Deciding on my M240 lens kit.

[agoglanian]

Well at any rate, here's a few samples from me so far. Though I may give some consideration to trading out the ZM 25 for a ZM 21. I love how crisp the 25 is but I kind of feel like if I want to go wide, I want to go WIDE. (Though wider than 21 is kind of excessive for me)

Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 Biogon

Canadian Explorations by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr

Zeiss 35mm f/2 Biogon

Unexpected Surprise by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr

Zeiss 50mm f/2 Planar

Unexpected Winterscape by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr

 

[Manuel Patino]

I bought the 50 Planar ZM and the 35 Biogon ZM. I already had 3 CV lenses (35f2.5, 40f1.4 and 25f4). Sold the CV35 and I'm selling the rest of the Voigtlanders too.

Now I just got a 50 Lux Asph.... Gotta sell more stuff. All I want now is one longer Leica lens.

First few shots with the Lux

 

[leicapixie]

Really nice shots of Canada.
Your samples well chosen.
I mostly only use the 50mm(M3).
Enjoy!

 

[filmtwit]

Hi,

Anyone running a UC Hexanon 35mm f2 on the M240?
What's it like? Any fringing or vignetting problems?

 

[agoglanian]

I never had a chance to try that lens out, but it's my understanding that it's the lens from the Hexar AF, which means it's super-freakin-sweet. I doubt it would have much trouble on the 240 to be honest.

Gosh I was just re-reading this thread (as it is my own). I have tried SO many lenses since I posted this, I bought and sold a ton of different optics and wound up with a kit I'm very very happy with. I still kind of want a 21mm, but it's still not a huge priority 😉

 

[Ken Ford]

Abram, what did you end up with? I went through something recently when I picked up an M-P.

 

[noisycheese]

My original three lens kit was 28mm, 50mm and 90mm. Over the past thirteen years, I have found that those three focal lengths will cover 95% of the kind of subject matter I shoot. Down the road, I added the 21/3.4 Super Elmar, which is invaluable.

If forced to do so, I could get by with a 28mm and a 50mm; I can't see how a person could go wrong starting out with a 28/2.8 and a 50/2 (the normal 50 'cron, not the megadolllar 50/2 APO) or a clean, used 50 Summilux pre-ASPH. That having been said, more focal lengths do give you more options.

 

[agoglanian]

Abram, what did you end up with? I went through something recently when I picked up an M-P.

Well I ultimately wound up with a 28 Summicron, 35 Summicron ASPH, 50 Summilux ASPH and a 90 Summicron (Pre-Asph) My 50 and 90 need a focus adjustment, but I'll get that done by DAG.

My original three lens kit was 28mm, 50mm and 90mm. Over the past thirteen years, I have found that those three focal lengths will cover 95% of the kind of subject matter I shoot. Down the road, I added the 21/3.4 Super Elmar, which is invaluable.

If forced to do so, I could get by with a 28mm and a 50mm; I can't see how a person could go wrong starting out with a 28/2.8 and a 50/2 (the normal 50 'cron, not the megadolllar 50/2 APO) or a clean, used 50 Summilux pre-ASPH. That having been said, more focal lengths do give you more options.

I can do most things with 28/50 but if I go with one camera and one lens it's always the 35mm on my camera. 90mm is definitely an outlier for me but I like having it when I need to use it. 21mm is much the same way, I would LOVE to have the Super-Elmar, but I don't shoot that wide typically so it's a lot for me to invest in right now. I've been looking at my options though and the old Super Angulon still interests me, mostly because of how small it is, and the results I've seen are rather compelling, it's an interesting lens (not "perfect").