Is using of two identical lens silly?

[TRIago]

As of today I have only two lenses. They both are Summicrons. One is the current V5 and the other one is the Rigid. I sold all my gear and kept these to use on my two cameras: M9 and M6. I love the 50 summicrons so much, it did make sense for me. But I wouldn't buy two 50 summicron V5s, for instance. They are close to each other but different enough to justify keeping both. Gotta love the rigid cron, it's crazy good.


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[Huss]

Exactly...so there are no photographs while changing lenses either.

Of course there are, which is why I am changing lenses.

 

[jsrockit]

Of course there are, which is why I am changing lenses.

:bang::bang:😀

 

[sepiareverb]

Get the second one. You are shooting with film and digital, and if having the same lens seems like the right thing then just do it. If another 35 comes along that seems like it might be a better fit on sensor or film you can try it, but you would likely be set for a while, or for good, as is. For all the thinking about signature that goes on it is something that is completely over the heads of anyone not part of our geek culture. I suspect one would find half the non geeks unable to understand the differences focal length bring to an image.

 

[Huss]

:bang::bang:😀

I know, right? This is a chicken and egg thing..
😀

 

[ptpdprinter]

Besides, how many shots would you lose because your lens is in your hand, and not on the camera? Add to that having to juggle lens and body caps, and something may come up missing sooner or later.

You also miss shots when you blink, which is why real photographers tape their eyelids open.

 

[Doug]

And there are no photo opportunities behind your back either... 😉

 

[Dogman]

"If it's over 100 feet from the car it's not photogenic." Edward Weston.

Another quote (mostly correct this time) from a famous photographer justifying missed photo opportunities.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Status update. 😀

M4-2 is still under repair.
I sold all three 50mm lenses I have adjusted for M3. And I broke 40mm lens mount and spare one is traveling from Australia. No lens for M3 for now.

My M8 was sold on ebay under best offer to one guy from nearby North York, but he forgot about payment. The M8 is on hold until end of June. I was hoping to use those money...

But I have 40mm lens on Olympus Trip and 40mm lens on Smena-8M ! Plus, 50mm 1.5 on trusty FED-2. All three works. Just for some very strange reasons I can't bound with the Trip 35, it is too P&S to me 🙂

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Two weeks later...

I fixed, rel-lubed Rokkor 40 f2 and tried it on M3 this weekend for street photography. Printed on 5x7, no cropping, this night. Framing is not ideal, but acceptable.

My most used lens prior to this was Jupiter-3 and Industar-26M.

Using just 50 instead of 35 helps me to understand what I want. Same filter size, short focus travel (90 degree) and focus tab (real one).

Stay tuned. 🙂

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I'm still with one digital M, which is somewhere in-line for one year service.
I have one M left, one Bessa and one Zorki. M and Bessa have good 35 frames and Zorki has XA VF.
And it been bubbling in my orange head:
M-E - Summarit-M 35 2.5.
Bessa - Nokton 35 1.4
M4-2 - 7a 35/2.
Zorki - J-12.

Only two 35 are missing for now. 🙂

 

[retinax]

Didn't you have a little something with a 28 recently? Over?
As you can't have all four cameras in your bag and can always change before you take them out it's really just geekery at this point. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Perhaps swap the Nokton and 7A as the Nokton could benefit from the longer base RF on the M4-2?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I have no Nokton and 7a is not available, yet. I have Ultron 28, but no camera with 28 frames. Because of Leica 🙂.
I don't like fast lens in front of cloth 🙂.

 

[Ronald M]

Two Elmar M, silver & black. Love the images. Bought the silver years ago and it looks terrible on black digital M, so I.

Two 35, V4 lives on M8, Asph moves around different cameras.

 

[narsuitus]

Sometimes, I like to use identical lenses on identical bodies for shooting video. I simultaneously use one camera for long shots and one camera for close-ups.

 

[leicapixie]

My feelings and experience, not worth considering!
The M with its fabulous interchangeability of lenses is lost!
Varying one's viewpoint a challenge.
The choice of 35mm is one of laziness!
The largest frame (easily seen) on modern M's.
The 50mm offers the best value for $$$$ (Leica).
Fast, no distortion lenses.

 

[noisycheese]

Is using of two identical lens silly?

Is using of two identical lens silly?

Not at all.

What would be silly (to me, anyway) would be the wasted time and effort - and especially the missed images - that would result from the incessant switching of one lens back and forth between two M bodies if I wanted to photograph a given subject on both film and digital.

YMMV, since everybody does things differently.