[LRflex] Re: Fast, sharp Leica R prime lenses to use with Canon digital

  • From: "William B. Abbott III" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:46:57 -0700

Colin,

Go to http://rlfc.world.coocan.jp/Galleryfiles/R_Sample/rlensgallerymenu.html
The web site has photographs of many sorts taken with specific Leica R lenses. You pick a lens of interest and will then be able to see pictures made with that lens are like.
Of course there are many variables and these are not high resolution images but they may give you some ideas.
To get an idea of the cost of used Leica R lenses in the U.S., visit the used equipment sections of one or more of these large American camera stores: 

http://www.keh.com/onlinestore/home.aspx
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
http://www.adorama.com/

My local favorite is:

http://www.camerawest.com/
I don't have any leads in Ireland or the UK for you but I know that there are shops in the UK that deal in used R lenses.
I recently went on a tour with my Leica M8 and three lenses, a 90mm f/ 2, a 50mm f/1.4, and a 28mm f/2. Because I was shooting from a moving vehicle I simply used aperture priority, moderate ISOs from 160 to 640 as the light varied, and opened each lens wide open.
I got many serviceable shots at shutter speeds up to 1/8000 of landscapes, farms, roads, buildings and so forth, all distant subjects to be sure, out the side window. All the lenses performed very well under those extreme conditions and gave me a great experience of Leica's wide open lens performance. I was frankly amazed. 

Good luck and I hope what find you are looking for.

All the best,

Bill
California


On Apr 4, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Colin McGuire wrote:


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Also, does anybody know of somewhere (a web gallery, or the like) I could go looking to see examples of shots take by specific lenses (such as the Summilux 80mm 1.4, suggested by Steve Barbour, or the 50/1.4, 60/2.8 and 90/2 suggested by Michiel Fokkema) so that I can see what the visual characteristics of the lenses look like? 

Best, Galwaycolin. Email: galwaycolin@xxxxxxxxxxx

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