Which focal lengths do you NOT have (35mm RF ONLY)

I now have the following focal lengths for my 35mm rangefinder cameras:
21, 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, 90, and 100.

I have 65mm & 90mm lenses for my medium format rangefinders.

I do not have, nor do I need 15, 18, 24, 25, 75, 85, 105, or 135mm focal lengths for my 35mm rangefinders.
 
I wouldn't mind having some of the slr lenses I have for my RF. Particularly the 21mm, which I have for my OM1n. Or the 85mm, which I've had for OM as well as for Nikon. I have a 35 for every camera I own though.
 
Canon 35 f/2 LTM
Voigtlander Color Skopar 28mm F/3.5 (what an amazing lens, so well built and small!)
Zeiss Sonnar 50mm F/1.5

I don't shoot much wide, so I think I am good on lenses for a while. If I were to add a lens, I suppose it would be a Zeiss 21mm
 
i've trimmed down. i like to only have gear i use. the cv 28 3.5 is a wonder...but i just don't see things in 28. I have a 21 (cv) with leica finder; a 35 summaron 2.8 (beautiful brass build no goggles), a 35 tessar miyazaki(from a donor yashica), & a 50 2.5 cv. one of these days the 28,75, 90,135 framelines will get masked in my MP.

a year later 09/2018 update... black paint M4... no MP 21/35x2/50
 
Isn't the better question "what focal lengths do I not have that I NEED"? After spending a last career for a decade as a newspaper photographer for a small weekly, I decided to get rid of all my Nikon gear in retirement. I wanted something light that I could and would carry everywhere. I started with the Fuji X100S, added an X-E1 and 1,4/35mm, and then decided to go with JUST the X100S. I feel much happier carrying around the leaf shutter X100S with its self-contained 3-stop ND filter that allows me to shoot wide open whenever and where ever I want. I added the two conversion lenses and have am now using only the X100S with the TCL as my "poor man's Monochrom and Summicron"! It is forcing me to slow down and really concentrate on my images again. I have found I got lazy while working with the paper and having all the zooms and primes necessary to do the daily tasks. Now I only shoot what I want to shoot and hope for the best!
 
Having thought I was through with RF lenses I recently added a CV15mm. I'd probably have preferred 18mm but the Zeiss option is simply too dear.

Now I have

LTM 15,25 ,35, 45 , 50 and 105
M mount : 25,35, 50 & 90

The 90 and 105 are used rarely.
The above are used on M2, CL and Leotax F

.....A year later 25mm LTM CV sold , LTM CV28 3.5 and M mount CV40 1.4 added
 
I had them all, and even more (the 12mm VC).

But now I reduced the whole collection to 3: 28, 35, 50, and that it. Even only one lens per FL, where I had multiple of most in the past. These three are the complete package. Feels much better this way.

Other FLs are taken care of by other systems.
 
rbiemer said:
I don't have 15, 18, 28, 40, and 105.

When I first got the Bessa R, I also bought several lenses--21, 28, 35, and 50. I still have the 21 and 35, didn't really get on with the 28 and sold it. And, I also sold the CV 50.
Rob
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Four years later and I must not be making progress...I still don't have those lenses. :)

Rob
 
I have 21, 28, 35, and 50mm. Have had 90mm several times in the past, bud the FL didn't click with me on Leica M system. I haven't tried 75mm and 135mm on RF, but I do use 50mm on Fuji and I'm a fan so maybe I should try 75mm on M, but alas my Ms don't have 75mm frame lines.
 
nickthetasmaniac said:
I'm fairly dull - only have a 35mm, 50mm and 90mm. I might pick up a 28mm at some point but I'm in no rush...
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Well, I did pick up a 28mm (the Voigtlander Ultron, which I'm very fond of), and I suspect I'll soon sell the 35mm. I've been on a few trips now just using the 28mm and 90mm on my M2 and its a system I like. All in all still fairly dull :)


VM28mm


90mm Tele Elmarit
 
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