LeicaTL35 Posted January 23, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 23, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello, My gear list is: Leica M6TTL 0.85 Leica SL2 LEICA SUMMICRON 50mm f/2.0 Leica SEM 21mm f/3.4 (I use it with external OVF on M6TTL) LEICA SUMMICRON 35mm f/2.0 (I cannot use it on M6TTL 0.85) Leica Elmarit 90mm f/2.8 I had bought almost all of my gear 2nd hand, except for Leica SL2. And now, I want to buy a faster lens. The options that I have are: I can trade in 21mm SEM and 35mm Summicron both in order to buy just a Summilux 28mm f/1.4 lens. 21mm turned out to be too wide for me and I could not get used to these two focal lengths, maybe I can try 28mm as a focal length between them. Is 28mm the new 35mm? what do you think? On the other hand I can trade in LEICA SUMMICRON 50mm and Elmarit 90mm both in order to buy one Leica 50mm lens with a wider aperture: Summilux f/1.4, Noctilux f/1.2 or as a third choice 50mm Apo summicron (I know it is not a wider aperture lens but has more micro contrast than my current 50mm summicron, afaik) Of course, I will also have to pay a lot more extra money to top up. Finally I will have just two faster lenses. I know that this is a personal choice and I should try before I make a final decision but, I would appreciate your advices, especially if you have used, tried and switched between these lenses before. I also know SL Lenses are a good option but I would rather stick to M lenses because I can use all of my M lenses on both cameras and I really like these analog/digital experiences. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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a.noctilux Posted January 23, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 23, 2022 Intermediate route to the Graal (which will not come anyway), try this combo 28/50: - Summicron-M 28mm but would be used with aux finder 28 on your M6 - Summilux-M 50mm pre-asph or or second choice asph. model if you want (not too dear) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein K S Posted January 23, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Immediate comment; do not sell any to buy others… if required, wait… PS: my first Lux was the 35 asph pre-FLE and I am just so happy about it. A second PS: even if not being a 50s guy, I am currently starting to explore my new second Lux 50 as well… PS 3; I firmly believe there will be no more Luxˋes in my life 😉 Edited January 23, 2022 by Stein K S 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediumformula Posted January 24, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 24, 2022 For shooting film get a 50 Lux and never look back. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebben Posted January 25, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, mediumformula said: For shooting film get a 50 Lux and never look back. Excellent balance of speed, performance, weight and cost. Edited January 25, 2022 by sebben 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted January 25, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, mediumformula said: For shooting film get a 50 Lux and never look back. I have thousands of pictures to prove that, if need be 😄. other had done ... Even if I do use also with M sensors and nothing to complain with Summilux 50mm. Also I had used for a while (happily !) the asph. version Summilux 50mm which was not as good (not my taste would be correct) as the pre-asph. model. Edited January 25, 2022 by a.noctilux Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTL35 Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted February 13, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank you for your precious advices. 🙏50mm summilux seems like a good choice for low light shooting experience and subject separation from background. I will think about buying a 50mm summilux. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
archive_all Posted February 14, 2022 Share #8 Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 12:52 PM, LeicaTL35 said: Thank you for your precious advices. 🙏50mm summilux seems like a good choice for low light shooting experience and subject separation from background. I will think about buying a 50mm summilux. Another vote for the 50 lux asph. I think it's a bigger difference over the cron in look than the cron apo unless pixel peeping. I know, I know, that's controversial but the old cron 5 is just so damn good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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