Have you ever thought of being a Leica rangefinder camera user? (Sorry I don’t call the Leica M camera the mirrorless camera.) Having just read Mark Dubovoy’s article posted on Luminous Landscape, I am thinking about the endless pursuit of the finest camera. Is the Leica M (Type 240) my next camera? It retains the old format, superbly made with some...
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The Leica Summicron-M 50 mm f/2.0 is still my all time favourite. It is a focal length built with the angle of viewing close to what you see with your eyes. The 28mm is slightly too wide in many situations and the focal length above 75 mm, the medium or tele, is too far from the subject. When I travel, the Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 is the widest lens so far when used to...
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Taking images indoors with the Leica Summarit-M 90mm f/2.5 you need extra care: steady handheld skill and fast shutter speed. In fact, this applies not only to this telephoto lens, but also to every lens of similar focal length or higher. Also the depth of field counts. What making it more difficult to review whether the subject is in focus is the LCD monitor...
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You can notice a significant increase in the overall weight of the Leica Summarit-M 90mm f/2.5 mounted on a Leica M9 body. Think of adding this lens to the Leica M9 (585g) body: the total weight of the whole camera becomes nearly 945g. It is indeed very close to a DSLR body such as the Canon 650D (575g) mounted with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 (398g). The Leica M9 with...
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The Leica Summarit-M 90mm f/2.5 is a fine piece of optics, with a reasonable price tag. It was one of the four lenses of the ‘new’ Summarit-M family unveiled in 2007. This lens (Part No: 11646, black anodized) has come to my attention because it is one of the long telephoto lenses in the lineup (The longest is the Leica APO-TELYT-M 135 mm f/3.4) of the...
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