Building a kit around the 35 Steel Rim Reissue

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On 10/19/2023 at 12:36 PM, JoshuaRothman said:

Suppose that you wanted to make the new Steel Rim your main lens. What would you put to the wider and longer ends, either to maintain consistency or to provide alternatives in terms of rendering?

I'm renting the Steel Rim this week, and fantasizing about what life would be like with it as my main lens instead of my 35 FLE. Right now, my M kit is almost all ASPH, and built around consistency; almost everything I own is pretty modern. But I'm starting to imagine a kit that has more variety in rendering and lens type. Something like:

• 24 SEM
• 28 Summaron
• 35 Steel Rim
• 50 Lux ASPH or Cron v5

Four lenses, all quite different, covering the range I like to shoot most. But maybe you'd aim for something different. What are the equivalents of the Steel Rim in wider and longer focal lengths? Would it be something like 28 Summaron, 50 Lux Pre-ASPH?

What kind of kit would you build with the SR at the center?

As for the 50, I would pair it with a Summicron 1956 Rigid as a lovely old lens. No need for wider unless an old 21/4.0 could be used or even the 28/5.6 reissue, but I'd prefer just a 35 and 50. Who needs more?

Edited March 22, 2024 by algrove

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On 10/20/2023 at 9:19 AM, SiggiGun said:

I agree: modern lenses together, classic design together.

classic means for me NO ASPH. NO FLE.
 

so I combine the Steel Rim with the Summilux f1.4/75mm  

Nice choice. Congrats.

 

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I love my 75mm lux v1. It’s not as glowly as the SR reissue, but still pretty dam impressive for a 1980’s lens even at wide open.

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Edited March 22, 2024 by 69xchange