Leica M10M travel kit for Architecture, landscape and environmental Portrait,

[Leica Land]

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What is the best 3 lens kit for Leica M10M travel with perspective control?

My choice is 1) Leica 16-21-28mm  2) Leica M 35mm apo and 3) Leica 50mm f0.95.

Please share your views.

Thank you

 

                        

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[jaapv]

Welcome. I suggest that you read through the forum, this has been done to death in many threads. Lens choice is completely individual and personal. Oh = and perspective is controlled by subject distance, not by the lens.

Anyway, your choice looks like a nice universal kit.

[Leica Land]

Thanks Jaapv,

What I meant is that the wider angle and the higher mega pixel will allow me more versatility to crop .

[Gobert]

Although a great lens (I own it myself), the Noct 0.95 would not be my first choice for traveling around.

[Jeff S]

9 hours ago, Leica Land said:

Thanks Jaapv,

What I meant is that the wider angle and the higher mega pixel will allow me more versatility to crop .

Jaap’s comment was prompted by your term “perspective”, which by the way remains unchanged by cropping, regardless of lens choice.

Jeff

Edited August 2, 2021 by Jeff S

[chriscove]

My M10M travel kit is Leica 21 SEM, Leica 35 FLE, Leica 90/2.4. Covers everything I need and I mostly do nature, architecture and travel portraits. I also have a Q2 with me.  

Edited August 3, 2021 by chriscove

[Leica Land]

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11 hours ago, chriscove said:

My M10M travel kit is Leica 21 SEM, Leica 35 FLE, Leica 90/2.4. Covers everything I need and I mostly do nature, architecture and travel portraits. I also have a Q2 with me.  

Thanks, have you tried the Leica perspective control with the lens?

Any feedback?

Thank you

[Herr Barnack]

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Leica M10M travel kit for Architecture, landscape and environmental Portrait

For travel with my M10M, I will choose from the lenses I own rather than those I would like to own -

21/3.4 SEM

28/2.8 Elmarit

50/2.4 Summarit

And I would take my Q2 for good measure.

Edited August 5, 2021 by Herr Barnack

[Mute-on]

In all my travels overseas (when that was possible), some combination of 28 Elmarit, 35 Summaron and 50 Summicron. I only ever took two, one on each of the two M bodies I carried. 
 

Architecture, landscape and environmental portraits. I never missed a shot.

I wouldn’t carry a Noctilux even if I had one. Too heavy, and unnecessary for the way I travel and photograph. 

[a.noctilux]

No universal kit(s) in my practice.

Each kit is adapted to planned locations.

As usual, in 'hot places' (dangerous ), it's wise not to show the gear (even Leica M is too big with whatever lens), LTM or compact or 'O Replica' can be better choice.

...

When changing lens is not easy, I'm happy to be able to choose Tri-Elmar-M (MATE for me) accepting the flaws.

Sometimes, I even carry PC lens (for fun but useful in many cases) like PC Super-Angulon-R 28mm + M adapter or PC-Nikkor 28/35/Shift Zuiko 24mm.

Other times, very long focals can be a good choice, I've been to Hawaii with Telyt V 400mm for (for surfers ! ), or 4.8/350mm + ext. x2, in Indian Ocean.

In the past, I'm happy when I needed Noctilux and had it at hand far from home.

 

The right kit IS adapted kit for each situation = this can happily be one lens only or another system than M.

[chriscove]

On 8/3/2021 at 11:35 PM, Leica Land said:

Thanks, have you tried the Leica perspective control with the lens?

Any feedback?

Thank you

Yes It is excellent. I mainly use it with the 21 SEM. 

[Hanno]

On 8/2/2021 at 7:26 AM, Leica Land said:

What is the best 3 lens kit for Leica M10M travel with perspective control?

My choice is 1) Leica 16-21-28mm  2) Leica M 35mm apo and 3) Leica 50mm f0.95.

Please share your views.

Thank you

 

                        

I personally think the Noctilux 0.95/50mm is best for wide open apertures. At 1kg bulk and given your choice of architecture, landscape and environmental portrait which may require stepping down, perhaps the 2/50mm Summicron-M APO or the 1.4/50mm Summilux-M ASPH would be a better fit if you are looking for performance and IQ. The 2/50mm APO-M is so compact and light, a real blast!, and I think it is a perfect combo for the M10M’s high resolution and DR. If you want to keep a Noctilux in the bag and happy to go with the vintage look, then the 1/50mm or 1.2/50mm reissued.

Edited August 21, 2021 by Hanno

[augustwest100]

On 8/3/2021 at 11:57 AM, chriscove said:

My M10M travel kit is Leica 21 SEM, Leica 35 FLE, Leica 90/2.4. Covers everything I need and I mostly do nature, architecture and travel portraits. I also have a Q2 with me.  

This is exactly what I was looking for. I have the 35FLE essentially glued on my M10M since I got the M10M. My original plan with the M10M was going to be one lens. I should have known better! I would like to build a kit around that lens, with the 21mm SEM since it shares same filter thread and then one light weight tele. Torn between trying to match the filter thread and just getting a tele elmarit 90mm, which is not that expensive and would serve its purpose, but would not take the filters.

The summarit seems to fit nicely in the range of affordability, size and weight, and has the same filter thread.

 

 

[LeicaS2]

Jaap  is correct as always.

Never the less, I am quite willing to tell you what to take now that we have high ISO and high resolution available in a M10M.

 Go 24mm Elmar, https://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-M/M-Lenses/Elmar-M-24mm-f-3.8-ASPH

50mm Summarit. https://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-M/M-Lenses/Summarit-M-50mm-f-2.4

90mm Macro-Elmar  https://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-M/M-Lenses/Macro-Elmar-M-90mm-f-4-New

High ISO means you can choose more compact lenses. High resolution means you can crop a 24 to a 28, or 35, crop a 50 to a 75, and crop a 90 to a 135 easily. Each lens is about one half the mm of the next lens up. Gotta have even wider? Do a merge. To really see wider than 24, you need a 12mm. The 16mm in the WATE is not enough. I confess, I do have a 12mm which of course is one half of 24mm, and I do bring it along.

Hauling a Noct for travel is only if you treasure bokeh.

Keep orange filters on all lenses so having a uniform filter size is not important.

 

Your backup camera should be an M10R with a 35mm APO, not a Q. I confess I have neither.

Jack

[Fedro]

Wate - 28 lux - 50 apo (though WATE is not so easy with filters)

Otherwise 21 SEM - 35 FLE - 90 Cron

[T25UFO]

When I travel I try not to change lenses.  M10M with 35mm APO will suffice for 90% of the time and the quality is so good you can easily crop to 75mm.  Just because the Q2 has a crop function, it doesn't mean you can't crop and get equally good results with the M10M.

I usually have a Q2 in the bag as well if I want something a little wider.

[didier]

In analog Times, I always carried 2 Ms, with 3 focal length : 2/28, 1.4/50 asph and 2/90 asph.

Later I reduced to 2 bodies / 2 Lenses, leaving the heavy 90 (I have a silver chrome version) at home.

More and more often I am very happy with 1 one body / 1 lens kit.

M10M + APO 50 is my choice 80% of the time  

To add versatility (and color !), I often add my CL + 11-23 and - with the L to M adapter, my ‘lux 50 or APO 75 for portaits.

Both bodies and Lenses fit in a Billingham small Hadley.

 

When I am more focused on photography for a trip, I take my SL with SL 50 lux along with the M10M and a bunch of Lenses.

 

 

[Herr Barnack]

On 8/5/2021 at 6:42 AM, a.noctilux said:

No universal kit(s) in my practice.

Each kit is adapted to planned locations.

As usual, in 'hot places' (dangerous ), it's wise not to show the gear (even Leica M is too big with whatever lens), LTM or compact or 'O Replica' can be better choice.

...

When changing lens is not easy, I'm happy to be able to choose Tri-Elmar-M (MATE for me) accepting the flaws.

Sometimes, I even carry PC lens (for fun but useful in many cases) like PC Super-Angulon-R 28mm + M adapter or PC-Nikkor 28/35/Shift Zuiko 24mm.

Other times, very long focals can be a good choice, I've been to Hawaii with Telyt V 400mm for (for surfers ! ), or 4.8/350mm + ext. x2, in Indian Ocean.

In the past, I'm happy when I needed Noctilux and had it at hand far from home.

 

The right kit IS adapted kit for each situation = this can happily be one lens only or another system than M.

Good call - the gear taken has to be decided based on the location and subject matter.

As for the "hot places,"  I avoid going there to begin with.  Life is too short and too precious, and there are more safe, stunningly beautiful places to photograph than I could travel to in ten lifetimes.  I'm not afraid of much in this life but I do prefer to avoid trouble rather than try to extricate myself from it after the fact.

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[xiaubauu2009]

On 8/2/2021 at 2:26 PM, Leica Land said:

What is the best 3 lens kit for Leica M10M travel with perspective control?

My choice is 1) Leica 16-21-28mm  2) Leica M 35mm apo and 3) Leica 50mm f0.95.

Please share your views.

Thank you

 

                        

None of the lens setup you choose has any perspective control other than in post in photoshop/Lr.

I think you should go for the 28mm PC lens from Leica R, or go for Cambo Actus with M-Mount (hard to use, but do-able) with any lens of a longer flange distance and big image circle for architectural perspective control travel.

[M9reno]

2 hours ago, xiaubauu2009 said:

None of the lens setup you choose has any perspective control other than in post in photoshop/Lr.

I think you should go for the 28mm PC lens from Leica R, or go for Cambo Actus with M-Mount (hard to use, but do-able) with any lens of a longer flange distance and big image circle for architectural perspective control travel.

He is talking about the perspective control program built into the latest M10M firmware.  The LCD or EVF shows frames so that you can compose the shot while leaving enough room to crop and apply perspective control correction in post.  Any lens will work with this.

A very practical alternative to the hefty 28mm PC-R, unless of course you want to shoot film.