Philippe and Flavio thank you for your wishes, and David thanks for the instruction manuals. Dough, your knowledge and experience is really helpful, and your observations confirm what I can see from the photos made with above mentioned lenses. I will likely go for 35 elmarit and 90 summicron, since the prices for 90mm summicrons and 2nd elmarits are almost the same. Regards, Miha 2008/9/10 <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>My next purchase are going to be 35mm and 90mm lenses. I`m split >>between summicron and elmarit (2nd version). I tend to prefer lighter >>and more compact lenses. I´m not looking for unsurpassed sharpnes, >>instead I´m looking for nice out of focus areas and highlight >>rendition. So which way to go? > > With the 90mm lenses, the Summicron has be softest out-of-focus rendition, > followed by the old (bigger) Elmarit. The last version Elmarit has been > described as 'clinical', whatever that means, but most people who use this > lens like the small size and sharpness more than its out-of-focus rendition. > I have no personal experience with the last-version Elmarit. The Summicron > is heavier than either Elmarit. > > With the 35mm lenses, you could do well with either the last version Elmarit > or second version Summicron (E55 filter threads on either one). The > Summicron is especially known excellent flare control. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/