Good things come in pairs . What's your favourite duo ?

[grahamc]

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Even though I have many lenses that I love on their own merits, I was thinking today that if I am to choose a favourite pair then for me it is a pretty easy choice:

35:1.4 v2 (Titanium, Germany, in case it matters)
and
50:1.4 v3 (E46)

As well as their practical advantages (being my favourite Focal lengths and both at 1.4), I've done some tests and find my copies of these lenses to render colour & contrast extremely similarly.    Meaning that (for me at least) they make as close to perfect a pair as I could imagine, and I love having a consistent look across 2 FL's. 

I understand from reading the forum though that some people prefer a pair of lenses to give them something the other doesn't. EG a modern rendering lens paired with a classic.  

What would you guys consider your favourite pair and why ? 

Edited April 10, 2022 by grahamc

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[didier]

When I go out with a pair of Lenses, I like to go with 2 bodies.

right now, my most versatile kit is M10M with either APO 50 or APO 75 + Q2 reporter and its 28mm. It gives me 2 really different FL and possibility of colour.

but I must admit most of the time I go out with my M10M and 1 Lens.

 

[a.noctilux]

Good-things-come-in-pairs

Not pair of focal lengths for me, but pair of MDa + S-A 21

I own these "things" for so many years, I almost forgot their virtues 😉

my now prefered pairs

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with a pair of Neopan in them, of course 400/1600

[PCPix]

Years ago I used to use a 35 Summaron and a 90 Elmarit on M2’s

Now a 35 FLE and a 75 APO with an M10R.

I do prefer the 75 over the 90 primarily for the closer minimum focus distance.

Both options very capable and compact. 

 

[Herr Barnack]

Of the lenses I now own, my favorite pair would be my 28/2.8 Elmarit and my 50/2.4 Summarit.

Both are small, light, fast enough for most purposes, tack sharp and produce beautiful results.

My "I just won the lottery and have Pharaoh money to spend" dream team would be the 35mm and 50mm APO lenses.

Edited April 10, 2022 by Herr Barnack

[laowai_]

Usually 
{

    APO-Summicron 75 and
          (Summicron 28 or a Super-Elmar 21)
}

[Jeff S]

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[junix]

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Steely Dan fan here.

If we're talking about lenses..

Summicron 35 V4 + Summilux 50 ASPH (usually one is on the digital camera while the other is on the film camera, both in the bag)

[Pyrogallol]

Not quite a pair, but close enough.

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[Danner]

Type IV Summicrons, because film 😉

 

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[LACANYONHIKER]

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My Q2R for most things and my CL with 23 1.4 and 55-135 for reach (like when I need distance from a cheetah feeding! 😳

[tom0511]

50 APO and 28 Summilux ( I might prefer 28 SummicronII because of size but I don't own one))

But friendly, any 28+50 combo from Leica/Zeiss or CV would do it probably for me.

[rramesh]

A pair of strap lugs!

Edited April 10, 2022 by rramesh

[adan]

If I want just two lenses on an M (rare) I like the 75mm/28mm combo.

Not too picky about which ones, but I currently carry the Voigtlander 75mm Nokton f/1.5 and the Leica 28mm Elmarit-M v.4 - the color renditions match nicely.

Different enough to make carrying two worthwhile - the expansive view and the tight detail.

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[willeica]

50DR - see my avatar and it is, effectively, a pair. Although, all of my favourite Leica cameras and lenses are LTM models. 

William

[RexGig0]

Well, having added 25mm and 18mm Zeiss ZM lenses, not so long ago, and then a Leica Summicron-M 75mm ASPH, and an Elmar-M 24mm ASPH more recently, the pot is being stirred a bit too much, for me to declare a favorite pair of lenses. Before the recent disruptions, my favorite pair would probably have been the Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, with which I started M-system shooting, in April 2018, and the Zeiss Distagon 1,4/35mm ZM. I do not consider 35mm and 50mm to be “too close,” in focal length, so, yes, a 35mm and a 50mm can be a pair, for a day of shooting. It is quite possible that my Summilux Fifty and my Distagon 35mm will remain the favorite pair.

 

[Pyrogallol]

This pair of 1959 and 1964 Summilux lenses arrived over Christmas. Exchanged 5 cameras and 22 lenses for them.

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[genji]

Summilux 28 and Summilux 50 ASPH

or

Summicron 28 ASPH and 50 APO

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[shirubadanieru]

Summilux 35mm f1.4 w/ Infinity lock pre-asph

Summicron 50mm rigid 

 

My only lenses currently, with the 35mm seeing 70% of use and the cron for whenever I know I’ll be shooting portraits. 

 

Other lens I wouldn’t mind having is the summilux 50mm v2 (chrome body is just beautiful) but for ease of use the rigid is simply a much better lens that can do both street and portraits easily, whereas the pre-asph summilux suits portraiture or still photography better from my PoV. 

 

But regardless the lens, for sure for me I always want to keep it to 35mm and 50mm with the M (40mm also ok). Wider or Longer than that is just not for me.

[pippy]

On 4/10/2022 at 9:14 AM, grahamc said:

...I was thinking today that if I am to choose a favourite pair then for me it is a pretty easy choice......What would you guys consider your favourite pair and why/...

Having given this question a little bit of thought I find, somewhat to my surprise, that it's impossible to answer with any degree of certainty. My 'lens selection' changes almost every time I head out depending on things like where I'm heading; what the weather is like/will be doing and so on. I don't really make my selection based on my favourites although, of course, inevitably there are lenses which get almost all the playtime and some which hardly ever see daylight.

First choice would be pretty easy in that I'd almost always grab my 35mm Summilux v2 ('74 if that matters) but the decision of 'What to pair with it?' wouldn't be so straightforward. If I had to give an answer then #2 would probably be my 28mm Elmarit ASPH v1. If this WAS the chosen duo then the 35 would sport a Circular Polarising filter and be used with the M-D. The 28 would wear a Yellow filter and be used with the M Monochrom.

Philip.

Edited April 11, 2022 by pippy