Decision help

[jaeger]

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I have the 90APO for a year but not using it enough.  So... I'm considering sell it for a 75mm 1.5 VM.  I shoot at low light often and will that 1 F stop make much difference or I should keeping the 90APO instead?

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[ktmrider2]

If not using it, sell it.  And in low light everything helps.  The faster the better.  And unlike many here on the board, I find the lenses from Voightlander great.  They still make the fastest 35 and I recently purchased the new 50f1.2 which is amazing.  And since you are selling a Leica lens and purchasing a Voightlander, you should have money left over for a trip or more toys.

[jaeger]

On 11/30/2019 at 2:24 PM, ktmrider2 said:

If not using it, sell it.  And in low light everything helps.  The faster the better.  And unlike many here on the board, I find the lenses from Voightlander great.  They still make the fastest 35 and I recently purchased the new 50f1.2 which is amazing.  And since you are selling a Leica lens and purchasing a Voightlander, you should have money left over for a trip or more toys.

I put that thought on hold.  It seems that the money I lost selling the 90APO is more than the price of a new 75mm 1.5 VM.  For just 1 stop faster is not worth it and I believe the 90APO has some values and/or qualities that VM doesn't have.  

[Kim Dahl]

If you do not use 90 mm I doubt you will use 70 mm much more and is your 90 mm Apo good and in good condition keep it. It is expensive to buy again. Although not used much, it makes fantastic images that make a serie images versatile.

[jaeger]

3 hours ago, Kim Dahl said:

If you do not use 90 mm I doubt you will use 70 mm much more and is your 90 mm Apo good and in good condition keep it. It is expensive to buy again. Although not used much, it makes fantastic images that make a serie images versatile.

I slept with this question for weeks and I agree with you.  Moreover, the downgrade only leave me few hundred bucks in my pocket, down the road I might regret this.

Edited December 15, 2019 by jaeger

[Stein K S]

I guess you have all the right answer yourself 😉

 

All I can add to fulfil your own conclusion is ¨never sell a Leica lens¨!

[Herr Barnack]

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"... All I can add to fulfil your own conclusion is ¨never sell a Leica lens¨!

What he said.

I am 1 for 3:  Traded my Pre-ASPH 50 Summilux, regretted it.  Traded my 28 Summicron ASPH, regretted it.  It's fairly easy to "reason" yourself into selling or trading a lens and much more easy to end up kicking yourself over it.

The only M lens I traded and did not regret was my 50mm f/2.8 non-M Elmar.  I haven't regretted that trade.

Yet...  🙄