Thanks for the comments Charles, Gregory, Luka, Joakim, Joe, Ajay
Charles - great beach shots a couple pages back. Really like your use of the 75 Lux there...the fisherman is a great shot! Also, the Broadbeach shot #1 in B/W is excellent! Great tones.
Gregory - great job with the UWA with the art shots
Wozza - nice beach shots on the last page, love the high contrast silhouette shots of the pier
Joe - nice street shots with the 28 Cron and 75 Lux . I like #3 with the sun next to the lady walking by
Luka - another great set with some fantastic lighting you had. I like #4 best
Gary - nice shots with the M8...getting much use with it yet? I really like the rendering of the 35 Biogon-C. Seems like that lens is about impossible to find
Dierk - nice shot with the 35 Lux...amazing how you had zero wind for 45 seconds!
Ajay - congrats on the M9. Sounds like a perfect system for you. Without a doubt I would highly recommend the 50 Lux ASPH. I think you would also really enjoy the 90 Cron AA as your long lens. Luka and Charles have excellent examples from that lens. Those two are no brainers (and I don\'t have the 90 Cron ...yet ). On the wide end I think its a tougher call. There are many lenses that are just excellent. You have the ZE 35 f/1.4 so the 35 f/1.4 ASPH would be an obvious choice there but then the 28 Cron is so good too. Focal length wise, yes, they are very close and you can crop, etc. However, rendering wise - the 28 Cron / 35 Lux / 50 Lux are nowhere near eachother.
The 50 Lux ASPH is about as perfect as a lens gets. Sharpness, color, contrast, etc....the lens is unreal. Since I received it I haven\'t used anything else . I am amazed at the detail in shots at infinity even zoomed in 1:1, really an unreal lens. That being said, I have taken many portraits with the 50 Lux over the past few weeks and glancing over a second time I wish I would have used the 35 Lux ASPH. The 35 Lux is much smoother in my opinion and definitely not as sharp. As Luka said, not the best landscape lens but for people I don\'t know if I\'ve had a lens I like better. The bokeh is about as good as it gets and there is definitely something special in the rendering to me. My copy is just as good as Luka\'s, focus shift is there but it is well within the DOF for each aperture. I have heard many people say this and then many others have the exact opposite experience. The difference between the old version and new is the floating element which will improve sharpness at closer distance. The MTFs at longer distances show basically no change. As Luka also mentioned, that comes at the expense of slightly harsher bokeh...which I agree with based on what I have seen. I wouldn\'t even consider trading my ASPH I in for an ASPH II.
Oh, then you have the 28 Cron . This also looks NOTHING like the 35 Lux. The 28 Cron is probably the lens that I have used on M mount that reminds me most of ZE/ZF glass. It is extremely sharp and has excellent micro contrast....providing for a similar 3D look that you can get with ZE/ZF glass. The colors are very lively and the vignetting is about as extreme as a lens gets. However, that makes this lens one of if not the best option for daytime landscapes. 28mm is also the widest you can comfortably go on the M9 utilizing the viewfinder without having to use an external viewfinder. Another lens to throw in the mix though in my opinion is the ZM 25 f/2.8. It is Zeiss\'s most perfect lens they have ever made. It outresolves the M9 at f/4. It is sharper than any Leica glass in the same range. Even at f/2.8 it is about as sharp as you are going to need for any application. If you want a lens slightly wider than 28 and are thinking 21/25...this may be the lens to get on the wide end. You can use the entire viewfinder to get a pretty accurate representation of the final image. I think 25 is iffy as to whether you MUST use an external viewfinder or not. I have never used one with it. I hate the external viewfinders. I think the new Leica 21 SEM would also be a fantastic choice but the thought of using the viewfinder turns me away.
As far as which lenses....I agree with Luka\'s choices for 1-5 if 28 is as wide as you want. I think I would personally rather have a ZM 25 and 35 Lux than a 28 Cron and 35 Lux due to the ZM 25 being a little wider and sharper than the 28 Cron. That length would be 90+% relegated to landscape use and the sharpness and length would sway ME to the ZM 25 over the 28 Cron. I also think a 35 Lux is a must simply because of the times you want to go extremely light with 1 lens....there is no better choice on the M9 than 35mm. Regardless, many options available and I\'m sure you won\'t regret your choice. I moved from D700 plus ZF 21, 35, 50 MP, 100 MP and Nikon 24 f/1.4, 85 f/1.4 and 70-200 VRII....I honestly have not missed it one bit.
. I like #3 with the sun next to the lady walking by
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