which zm lenses do you use on cle?

[hannexx]

hi,

after some bessas, an m6, and a cle, i've decided that my favorite camera is the cle. i primarily use it with an elmarit 28/2.8. i'd like to use it as my primary body (might sell everything else) and i'm interested in trying some zm glass, so i was wondering how to work around the limited framelines on the cle.

i am considering a zm 25/2.8, which i recall reading somewhere i can use the full frame to approximate framelines, or one of the zm 50mm's. i am interested if any of you have used this combination before or one of the more "classic" focal lengths (35mm/50mm) on your cle's.

if so, do you use an vf or just guess? any problems focusing at 50mm?

thanks, any input would be helpful!

 

[Mr.House]

Hi Hannexx,
I use a CV Skopar 25 mm 1:4 with my CLE, I really enjoying to use it, I have no problem with the VF. I red somewhere in the Internet, I can't find it again, someone wrote, that whole VF of the CLE is like 24 mm, so it comes very close to 25 mm - practically no problem. I really like the Skopar with CLE - well I use the new one, on which I can control the focus. It works quite well, I am glad. I like it, because it is very small like the Summicron 40 mm 1:2.
Mr. House

 

[kuvvy]

I too have the newer CV25mm too and find it very easy to use. It suits the CLE nicely and I thoroughly recommend it.

 

[back alley]

i only use the rokkor set on the cle.

 

[mfogiel]

Biogon 28/2.8

 

[Graham Line]

My inclination would be to hang on to the M6, even though the CLE is a very useful, easy to carry camera.
Generally it's used with a 28 and 40 (sometimes the 90) and generally the Leica is used with whatever matches those framelines.
That said, micrometer-precise framing is not a big deal to me, and when it is, the SLR is a better choice anyway.
It is not that difficult on the CLE to estimate how much area a 35 or a 50 is going to cover, or to get in tight on a subject and let a 25 do its work.
Experience, in this case, is better than discussion.