List all the focal lengths of the M lenses you have

[Herr Barnack]

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9 minutes ago, evikne said:

Of course.  But I called myself an alien here, because I'm not a typical Leica user.  I would never have been able to buy a Leica camera if it had not been for a lucky event a few years ago.  And then I let my dream of such a camera come true.

My own path to Leica ownership was similar.  My first Leica was a film MP with a 50 Summilux back in 2003.

Then when I decided to get my M240 - my first ever digital camera, I traded in all my accumulated Nikon kit to help pay for it.  It was a little unnerving to pack up my hard won Nikon gear and ship it off, but I did.  And I have never regretted it.

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[garysamson]

21, 28, 35, 50*4, 75,  90.

[Danner]

I forgot to list my Nokton 35/1.4 SC Classic.  All the other are Leica.

[Steve Ash]

My Leica gear fulfils two needs/passions

a) photography as such

b) handling engineering master pieces.

 

I currently have following focal lengths:

21, 28, 35, 50*2, 75*2, 135

Only half of them I bought as new to make the whole effort more reasonable. Those were the 28, 50*2, 75. I could reduce the whole kit to 28, 50 or more likely to 28, 75 to cover all my needs and be without any remorse.

Edited January 3, 2022 by Steve Ash

[RexGig0]

I forgot to specify my 85mm lens: Zeiss Tele-Tessar f/4.

[jaapv]

3 hours ago, evikne said:

Of course.  But I called myself an alien here, because I'm not a typical Leica user.  I would never have been able to buy a Leica camera if it had not been for a lucky event a few years ago.  And then I let my dream of such a camera come true.

We are all lucky here to be able to afford (more or less  ) such gear.

[jdlaing]

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15 minutes ago, jaapv said:

We are all lucky here to be able to afford (more or less  ) such gear.

I’ve been acquiring them for a while. If I had to do it today I don’t know if I could.

[Winedemonium]

Currently 21, 24, 28*2, 35, 50*2, 85, 90, 135.

The 85 is a ZM f/2, and the 90 is MEM.

I feel more relaxed about too many manual focus lenses compared to too many digital cameras. 

 

[setuporg]

21 hours ago, setuporg said:

10, 12, 16-18-21, 24, 25, 28*2, 35*3, 50*5, 75*2, 90, 135

I forgot to mention 21*2, both Voigtlanders.  The first, 21/1.8, I got when first getting into Leica with the M10 in 2017.  Since then they made a 21/1.4 and I got that then.  Apparently not using either much...

[setuporg]

12 hours ago, lct said:

90 (8)

Now that's a niche!:)

[105012]

I forgot my Elmar 135mm f/4, from 1961. So revised list:

21 (1)

28 (2)

35 (1)

50 (8)

90 (2)

135 (2)

They span from the early 1950's through to 2021... haven't got around to adding anything this year 😀

[BradS]

28, 35, 50*3

 

[setuporg]

Well, if anything, we see that 50mm is the dominant focal distance.  Even @Steven can't sway that with all his 35s!:)

[otto.f]

8 hours ago, Camaro5 said:

a smaller bank account balance.  

 If you see that in a few years time the Summilux75 went from 2500 to 3500€, an M4 from 600 to 1100€, it’s quite useless to keep your money at the bank. 

[Gobert]

@setuporg
Do you have the intention to present us your analysis in a graphical chart?

Edited January 3, 2022 by Gobert

[otto.f]

3 minutes ago, Gobert said:

@setuporg
Do you have the intention to present us your analysis in a graphical chart?

Hail, hail

[grahamc]

35, 50, 90

Edit: took out 28 and 40 as they are those lovely leicalike M-Rokkors 

Edited January 3, 2022 by grahamc

[Stef63]

4 hours ago, setuporg said:

Well, if anything, we see that 50mm is the dominant focal distance.  Even @Steven can't sway that with all his 35s!:)

50mm takes the lead indeed by a large margin.  Here is the updated list :

1. 50mm (147)
2. 35mm (85)
3. 90mm (58)
4. 28mm (54)
5. 21mm (36)

Average 9,1 lenses per member. 

(update) Also interesting :

• Of all members indicating they have a 50mm lens 60% have more than one.  
• For the 35mm only 32% of members having this focal length do have multiple 35's.  The same 32% applies for the 90mm.

Edited January 3, 2022 by Stef63

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[grahamc]

36 minutes ago, Stef63 said:

50mm takes the lead indeed by a large margin.  Here is the updated list :

1. 50mm (147)
2. 35mm (85)
3. 90mm (58)
4. 28mm (54)
5. 21mm (36)

Average 9,1 lenses per member. 

Interesting info !  So the 50 v 35 question is finally solved, right ? 🤣

I should add in quantities as my post is too late to change: 

35 x 2 

50 x 5

90 x 1 

But 35 is my favourite. What is it about these damn 50s ... they are too nifty 

Edited January 3, 2022 by grahamc

[otto.f]

2 minutes ago, grahamc said:

Interesting info !  So the 50 v 35 question is finally solved, right ? 🤣

What the majority believes is not always right, is it… 😉