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B&W
A lens scenario: what would you do and why?
OK, I use an M8. I have three current lenses (18mm Super Elmar, 28mm Elmarit ASPH, and 50mm Summicron). (I purchased each lens new and keep them in mint condition.) My photographic interests include street photography, landscape photography, and what I’d called shallow-DoF photography. I plan to purchase a 90mm lens for some landscape, some street, and some portraiture.
To that end, my wife has checked off on my getting a new Summicron 90mm ASPH. So that’s Option #1: buy a new Summicron 90mm ASPH (cost=$3,695).
But there’s another option (isn’t there always?), which we can call Option #2. This option has three steps. First, sell my 50mm Summicron. Second, buy a used, optically-mint Summicron 90mm pre-asph (the version immediately before the current ASPH, which was manufactured from 1980-1998). In terms of cost, Steps 1 and 2 represent a near swap. Third, purchase a new Summilux 50mm ASPH (cost=$3,695).
Thus, with either option, I’d end up with a 50mm and a 90mm for pretty much the same cost. Benefits to Option #2 include that I’d end up with my most expensive lens at my most-used focal length (50mm) and would have better low-light capacity. Benefits to Option #1 include the simplicity of one transaction (and not three) and having four new mint lenses (and not three new lenses, plus a used Summicron 90mm pre-asph).
Pardon this type of email, as I know these things are darn subjective. But I have found benefit in getting the input of other RFF members on such issues.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
OK, I use an M8. I have three current lenses (18mm Super Elmar, 28mm Elmarit ASPH, and 50mm Summicron). (I purchased each lens new and keep them in mint condition.) My photographic interests include street photography, landscape photography, and what I’d called shallow-DoF photography. I plan to purchase a 90mm lens for some landscape, some street, and some portraiture.
To that end, my wife has checked off on my getting a new Summicron 90mm ASPH. So that’s Option #1: buy a new Summicron 90mm ASPH (cost=$3,695).
But there’s another option (isn’t there always?), which we can call Option #2. This option has three steps. First, sell my 50mm Summicron. Second, buy a used, optically-mint Summicron 90mm pre-asph (the version immediately before the current ASPH, which was manufactured from 1980-1998). In terms of cost, Steps 1 and 2 represent a near swap. Third, purchase a new Summilux 50mm ASPH (cost=$3,695).
Thus, with either option, I’d end up with a 50mm and a 90mm for pretty much the same cost. Benefits to Option #2 include that I’d end up with my most expensive lens at my most-used focal length (50mm) and would have better low-light capacity. Benefits to Option #1 include the simplicity of one transaction (and not three) and having four new mint lenses (and not three new lenses, plus a used Summicron 90mm pre-asph).
Pardon this type of email, as I know these things are darn subjective. But I have found benefit in getting the input of other RFF members on such issues.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!