Essential Leicazeisslander

I wonder why everybody are so crazy about cron 35 v4?
it's made like a toy, it's hard to focus with it, it costs more than previous versions, his IQ doesn't seem to be obviously better
 
Essential? Hmm, not sure. But what I've found to my liking, after owning many lenses, is:

Leica 50mm Summarit f/2.5
CV 50mm Heliar Classic f/2
Zeiss 35mm C-Biogon f/2.8
CV 35mm Color Skopar PII f/2.5

I can rely on each one to give me great images and any errors would be mine... unlike some focus-shifting pieces of shat.
 
2lookdown said:
I wonder why everybody are so crazy about cron 35 v4?
it's made like a toy, it's hard to focus with it, it costs more than previous versions, his IQ doesn't seem to be obviously better
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BUT it's an internet legend (myth?) though...
 
I get by with a 40mm Summicron and a 50mm V.2 Summilux. I could live with the 40 and a slightly slower, modern Leitz or Zeiss 50, if I had to. But the 40's the "essential" one in the mix, the one I wouldn't want to hit the streets without.
 
I got my 35 v4 as the only available good second hand 35 in town, pre www. I knew nothing of its reputation until years later. I like it. I have it. I don't want to do without it. For fast work I could not manage nearly so well without the tab. I like the pictures it takes. It is more compact than most others and it is fast enough at f2. There's a better lens I should have with these factors?
 
Richard G said:
I got my 35 v4 as the only available good second hand 35 in town, pre www. I knew nothing of its reputation until years later. I like it. I have it. I don't want to do without it. For fast work I could not manage nearly so well without the tab. I like the pictures it takes. It is more compact than most others and it is fast enough at f2. There's a better lens I should have with these factors?
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v3? it's better
 
CV 15mm/4.5
CV 35mm/1.4
CV 50mm/1.1

A great walkabout kit, each a lens with it's own character far more than each just being a crop of the one before it.
 
of ALL the Lenses I have Owned
and thats LOTS :eek:
the One that still Turns My Head is the 35 ASPH Cron
but in Reality ANY 21,35,50 mm will Do
as Long as I can Get the Shot :D
 
I think the only lens I'd really miss if I had to switch systems for any reason would be the 21mm Super-Angulon (f4 in my case). My other lenses, I could find replacements for, but the SA is simply unique in so many ways...
 
35mm Summicron ASPH

Tried many other lenses, I always go back to this one, not 28 not 40, just this one :)
 
The last lens that I'd sell would be the 35/2 ASPH.

When I head out with just one lens, it's either the 35/2 or 50/1.5 CV. My standard 4-lens setup in a Domke F5 bag adds the 24/2.8 ASPH and "fat" 90/2.8.

The 24/2.8 is great, but rather large. I might get a CV 25/4 and carry both the 21/4 and 25/4 in almost the same space as the 24/2.8, but the 24 is really nice.
 
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