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I've used almost every Leica rangefinders since I picked up my first M6 almost 25 years ago.  Although I like the contrast and clarity of the modern viewfinders, I find the frame lines inaccurate for the distances I typically shoot.  Of the old ones I like the M2 the best, as I typically only shoot the 35mm lens these days.  Ha, ha, I better like them, because four are sitting on the shelf.  You know, one for each hands and ... one for each foot I suppose?

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this is the beat-up M2 I mentioned.

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Different days, different one lenses. Yesterday I shot most of a roll of Porta 160 in my M4 with a 35mm f1.4 FLE.

Today I plan to spend a lot of the day with the same M4, a new roll of Porta 160 with an 18mm f3.8 Super Elmar.

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I am a sucker for zero viewfinder blockage and compactness, therefore I'd be choosing between one of:

M6 TTL 0.85 with 50mm Summarit f/2.5

or...

M6 TTL 0.72 with 35mm Voigtlander Nokton Classic II MC f/1.4

The Nokton is a much better built (and better looking!) lens with better handling, but the 50mm FOV is a bit more versatile for my taste.

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Black Chrome M4 with 21mm f3.4 SEM and Lightweight Finder (plastic version).  Depth of field offered by this lens and when zone-focused, make it an almost auto focusing setup.  The separate viewfinder eliminates viewer cutoff.

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M2, 50 Summilux ASPH.

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135: M2 + Summicron 50mm DR

4x5: Linhof MTC + APO-Sironar-S 150mm

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I have a favorite lens on my M2, but don't limit myself to only one lens - whole idea behind an interchangeable lens camera, right? Why not get a fixed lens camera if you want to go that route? I have a few fixed lens cameras, and they produce sharper images than any of my Leicas - my Rolleiflex and Hasselblad SWC/M come to mind.

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6 hours ago, Axelwik said:

don't limit myself to only one lens - whole idea behind an interchangeable lens camera, right? Why not get a fixed lens camera if you want to go that route? 

My view here is that learning the ins and outs of a single lens is good for developing your own style. Folk who are constantly changing lenses, tend to have a so called holiday approach: for architecture a wider and for statues a longer lens. 

Obviously I am exaggerating by generalization and do not refer to anyone in particular. 

My one lens one camera duo is the M-Rokkor 40/2 coupled with M7. A small and fast setup for candids. For some time now, I've been considering getting another lens, maybe a 50 lux, but I find it hard to justify the purchase from a user as well as end result perspective :)

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I hate to say it, but just in front of my black paint M3 with 50mm black paint Summilux (pre-hysterical), is the Nikon SP with 50/1.4 Nikkor. I love the accuracy achievable with the long focus throw on this lens and the guesswork of setting the approximate distance before raising to the eye. 

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On 4/11/2021 at 1:33 AM, jukka said:

My view here is that learning the ins and outs of a single lens is good for developing your own style. Folk who are constantly changing lenses, tend to have a so called holiday approach: for architecture a wider and for statues a longer lens. 

Obviously I am exaggerating by generalization and do not refer to anyone in particular. 

My one lens one camera duo is the M-Rokkor 40/2 coupled with M7. A small and fast setup for candids. For some time now, I've been considering getting another lens, maybe a 50 lux, but I find it hard to justify the purchase from a user as well as end result perspective :)

I guess that's a good approach for a beginner.

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3 hours ago, Axelwik said:

I guess that's a good approach for a beginner.

Sure, but (in my opinion) that's an equally worthwhile approach also for the more advanced. That said, I'm not quite sure what you mean by a "beginner" here. Surely, a pro photojournalist or wedding photographer lugs around a wider lens for group shots and a longer one for portraits (so to speak). You have to get those money shots.

From a personal style perspective, the rest of us can easily benefit from not constantly changing lenses. No reason to force oneself to use a "kit" even if your camera has this wonderful capability. 

 

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