help me out

[Gumby]

The chances of using such either lens in Cairo are slim. Don't waste your money. It is more likely to get stolen while you are in transit between the airport and your hotel. Sorry to be so glum, but that is the reality you should add to your considerations.

 

[Thardy]

I would get the Nokton 50 1.1 if I had money sitting around. We're now looking to update our home sound system, so I can't buy anything too expensive at the moment. Stuff for the household is more important than my personal toys (you know how it goes).

Raid, I suspect you have plenty more lenses to sell off to some of us who have less?

 

[raid]

Thomas,

I am also considering a used Summilux 35mm 1.4. What is the going rate for such a lens? If I stand in line for such a lens, I will have to unload quite a few lenses.

 

[raid]

As for the Cairo trip, I agree with Gumby that expensive lenses better be replaced with lenses that will not cause excessive pain when the get "lost" somehow.

 

[Roma]

Since you already have a 50 f1.5, get something wide, like a fast 28 (ultron or cron) and you'll be set for pretty much every situation that you described about your trip with these 2 lenses. For interiors, you would not want to shoot at 1.2 anyway if you want a more of a still-life kind of a shot. Plus, 28 will be getter to show the arches and whatever else in the mosques.

 

[amateriat]

Raid: Pre-ASPH, I presume?

I'd also lean toward a fast 28 as a companion to the 50. Quite versatile combo, IMO.


- Barrett

 

[raid]

I just sold my 28mm 2.8 Rokkor-M, and my remaining 28mm lenses are both with a 3.5 max aperture. What about the 35mm 1.4 Summilux? Is it also a "super" lens like the 75mm Lux?

For interiors of mosques I will use my Graflex XLSW with its 47mm lens on a small tripod, as I have done last summer in Damascus. The resulting images looked great to my eyes.

 

[raid]

Raid: Pre-ASPH, I presume?

I'd also lean toward a fast 28 as a companion to the 50. Quite versatile combo, IMO.


- Barrett

Hi Barrett,
Yes, I mean a pre-ASPH version of the 35mm 1.4 @ $1300.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Hmm. These lenses each offer a substantially different view of the world and the 35 and 75 are pretty special. The 50 is more "specialized" -- meaning that as you already have a bunch of 50's you'd probably only grab it when you could use the specific speed advantage it is offering. Since you haven't told us what portrait lenses you own (and the 75 Lux really shines there), I would ask whether you are covered there. If not, get the 75. It is an amazing lens and they have stopped making them. On the contrary, if the reason that you don't have a portrait lens collection is that you tend to see the world as "wide", then I would go with the 35 as it has a lot of applications and will allow handholding down to a VERY slow speed when wide open.

Nice problem to have. Let us know what you choose and, as always, post pictures.

Ben Marks

 

[Krosya]

I just sold my 28mm 2.8 Rokkor-M, and my remaining 28mm lenses are both with a 3.5 max aperture. What about the 35mm 1.4 Summilux? Is it also a "super" lens like the 75mm Lux?

For interiors of mosques I will use my Graflex XLSW with its 47mm lens on a small tripod, as I have done last summer in Damascus. The resulting images looked great to my eyes.

Do you have those pics posted some place, Raid? I'd like to check them out.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Hello Roger,
I also get the feeling that a 35/75 medium fast to fast combo would be a great kit to have.

Dear Raid,

It is. It REALLY is.

Assuming (a) the M9 is 24x36 and (b) that I can get one, the 35/75 will going back to being my main lenses (as against 24/50 on M8.2). Though I may need to replace my old 35 pre-aspheric Summilux with a new one.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Roger Hicks]

As for the Cairo trip, I agree with Gumby that expensive lenses better be replaced with lenses that will not cause excessive pain when they get "lost" somehow.

Dear Raid,

No. If the lens gives you the pictures you want, it's silly to use anything less. Hence the 24/1.4 on the M8.2.

It's a perfectly legitimate argument that it's better to have half a dozen 'affordable' lenses instead of one 'best you can get'.

But it's also a legitimate argument that it's better to have one 'best you can get' rather than half a dozen 'yes but...' And also that the one 'best you can get' is not necessarily more expensive.

And another legitimate argument is that three lenses give you three 'best you can get' opportunities...

Cheers,

R.

 

[raid]

Do you have those pics posted some place, Raid? I'd like to check them out.

They are at RFF within the thread on traveling to Syria.

 

[raid]

Hello Roger,
I will check out how safe the accomodations are. I would be staying at Professors' quarter at a German university there.

I am still balancing high contrast with lower contrast lenses in my "set".Both have a place in my photography.

 

[raid]

. Since you haven't told us what portrait lenses you own (and the 75 Lux really shines there), I would ask whether you are covered there.
Ben Marks

Hi Benjamin,
I have mentioned somewhere here that I have the 90mm Summicron and the Nikkor 105mm 2.5LTM and the Canon 85mm 1.5. I am planning to sell the Canon 85mm 1.5. I also have the J-9 and the Steinheil 85mm/2.8. I just sold the Komura 105mm 3.5. Oh yes, I also have the Canon 100mm 3.5, which is very sharpand tiny. I also have an Elmar 90mm 4 and an Elmarit 90mm 2.8

 

[shadowfox]

35mm if I were you, but then again, I'm a 35mm lens nut. 🙂

 

[raid]

Which 35mm is a better overall lens; the Summilux 35 1.4 or the Nokton 35 1.2? Prices are somewhat higher for the Lux.

 

[thomasw_]

Which 35mm is a better overall lens; the Summilux 35 1.4 or the Nokton 35 1.2? Prices are somewhat higher for the Lux.

For me the smaller summilux wins as the better all-rounder; just get a copy with better coatings SN above 2.3 M. It really does have a delicious glow Raid; note the whiteness in the shirt below. The biggest hassle with the pre-asph lux is the hood situation. I recommend using the current summicron 12526 square hood on the summilux; it cuts out stray flare-causing light much better than the normal hood. But perhaps take that into account when/if you negotiate for one. I think I picked my 12526 hood at bhphoto.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/3675995826_d6b8fcf7c9_b.jpg

 

[oldoc]

Raid, I'll be the contrarian.
Your stuff is well centered around 50 mm, but you like to go long as well.
I am assuming you have tried, but don't care for the Hexanon lenses,or you'd have one.
I have to tell you, the medium wide length is lacking for you, and the lens which has changed my thinking the most is the Hexanon 28/2.8. You live in Forida, so especially outdoors, low light is at a minimum. For the money, I think you'd be surprised how happy you might find yourself with something like Krosya's hex 28 (no, he isn't going to give me a finder's fee), and the initial entry doesn't take you out of the 75 range if you bank it and add a little along. Meanwhile, you have a length you have added that might please you for a reasonable amount.Much cheaper than a 28 cron or cron ASPH.
I'm biased, admittedly, toward wides, since I have more than one (I got the best, a UC Hex from Mike Tuomey which I'd like to weld to my MP. But from my view, you have been handling your portraiture quite nicely, thank you very much...
So, there are my MICRO-cents.
Michael

 

[raid]

For me the smaller summilux wins as the better all-rounder; just get a copy with better coatings SN above 2.3 M. It really does have a delicious glow Raid; note the whiteness in the shirt below. The biggest hassle with the pre-asph lux is the hood situation. I recommend using the current summicron 12526 square hood on the summilux; it cuts out stray flare-causing light much better than the normal hood. But perhaps take that into account when/if you negotiate for one. I think I picked my 12526 hood at bhphoto.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/3675995826_d6b8fcf7c9_b.jpg

Hi Thomas,

I will not pass up a 35mm Summilux at $1200 and condition 9 if I can put together sales that bring me enough cash. The seller is such a nice person; he will loan me the lens to allow me to try out the lens, and then I will have several months to put together the cash.

Genuine Leica/Zeiss Lens hoods have never been a factor for me.I use what fits the lens. If a $10 lens hood does the job, so be it.