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 p.1 #10 · I almost bought a summilux 35 FLE. But .... My Distagon said save the $$$'s | |
I will always be an advocate for the Distagon.  The results ARE worth the bother.
I have smaller 35mm lenses, if I need to use them, either for compactness, or for their different rendering, usually the latter. A hefty lens, within reason, acts as my perfect "add-on accessory grip."  Perhaps it is because I am left-handed. Perhaps it is because I prioritized supporting the lens and camera with my left hand, while using long telephoto lens, for birds and wildlife, while moving about in their habitats, for several years, before I started using Leica M cameras. ("Long Lens Technique.") By now, in my mid-sixties, my right thumb and wrist have not aged well, because I throw right-handed, and have used large tools right-handed, when the task involved my whole arm and shoulder.
I started Leica M shooting with my Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, which is not small, for an M lens, and weighs about the same as the Distagon.
My Distagon M is smaller and lighter than my ZF.2 and ZE Otus and APO Sonnar SLR lenses.
As for viewfinder blockage, well, perhaps three-plus decades of police handgun and shotgun training conditioned me to obscuring much of target/adversary, with the weapon, from the perspective of the dominant eye, at the time of the shot. The trick is to let the non-dominant eye track the action, and for the "mind's eye," which is the brain, to put it all together.
I am not claiming to be an expert, who knows THE way. This my way, humbly submitted.
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