Lens selection??? Recommendations

[peter_n]

Oops. I wrote that too loosely. What I meant was that $350-400 is what a used one goes for on eBay, not that there was one there right now. Sorry! 😱

However there is a brand-new 28mm/f2.8 Hexanon-M on sale on the 'Bay right now. Those Hexanons are nice! 🙂

 

[back alley]

here's another one

at the bottom of the page - under misc. i think

 

[Marco Peereboom]

Hello everybody,

At school i've learned that portraitlense's start from 80 mm. And all shorter lenses will show distortion. Especially with close portraits: The person will show an (relative) big nose for example.
Anybody having this problem with the 75 summilux?

To be clear: Me myself, till now i mostly of the time i use my 35mm.

 

[former member]

I think the teacher forgot that there was a 75mm focal length, otherwise he would have stated that portrait lenses start at 75mm, not 80mm.

It also depends on "Head and Shoulder" portrait, or if you are backed off a bit more.

If anyone has this problem with their 75mm Summilux, I will be glad to trade them an 85mm F2 Nikkor for it.

 

[rayfoxlee]

Frances Schultz, wife of Roger Hicks, wrote a report for our UK Black & White Photography mag last month of the 75mm f2 Apo-Summicron and was v impressed. So she should be at £1558! But if you can live with the cost, it is something special. 125 line pairs per mil apparently, for the scientific minded. She reckons it is much sharper and contrastier than the Summilux.

 

[Marco Peereboom]

Thanks Brian.