carstenw
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 Re: Leica M8/M9/X1 Picture Thread | |
That is a very good observation, and Leica did do that to a large extent, sadly only with the Summarits. Standardized behaviour would be good. About the aperture rings, they differ wildly. My 28 Cron is perfect, tight but easy and clicky to turn. My 50 Lux ASPH is (was, really, I sold it for reasons I will detail another time, soon) at various times decent, too tight, and about right, after the various visits. My 90 Cron ASPH is too loose, but I didn\'t send it in yet. My 35 Lux ASPH is a chrome version, which feels completely different, a bit loose, but very nice and soft.
So, what is the set that you are keeping? It is educational to look at the path you took to this place. If you read your early posts on Zeiss vs. Leica, and Voigtländer and so on, they read dramatically different than now. You used to dislike Leica boke, and love Zeiss boke, but a couple of Zeiss M lenses cured you of unconditional Zeiss love, and a couple of Leicas cured you of Leica blindness. I guess now you like each for their own characteristics, which is about where I am at, although my path here was very different. In fact, I am not sure that there is any lens that I could still recommend to you now, other than the 24/2.8, but that isn\'t needed in your lineup. That is one of the more Zeiss-like lenses in the Leica M lineup, with snappy colours, tight contrast, etc. I sometimes think of trading my 28 Cron for one, but I want to try it on a FF Leica before making that decision.
In general I think I still prefer Leica M lens characteristics, but my Zeiss lenses have really won me over, and although I prefer Leica lenses in general, there are specific Zeiss lenses which mess with that. I think that the 50 Lux ASPH is still my favorite lens of all time though. I will pick one up again some day for sure.
By the way, yes, the 90AA is my second-least favorite lens, *of the ones I kept*. It is my third-most favorite of all the lenses I kept, which is a much larger set. I have only great lenses left.
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