beautiful! Even though I will never depart from my silver Cron 35 IV...

 

As to the other lenses, the 28 is still my number two (28 and 35 are not too close in my eyes)... the beautifully soft Elmar-M possibly number three... with the 90 being the least used (should sell it... but then again that lens in silver chrome is a jewel in itself...).

 

Character wise I find the 28 Elmarit ASPH to be sticking out the most by being the most modern... The 28 Cron asph could be a future choice.

 

Regards, Stein

[graeme_hutton]

One lens - The 40mm Summicron.

 

I like the discipline.

 

Graeme

[MarkP]

 

I should get the 28 out more often

 

 

 

Yes you should .

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[mirekti]

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35mm FLE

75mm APO

135mm APO

 

...when I get enough money I'll wrap it up with a 21 SEM or WATE, and that would be it.

[algrove]

35mm FLE

75mm APO

135mm APO

 

...when I get enough money I'll wrap it up with a 21 SEM or WATE, and that would be it.

 

Sounds about right. Is there ever a 90 in your future?

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I'm doing this off the top of my head, but I think this is it:

 

135mm 2.8

135mm 4.0

90mm 2.8

75mm 2.5

60mm 4.0 (?)

50mm 2.5

50mm 2.8 Collapsar

40mm 2.0 (mostly on the sony nex)

35mm 2.5

24mm 3.5 (?)

 

I've omitted those two:

500mm 1:8 Tamron mirror

5cm 1:3.5 LTM

[mirekti]

Sounds about right. Is there ever a 90 in your future?

 

I don't think so. I'd like to go light (it's really really hard to resist the GAS though ), and have my camera on me as much as possible.

Even though I'd like to have a 90mm Cron, and perhaps a 50mm APO or Nocti, I believe I'll keep my kit as it is.

 

I started with a 35 FLE and 75 Cron, and the decision was not to go with more than three lenses. Than, as a former Canon user I found myself in situations where I needed longer than 75, and maybe a bit wider than 35mm. I found this to be case in some 20-25% of my shooting. I mean, I was perfectly fine with 35 and 75 only, but sometimes there was this thought in my head: Oh, what would this look like if I could go wider. GAS, right? ...I'd say partialy.

 

As I couldn't decide whether to get a 21mm SEM or WATE I put it on hold and bought a 135mm APO. This might well be the lens I'll use the least, but in some situations it is a real saver. Maybe the lens isn't so popular, but it has it's magic, and for example no other current L lens gives such compression when needed so no regrets at all.

 

135mm seemed as a reasonable option to me as I considered 90mm too close (many might disagree) to 75mm.

Based on my past habits, I believe the total usage of lenses would be spread somehow like this:

21SEM or WATE 20%, 35mm 35%, 75mm Cron 35%, 135 APO 10%.

 

Some days I really enjoy 35mm and don't put it off for a whole day, than the other time Cron comes into the play.

 

Anyhow, I still have a lot to learn to master current lenses and that's what I really enjoy.

I made myself believe that if I cannot get a photo out of those three, four lenses I'd better drop it all. The first two only should be enough, and we know some shot one lens only.

 

What thrilles me more and more is that even now, six months after I changed to Leica system I'd come home, transfer the photos on the laptop and I get supprised with what the lens had deliverd.

 

I guess I got too excited over the lenses I own as this is my longest post on this forum.

[algrove]

The 90/2.8 Elmarit-M is a super star 90 for very little money compared the the APO90 and takes E46 filters like your 35 FLE.

[IWC Doppel]

What a good idea, it will be interesting for me and others I am sure. If only to feel less guilty about too much glass

 

I currently have ;

 

21 Elmarit 2.8 ASPH

24 Elmarit 2.8 ASPH

28 Summicron 2.0 ASPH

35 Summilux 1.4 ASPHERICAL

35 Summaron 2.8

50 Summilux 1.4 pre ASPH

50 Elmar-m 2.8

75 Summilux 1.4 (on its way)

 

Plus a 50 1.0 Nictilux in the new year. I will probably sell the 21 and one 50 in the new year.

 

I will get my spreadsheet out and look to report back on focal lengths and numbers owned by those who are kind enough to post.

 

I now have

 

18 SEM 3.8 ASPH

21 Elmarit 2.8 ASPH

24 Elmarit 2.8 ASPH

28 Summicron 2.0 ASPH

35 Summilux 1.4 ASPHERICAL

35 Summaron 2.8

50 Noctilux 1.0

50 Summilux 1.4 pre ASPH

50 Elmar-m 2.8

75 Summilux 1.4

 

 

Good to repone this thread I'll update my spreadsheet and feedback statistics

 

Next on my list is a 35 Summicron V1 8 element, oh yes and I would love a 50 APO !