stunsworth Posted September 19, 2007 Share #21 Posted September 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I could live with that for the rest of my life. Maybe add in a 15mm Voigtlander to make it a 4 lens set up <grin> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gmaurizio Posted September 19, 2007 Share #22 Posted September 19, 2007 I stick with my original choice of the Nocti F1.0 latest version non-asph. Then I would have to add the ZM 21mm. It is wider than the 28mm, but you can always crop, at least at the newspaper and editorial magazine level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjmcsu Posted September 19, 2007 Share #23 Posted September 19, 2007 Been using the 24 Elmarit with the 75 Lux;works well for me & third lens has been the Noctilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted September 19, 2007 Share #24 Posted September 19, 2007 Two lens combo (same as Norm) : 28mm Summicron and 75mm Summilux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted September 19, 2007 Share #25 Posted September 19, 2007 When doing documentary work (especially in low-light settings): 35 summicron V.4 and the 75 lux. I think the fingerprint from the lenses is pretty consistent. If I were traveling light, I'd swap out the 75 lux for a 90 elmar C. (In truth, I find it difficult not to include the CV15 in any kit, but that would be cheating) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted September 19, 2007 Share #26 Posted September 19, 2007 I'm trying to come up with a collective answer, Guy ... perhaps some will come up with the thread entitled ... 3 lenses combo what should I do? So for me ... One lens choice: 90AA Two Lenses: + 50 cron Three lenses: + 35 cron That's all, I don't care about anything below 35mm ... actually, you can ask your friend in Leica ... which is the most popular focal length they've ever sold. I bet it's the 50mm ... and perhaps 35mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_b_elmer Posted September 19, 2007 Share #27 Posted September 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Probably 24/2.8 asph and 50/1.0 - or 35/1.4 asph and 75/1.4 But in reality, I would not like to do without any of those lenses or the WATE. I could better live wihout the 28 and 90 mm lens length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted September 19, 2007 Share #28 Posted September 19, 2007 The reality is I would probably bring the Tri-Elmar and a 75 Summicron on a trip. But if the question is, if you could ONLY HAVE two lenses, then the two I would choose would be 24 f/2.8 and the 50 'lux. I previously said the 35 Asph 'lux if I could only have one. When we get to the "What 3 lenses" thread, I'll have a completely different response ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Flesher Posted September 19, 2007 Share #29 Posted September 19, 2007 This one's easy for me -- the same two lenses I'm using for 90% of my M8 shooting right now: the 28 (Cron or Pre-asph Elmarit) and 50 Pre-asph Lux. Actually that pair is so sweet I am tempted to sell every other frigging M lens I own. (Well okay, I prolly keep the 15 CV and 90 Cron to cover the outside ends ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndjambrose Posted September 19, 2007 Share #30 Posted September 19, 2007 Just two lenses? Hmm - tough! For me it's the Noctilux and 28mm Elmarit. The 'lux is paramount. In fact, if I had to reduce to a one lens outfit it would be my only choice. It's the most amazing lens I've ever had the pleasure to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted September 19, 2007 Share #31 Posted September 19, 2007 Jack, I have similar thoughts (with ASPH variations), but the 15-28 gap is huge, and 35 is my favorite focal length on the M8, so I am stuck! It would be interesting to know what one/two/three/four lenses people would keep for a FF M9... Then I might keep WATE, 28 Cron, 35 Lux ASPH, 50 Lux ASPH, 75 Lux or 90 Cron or 90 Cron ASPH... Okay, that was 5 I might have to get rid of the 28 Cron then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe D. Posted September 19, 2007 Share #32 Posted September 19, 2007 I would like the Cron 28A and the Cron 90AA (and i do also hide the Lux 35A some where) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcocozza Posted September 19, 2007 Share #33 Posted September 19, 2007 For me it is the 35 'cron and the 50 'cron on my MP / M7 and a 28 'cron and 50 ' cron on my M8. I look back at many of the shots that I have made that transcend the moment and find that they were made with my 50 ' cron ... ( have not had the M8 long enough to do some serious shooting with it ) ... so maybe it is possible to squeeze it down to just one lens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted September 19, 2007 Share #34 Posted September 19, 2007 Cron 35 + cv 75/elmarit90 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fursan Posted September 19, 2007 Share #35 Posted September 19, 2007 i have a front focussing 50 'lux, but have figured out ( trial/error ) a temporary solution so: 28 cron and 50 'lux or 28 cron and 75 cron maybe it would change when solms returns my 'lux 35. tested it briefly and wow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Posted September 19, 2007 Share #36 Posted September 19, 2007 Well... I AM restricted (by funds) to two lenses - a 24 and a Nocti and you'd have to prise either (and a third and fourth when I get them) out of my cold dead hands! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Flesher Posted September 19, 2007 Share #37 Posted September 19, 2007 Jack, I have similar thoughts (with ASPH variations), but the 15-28 gap is huge, and 35 is my favorite focal length on the M8, so I am stuck! It would be interesting to know what one/two/three/four lenses people would keep for a FF M9... Then I might keep WATE, 28 Cron, 35 Lux ASPH, 50 Lux ASPH, 75 Lux or 90 Cron or 90 Cron ASPH... Okay, that was 5 I might have to get rid of the 28 Cron then... Yeah, I know Carsten, me too! LOLOL! In fact, after our "which 35" thread a while back, I have tried three and settled on a 4th version Pre-Cron now and sold off the pre-Lux and Cron Asph! If I head out with one lens, it is that 35. But when if I could own only two, I think it would be the 28 and 50. What's weird is I think it would be the same with full-frame since they were my favorites with film M's back in the day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted September 19, 2007 Share #38 Posted September 19, 2007 I can live with one, but not always the same one. The same thing goes for two (in a coat pocket). If I want small, inconspicuous, it's the 28/2.8 asph plus a 35/2.0 asph. or 15CV plus 28/2.8. If I want to look at detail plus setting, it would be the 24/2.8 asph plus 75/2.0 APO/asph. Since any four of these fit into my little canvas bag, that's what usually comes along. Although some really old lenses do sometimes sneak into a pocket (Canon 28/2.0, Summicron 50/2.0-collapsible). Funny thing is that once any one of these gets on the camera, it tends to stay there most of the day and teaches me to see things its way. scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted September 19, 2007 Share #39 Posted September 19, 2007 28/1.9 & 50/1.5. Oh, oh . . . non-Leica but I find myself reaching for these repeatedly when I need to travel light. Make it THREE however and I instantly return to the fold: 21/2.8, 35/2.0 and 75/2.0. (One pre-Asph Elmarit and two splendid, newish 'Crons.) (Someone donate a new 28mm 'Cron plus new 50mm 'Lux and I promise to be good hereafter.) -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted September 20, 2007 Share #40 Posted September 20, 2007 It seems like a lot of people can't live without that 75 lux. For me it would be the 28/2 cron and 90/4 macro elmarit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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