How fast is fast enough?

[Morca007]

I have a lot of trouble handholding below 1/30 in a lot of situations, so I'm pretty thankful for fast lenses.

 

[former member]

The COntax lenses look smaller when collapsed because the mount is in the Camera. LTM lenses faster than the F3.5 Elmar tend to have large focus mounts. The Canon 50/1.5 is just compact, smaller than the 50/1.8 Serenar. On the Leica CL, it fits into the pouch case. On a Leica IIIf, it does not block the viewfinder "at all".

 

[Rico]

I have 50/1.4 in Contax/Yashica, Canon EF and Leica M mounts. My preferred lenses, however, are much slower. For RF walkabout, the choice is Summaron 35/2.8, Elmar 50/2.8, Elmar 90/4. In low light, I improvise with braced shooting, or the nuclear option (flash). In some ways, my best low-light kit is the Nikon D300: AF @ EV 0, 3200 ASA, inbuilt flash, 17-55/2.8 Überzoom . Who needs subtlety? 🙂