Another 35mm poll - B&W Film ONLY

Another 35mm poll - B&W Film ONLY

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None of the above.

What Francis said. Perfect!

If you must know...

35/2.0 UC-Hexanon LTM
35/2.8 Canon LTM
35/3.5 Canon S.C. BL
3 zoom lenses that include 35mm.

I love the one I'm with!
 
I've owned a 35/1.8 Canon, 35/2.8 Schneider Xenogon, 35/1.4 version 1 Summilux with goggles, and both version 1 and version 2 of the Summicron. Now I just have the version 2 Summicron. It's the best of the lot. The Summilux was the worst.
 
The version 1 Summilux is rediculously soft, the version 1 Summicron has the "Leica Glow, version 2 has much more recent coatings than the others and has the most contrast.

Here's a 1972 photo of Nathan Benn holding my daughter Elena:
http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/009/0098az-19154084.jpg

Nathan ended up as the director of the Magnum photo agency, Elena is an attorney in Atlanta, and I traded in the soft Summilux on the series 1 Summicron. This was probably shot wide open at f/1.4. My wife back then, Stephanie, became a doctor, took back her maiden name of Brundage, and lives in South Carolina with her husband Ken.
 
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I read through this thread to try to get a grasp on what this poll was asking. Akiva and Dave expressed my thoughts about this poll.

“This poll makes no sense. BW only then list a 4 lenses for the snob set. When i opened this I thought this was going to be a poll on BW film. Drat. Whatever. After 3 hours of sleep what do you expect.”

Akiva S.


“Maybe it's me.. (and it probably is.. heck.. it usually is..) but what exactly is this poll asking?

Is it asking what 35mm lens I like to use with B&W film?
Is it asking, if I had the choice, what lens I would choose?
or is it asking which lenses I own that happen to be 35mm?”

Dave
 
I believe the poll asks which of the listed lenses you prefer for B&W film use. This is inherently difficult to answer unless one has experience with all four. Maybe even then. Other lenses aren't part of the poll. Neither "Other" nor "It doesn't matter" is a poll choice. But I expect the OP is considering this as well as cost, availability, size, build quality, etc.
 
narsuitus said:
“Maybe it's me.. (and it probably is.. heck.. it usually is..) but what exactly is this poll asking?

Is it asking what 35mm lens I like to use with B&W film?
Is it asking, if I had the choice, what lens I would choose?
or is it asking which lenses I own that happen to be 35mm?”

Dave
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I haven't voted, but I can see what you mean.

If it's asking what 35mm lens I like to use with B&W film then I'd probably answer the Konica UC Hexanon 35mm/f2. Oh, and the other RF 35s I have for when I want a different rendering.

If it's asking, if I had the choice, what lens [from the list?] would I choose then I might vote for the CZ Biogon as it is the only one on the list I actually contemplated buying (as the only listed lens I'm likely to have afforded).

If it's asking what 35mm lenses I have then it's a long list: but confining myself to RF lenses, it's the abovementioned UC Hex, the 35mm M-Hex and the 35mm/f3.5 Summaron - each of which I really like, for different reasons and different purposes.

...Mike
 
Dave Wilkinson said:
All I need now is a 'best thing to shoot my dog with?' poll,.....and my day is complete! :bang:
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The true afficionado would only shoot his dog with a Leitz Wetzlar 16-gauge side-by-side (improved cylinder choke, of course) loaded with #8 birdshot. But for the budget minded, I think CV makes a serviceable 12-gauge pump action.

Ari
 
For those recommending the UC-Hex, you're basically telling the OP that, if he doesn't need to focus closer than 0.9m, he should get the performance of the v4 'cron with the build quality of the v3 'cron?

::Ari
 
Roger Hicks said:
Get real.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

With B+W it's even less important than with colour.

At this level of equipment the photographer's ability is 10,000 times more important than which lens.

Edit (from my wife Frances Schultz): USE THE LENS YOU'VE GOT.

Or (same source):

When I'm not with the lens I love, I love the lens I'm with.

Cheers,

R.
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Well, I am now having GAS of a 35/2 type 1 (M3 one) while I already have 35/2 type 4. These words from Roger really made me calm down. Thank you.
 
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