Your favorite Leica and Lens for actually making pictures.

[Troll]

<p>My favorite is a Leica CL with the 40mm Summicron-C.<br>

I also usually carry the tiny little f:2.8 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M, but would like to have an Elmar-C so I could interchange the filters (Series 5.5).<br>

I had DAG blank out the 50mm bright-lines in the finder, which I find cluttered and confusing. My only real complaint is the way it hangs vertically rather than the usual horizontally -- slows down using it for semi-grab shots.</p>

[SCL]

<p>I sold my M4 so now it is the M2 with a 50mm f/3.5 red scale Elmar. When I want variety, I also carry a 90 Elmar, a 35 VC or a 135 Canon. Although I still have my Visoflex, I'm very rarely using it right now.</p>

[johncox]

<p>I really liked my M2-p but needed a built in meter, I after a conversation with Stephen Gandy I decided it would make more sense to get a Bessa R2 than an M5. So what I enjoy most is the R2 and a 40mm CL lens, using the 35mm frame lines.</p>

[astral]

<p>Easy - on a Barnack Leica (III) a coated Elmar 5cm f3.5, while on an M2 / M4 Leica the last Summaron 35mm f2.8 is top. On a Leica R the Summicron 90mm f2 is top by a whisker for me, with the Summicron 50mm f2 in second place. Out of all those the ultimate winner for me is the 90mm f2; it hasn't been off my SL2 for almost a year now.</p>

[jean_yves_mead]

M3 with 50mm rigid Summicron (fed via IXMOO for added pleasure).

[Keith S in Arizona USA]

<p>M3 with 50mm rigid Summicron<br>

<br />Oh yes, what Jean-Yves said !!!</p>

[ellis_vener_photography]

Leica M4-P with a 35mm f/2 Summicron.

[john_shriver]

<p>Leica IIIa with Elmar, and with Canon 35/1.8.</p>

[Wouter Willemse]

<p><em>...for actually making pictures</em><br>

Just made me smile - buying a camera for actually not making pictures is probably something I'll never quite get. I only have one Leica camera (R6), and for now only one lens for it (60mm macro), so the answers are very simple. I foresee another favourite lens quite soon, though (35mm summicron should arrive somewhere soon).</p>

[Robin Smith]

<p>M6 with 50mm Summicron or R6.2 with 35mm Summicron-R</p>

[steve_bellayr]

<p>Why is it hanging around your neck? It should only be hanging around your neck when changing film. Try wrapping the strap around your hand. </p>

[mukul_dube]

<p>Like Wouter I have only one Leica; so it is by definition my favourite. I shall need to figure out what else one can do with cameras and lenses besides taking pictures. [<em>edit</em>] Stephen, a 135mm lens with an M2? An external finder?</p>

[SolaresLarrave]

My favorites change... a few weeks ago, it was my M4 with a Zeiss Biogon. Right now, it's a nice M2... with another Zeiss Biogon. And yes, I use them to take pictures.

[paul_neuthaler]

M2/35 1:2.8 Summaron.

[wendell_kelly]

<p>IIIf with a Canon 50mm/f1.8 or a Leicaflex Standard with a 90mm Elmarit.</p>

[carbon_dragon]

<p>I have to go against the crowd and say M9 and 35/2 ASPH. I like being able to see what I have on the display and I like the great quality. I do miss Infrared HIE film though the M8 does a very nice job of giving me infrared images.</p>

[Aoresteen]

<p>I have two: a IIIf with a CV 21mm f/4 and a Leicavit & an M3 MOT with a Zeiss 50mm f/2 Planar.</p>

[aplumpton]

<p>There are three favorite bodies in constant use wit three favorite optics: The M9 and M4-P with either the 35mm ASPH f2 Summicron, the 50mm recent collapsible f2.8 lens or the 21mm ASPH f2.8 Elmarit. The M8 is used mostly with the 35mm f2.5 classic V-C lens which suits well the times I use the M8 in I-R mode as the V-C lens is a simple design that bends IR radiation particularly well, but also is used for color or normal b/w with the 21mm lens (effectively a 28mm). I love my nearly pocketable retro black paint IIIc/f with the same V-C lens and 35mm bright line V-C VF, but it doesn't get the same use as the others and I may end up selling it if I don't use it more.</p>

<p>I cannot live with the Leica and not also use a "Texas-Leica" (Fujifilm GSW 690III) for film, traditional darkroom photography and large b/w prints that my film Leicas can only pretend to yield.</p>

[john_r._fulton_jr.]

<p>M8.2 and a 35mm f1.4 Summilux asph here. The M8.2 bought new in 2008 is now showing enough brass that everybody just assumes it's a film camera. Ha. It's always with me. Since buying it in 2008 I've done a picture-a-day project. A picture every day since then. At least one a day, usually a lot more. I couldn't have done that with a film camera. My five film cameras, btw, are stored. Two M2's, a black chrome M4, M6 and M6TTL. 35mm lens is main workhorse with 21, 28 & 50 ready to fill-in. The 90? Almost never. Good shooting out there everybody.</p>

[Uhooru]

<p>Favorites are the only two I own, 35mm and 50 Summicrons 4th versions. Love it no matter what I use them on, Leica camera, easy for film M7 for digital Pany GX7 my current fave camera.</p>

[rgerraty]

50 mm Elmar M collapsible with the tiny cylindrical hood. For the size and weight and the lens rendition and even the focus

throw ergonomics, notwithstanding the absence of a focussing tab. Almost glued to the M9-P.

[ty_mickan]

<p>M4, 1.4/35mm Summilux, not as pretty as something like the 1.4/75 Summilux, but a lot more versatile.</p><div></div>

[Ed_Ingold]

<p>M-9P, Zeiss 35/2.8 Biogon. I considered getting a Summicron, but f/2 isn't so important when you can shoot at ISO 2500. The Biogon is much sharper, especially in the corners, than my Summaron 35/2.8, purchased in 1964.</p>

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[chris_ogilvie]

<p>Leica IIIc with 50mm collapsible Summicron.<br>

Reason: Compact and sturdy set-up with the sharpest screw mount lens. It has been my bullet proof camera since 1975.</p>

[anthony_brookes5]

I have not had such pleasure as when I took hundreds and hundreds of pictures with my Leica III fitted with the 50mm Summar. When I bought it in 1981 from the original owner it was absolutely mint and was boxed and in the original tissue paper. Since then I have had all models with the R4s being a favourite as also the M6. Now I have a Leica C 112 which is an incredible camera but I just don't get as much pleasure taking digital pictures. To me digital cameras are not really photography.