michael_b._elmer Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 The 35/1.4 Asph and 75/1.4 should cover just about all your photographic needs. You could even live very well with only having the 50/1.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_. Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 <<I'd like Jay to explain>> I could give you the explanation but I can't give you the understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob haight Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 I suspect Jay regards a "troll" as someone who mindlessly drones on about the same topics in a very superficial way. Certainly, not complimentary to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 "I'd like Jay to explain" Jay doesn't have explanations, simply strong opinions (often enough unfounded). Some say you grow to love him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 whenever i don't have my 35 cron an occasion arises when i really wish i had it. the same is not true of any other lens i own. but to answer the question, it has to be 35/90, in any form. the 35 cron/90 tele-elmarit with an m6 has to be one of the great all time partnerships. very few tasks in general photography cannot be accomplished with this set-up. very few packages as small and reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hil3 Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 [turn sarcasm on] Two lenses are way too many. One's all you need. Weld it on to the flange and get rid of that bothersome interchangeable lens feature [off]. If I could only keep two, right now it would be the 28 elmarit and the 50 summicron, but I would regret not having a 90 or 135 when I needed one, and I often enough do. And then a 35 is an awful handy walk-around lens. I started with a 35/50/90 and found the set-up limiting on some occasions. Unlike a lot of forum-ers I have a 135 I actually use with my .72 and get the results I want. Start with one, 35 or 50, and get them as you need them. [And then another body, need one for chromes, you know...and then an .85 for those longer lenses...and a collapsible lens on an M3 would be cool...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_travis6 Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 When I travel, I enjoy going with only one lens, the Elmar-M 50mm/f2.8, soon to be joined by the Elmar 90mm/f4.0 Macro, Also, since it's so light and tiny, the CV 15mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron_sawyer Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 50 'cron and CV 28/3.5. But I would miss the 35 'cron asph. And the 50/1.5 Nokton for available light. And the 90 'cron too. So I guess I'm with Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 "Jay doesn't have explanations..." Nope, because you only bother to explain yourself if you feel others are worthy of respect, and that's obviously not the case. So he lectures instead. Rather than a gathering place, Jay sees the forum as his own bully pulpit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octavio bustard Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 5o Elmar and 35 VC. Its ALL you ever need, and both together cost less than any one Leica lens new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 35mm f/2 Summicron and 85mm f/2 Nikkor. For the past 15 years or so I've had the second edition 35 'cron, the one with 6 elements. If I were to add a third lens it's a toss up between the 21/3.4 Super Angulon and the 15/4.5 Voigtlander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan flanders Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Summicron C/40 and Elmar C/90. M6 classic is probably the last Leica I will buy and most of my other (M) lenses will eventually get traded. I don�t see enough in the latest hot-shot lenses to make it worth the trouble to carry their bulk. But, the fact is, the M6 outfit will probably go and I will revert to the II (if I can find one I like), a Red Scale Elmar and a 3.5 Summaron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis1 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 the 35asph/2 and the 50/2.8 elmar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_morgan Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 which lenses are the 4-6 you carry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'm surprised at so many recommendations for slowish lenses (f2, f2.8) when faster versions are avilable. Myself, if I was still going to be shooting fillum, I'd want a 28/1.4 on an slr. That'd pretty much do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Okay, Xinbad, just wait another 30 years or so, and a Leica M 1.4/28 might drop by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 doesn't nikon or canon do one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston_merchant Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Canon makes a 28/1.8, which I use often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_morgan Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Nikon makes a 28/1.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_beckert Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 As always, 35 and 75 or 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Canon makes a 24/1.4L. Nikon Makes a 28/1.4. Both are nice lenses. 2 Leica lenses: 35/1.4 ASPH & 75/1.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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