bill Posted July 8, 2013 Share #41 Â Posted July 8, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Archiving from a 3 day old post? ... Â No, that is more akin to stalking. And thus my concern. You have become tedious now. Off you go to the Sin Bin. Â Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted July 8, 2013 Share #42 Â Posted July 8, 2013 The Summarit line is quite another thing, though (the best value Leica makes today?). I really like my 75mm Summarit. I like my Mandler 90mm even more, but these days I find myself carrying the 75mm more because of the size and weight. The 90 has also developed a rattling in the front, so I have shelved it for now. Interesting because I have used these two and have settled on the 90 Elmarit-M as being my favoutie M lens beyond 50mm (and I've tried most;)). The 35 Summarit is a little gem and if I did not use my Summilux wide open as much as I do, I would choose to use the Summarit as my standard 35mm lens for sure. Â I've built up my Leicas over quite a long time, buying and selling lenses and more often than not making what I paid and sometimes more on the sales of those I chose not to keep. My line up now suits me, GAS has subsided and I'm concentrating more on what I can do with what I have than what might be possible. I'd like other lenses, but for specific projects (I'd love a pre-asph Summilux if I could find a well used one cheap enough but I simply won't pay the silly prices now being asked as it would be a duplicated focal length). Â The thing to me is that often I take 'better' images (by my standards) using my Leica than I do using my Canons. I don't honestly think that this is due to the technical difference in the equipment. Its down to how I feel about using the equipment - I enjoy the experience of using the Leica, its almost second nature and I don't have to think about what I'm doing because everything flows together (I bought my first Leica over 30 years ago so I should be familiar with them by now). I suspect that this applies to a lot of technical equipment; when the equipment suits its user everything works together and the results can be better than with equally specified but different equipment. I believe that this is something which is all too often ignored and especially by those who are obsessed by technicalties. Â So to end this rambling post I would say that if you feel happy shooting Leica rangefinders then a journey through their lenses is worth taking. Buy carefully and you will probably lose nothing and may gain, and you may not spend as much as you may think. Spending over time helps enormously. The experience of using different lenses needs to be accompanied by a conscious decision to accept that they are all very good (Leica haven't really made anything other than excellent lenses for a very long time) and that 'best' should really mean lenses which you enjoy using the most and which produce images you are happiest with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 8, 2013 Share #43 Â Posted July 8, 2013 No, that is more akin to stalking. And thus my concern. You have become tedious now. Off you go to the Sin Bin. Â Aw, shucks. I'm devastated. Â You ignore a post of mine, which points out your typical hypocrisy, then accuse me of stalking when you question the source of your own comment. Too funny. Â You and Rick are just too amusing for me to ignore. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 8, 2013 Share #44 Â Posted July 8, 2013 Jeff, use your elephant memory for good, not creepy shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 8, 2013 Share #45 Â Posted July 8, 2013 Please don't call Bill "creepy shit." Not nice. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicafanatics Posted August 30, 2013 Share #46 Â Posted August 30, 2013 personally, the film Ms a bit too skinny to me.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted August 30, 2013 Share #47 Â Posted August 30, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) personally, the film Ms a bit too skinny to me.. Â And for some, they're perfection. As a matter of fact, they don't even 'dress' them up. ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gberger Posted September 8, 2013 Share #48 Â Posted September 8, 2013 To beat a dead horse, the best Leica I can afford has evolved into the best rangefinder I can use due to age and diminishing eyesight. So, My M7 has been replaced by a ZI. My lenses are down to two, a pre-FLE 35 Lux and the 50 Lux, and I'll probably reduce further by giving up the 50 Lux. Â I started in 1945 with a IIIc and the 50 Elmar, I'm finishing with "one camera - one lens," albeit not with a Leica body. Yeah, and I still burn a couple of rolls a month. "One body, one lens" is a reality, but get the best ones you can afford - - or that you can use to get the shots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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