Downgrade from 35/2 IV to 35/2.8; Am I crazy?

[kiemchacsu]

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Really? is it true that the copy variations ever exsit in Leica Lens manufacturing?

I thought that their QA/QC is top notch?

 

If it's not the bad lighting condition, then it must be a bad copy.


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[black J]

Really? is it true that the copy variations ever exsit in Leica Lens manufacturing?

I thought that their QA/QC is top notch?

I don't know how good Leica's QC is, but as we know, the lens is older than most of us, you don't know what it has been through for the past 50 years.

 

 

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[friedeye]

I think smaller is better almost always. Leica is an amazing company because they make small cameras and lenses that produce exceptional images. I greatly prefer your classic combination of your 35/2 and M2 over the M4 2.8.  Small, fast, discreet, and able to get the most out of your film.  Speed in a lens is less important in digital photography. I find it essential in film, unless you're always outdoors in daylight. In fact, I would prefer a Lux V2, over the cron, which looks great at 2.8 and spectacular at 5.6  But that's just me.  Hell, I almost always push my HP5 a stop.

 

You're a wonderful photographer and you know what you like.  Shoot on. Love your stuff.