Westend_jon Posted September 21, 2016 Share #1  Posted September 21, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi - I'm very fortunate to have been able to accumulate a number of Leica lenses and having sold my Nikon D3 and lenses am wondering if I should buy a new Leica lens or simply pay off a bit of my mortgage. Help me do the right thing!  I like taking photos of landscapes, people, and abstract shapes. Lots of black and white, some colour. I normally carry the m8 and a 35mm or the  M9 plus 50mm collapsible or the M9 with the 21mm, 50mm Lux and 90mm. I use the M8 for B&W and the M9 for colour. This is the current list, 50m is most used focal length followed by 35mm on M8 and 21mm on M9, 90mm rarely used. Can see no use for 135mm.  M9 M8 90mm Summicron - lovely lens, very heavy 50mm Summiliux - Lovely lens, very heavy 50mm Elmar Collapsible 35mm Summicron - lives on the M8 28mm Elmarit - never used 21mm F2.8 - great lens, use with a 21mm finder  Where should I go next? I was wondering if the 90mm collapsible would be a good move? I like the small / light aspects of this lens, macro not important. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff S Posted September 21, 2016 Share #2 Â Posted September 21, 2016 Use what you own.....until you're lacking the tool(s) to support your goals, which hopefully are about pictures, not collecting lenses. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westend_jon Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share #3 Â Posted September 21, 2016 fair point - I don't need anything really so perhaps it's time to be sensible and pay the mortgage off.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 21, 2016 Share #4  Posted September 21, 2016   .....  Where should I go next? I was wondering if the 90mm collapsible would be a good move? I like the small / light aspects of this lens, macro not important. Your 90 is "very heavy" and don't see usage for 135 ? 75 of course... the light Summarit.  (if one WANTS to buy a lens, why descouraging ?  ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 21, 2016 Share #5 Â Posted September 21, 2016 Buy a Noctilux, or a 10mm Voigtlander, or a 35 Summilux, or buy the WATE! Or a pinhole lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westend_jon Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share #6 Â Posted September 21, 2016 Buy a Noctilux, or a 10mm Voigtlander, or a 35 Summilux, or buy the WATE! Or a pinhole lens. Â It was a pretty stupid question... Summilux.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 21, 2016 Share #7 Â Posted September 21, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ignore me. Buy a pony instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mute-on Posted September 21, 2016 Share #8  Posted September 21, 2016 If I may. Sell the 90 and the 28 if you really aren't using them. Buy another M body. I would suggest an M2. Stick the 50 Summilux on that and shoot B & W film, or colour, whatever. Just a way to reconnect with the image and photographic experience, rather than the equipment.  Just a thought...  Cheers  J   Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy_action Posted September 21, 2016 Share #9  Posted September 21, 2016 You've got some great lenses. Not sure that adding to these will change much for you  If you really want to spend some money I'd second the idea of a film body - an M3 maybe if you like shooting a 50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Livingston Posted September 21, 2016 Share #10 Â Posted September 21, 2016 If I may. Sell the 90 and the 28 if you really aren't using them. Buy another M body. I would suggest an M2. Stick the 50 Summilux on that and shoot B & W film, or colour, whatever. Just a way to reconnect with the image and photographic experience, rather than the equipment. Just a thought... Cheers J Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk And why can't he do that with the M8 and M9 the OP already has? That is precisely the same photographic experience. Â What is this elitism all about? Most of what I read regarding cameras and camera snobbery comes from the analogue only side of the discussion... you don't see many digital users disparaging film... Â It's just getting irritating now... Â OP... that's a nice selection. All I would change is swap the 35 for a 35 Lux... maybe throw the 28 into the deal too and you can pay more of your mortgage down and end up with a more efficient use of your investment in lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaPassion Posted September 21, 2016 Share #11 Â Posted September 21, 2016 I would concentrate on creating even better photos with what you already have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Livingston Posted September 22, 2016 Share #12 Â Posted September 22, 2016 I would concentrate on creating even better photos with what you already have. That's the best answer so far... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 22, 2016 Share #13  Posted September 22, 2016 Hi - I'm very fortunate to have been able to accumulate a number of Leica lenses and having sold my Nikon D3 and lenses am wondering if I should buy a new Leica lens or simply pay off a bit of my mortgage. Help me do the right thing!  I like taking photos of landscapes, people, and abstract shapes. Lots of black and white, some colour. I normally carry the m8 and a 35mm or the  M9 plus 50mm collapsible or the M9 with the 21mm, 50mm Lux and 90mm. I use the M8 for B&W and the M9 for colour. This is the current list, 50m is most used focal length followed by 35mm on M8 and 21mm on M9, 90mm rarely used. Can see no use for 135mm.  M9 M8 90mm Summicron - lovely lens, very heavy 50mm Summiliux - Lovely lens, very heavy 50mm Elmar Collapsible 35mm Summicron - lives on the M8 28mm Elmarit - never used 21mm F2.8 - great lens, use with a 21mm finder  Where should I go next? I was wondering if the 90mm collapsible would be a good move? I like the small / light aspects of this lens, macro not important.  Actually I have a more serious suggestion. Book a trip somewhere new with some of your spare cash and take one body and that 28mm lens and put it to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted September 22, 2016 Share #14 Â Posted September 22, 2016 4.0/90 Macro-Elmar-M if you like the 90mm focal length Spectacular lens, compact and light. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/175185-in-praise-of-the-4090-macro-elmar-m/ Â Makes a great compact kit with the the 50 Elmar or 35 Summicron, and then add the 21 or 28 that you don't use much (yet). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted September 22, 2016 Share #15 Â Posted September 22, 2016 I love the 90 Macro Elmar M. For me Leica M is about compactness, and low weight, and this is as compact as a 90 gets. Read somewhere that it is actually a APO lens apart from the macro range, and that shows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy_action Posted September 22, 2016 Share #16 Â Posted September 22, 2016 And why can't he do that with the M8 and M9 the OP already has? That is precisely the same photographic experience. Â What is this elitism all about? Most of what I read regarding cameras and camera snobbery comes from the analogue only side of the discussion... you don't see many digital users disparaging film... Â It's just getting irritating now... Â OP... that's a nice selection. All I would change is swap the 35 for a 35 Lux... maybe throw the 28 into the deal too and you can pay more of your mortgage down and end up with a more efficient use of your investment in lenses. Â Re. the film suggestions, speaking for myself this was nothing about elitism or snobbery. Â If the OP has a couple of digital bodies and a fantastic selection of lenses and still feels something is missing, then if he/she hasn't already tried it a film M is something a bit different. Â A genuine suggestion, and not intended to irritate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted September 22, 2016 Share #17  Posted September 22, 2016 ... having sold my Nikon D3 and lenses am wondering if I should buy a new Leica lens or simply pay off a bit of my mortgage. Help me do the right thing!  ...  If you are more serious about money than photography, use the proceeds to pay bills - which a mortgage is. If you are more serious about photography than money, use the proceeds to go on a photo destination workshop with a well known photographer/teacher/mentor that is a good fit for the kind of photography that you enjoy making.  You would not take money that is earmarked for your mortgage and buy a camera or lens with it, would you? Why would you do the reverse and spend money that came from the sale of camera kit that gathers dust and spend it on the mortgage?  JMHO... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westend_jon Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share #18  Posted September 22, 2016 Thanks everyone - some food for thought. I didn't mention that I do have an M4-P which i do use with film - fridge is full of the stuff. It's a great camera and a previous owner has removed the standard rangefinder and put in an M3 rangefinder with flat glass windows and those little knobs on the framelines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giganova Posted September 22, 2016 Share #19 Â Posted September 22, 2016 You have six (!) great Leica lenses already, why wouldn't you need another one? Are your lenses not doing the job? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westend_jon Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share #20  Posted September 22, 2016 You have six (!) great Leica lenses already, why wouldn't you need another one? Are your lenses not doing the job?  I know, I know - I do have six great lenses and your right  - I don't need any more. There aren't any gaps and I've not been able to take a photograph because I didn't have the right lens. I think that's why I like the M8/35mm combination - it's small and light and easy to just sling over a shoulder whenever I leave the house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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