I am fooling around with a bunch of lenses. I hope to settle down to a much smaller set than this.
If I was happy or maybe less curious, I would stop buying lenses.
Current Stable houses:
CV 15
WATE and frankenfinder
24mm asph 2.8
28mm asph cron (keeper)
35mm asph 1.4 (problematical near focusing range)
35mm asph 2.0
50mm 2,5 summarit (getting to know this lens, looks pretty good, wanna try a lux)
75mm CV 2.5 (maybe for sale)
75mm asph 2.0 (wanna get a lux to see how I like it)
90mm pre-asph 2.0 (nice lens, heavy in chrome, in Solms getting coded and adjusted)
90mm asph 2.0 (bought a cheap? beat up version to hold me over until the pre-asph returns)
Major problems:
close focus on 35mm lux
21mm 2.8 envy, maybe pick up a zeiss 18 and sell the wate and 24 2.8)
Problem is the 24 is my favorite european street lens, the 28 works better in US dimensioned streets
I am beginning to think that if the 50 lux works well enough for isolations, then I can keep the 75 and 90s home, on the other hand... gotta find a 50 lux and the 135 that Guy lent me in Yosemite me worked real fine, but I think its contrast is a bit on the low side which makes it ideal for some things and not for others.
I am beginning to hope that Leica will make something wider than 21 and at least 2.8 or maybe a 14mm f4.
That would make my kit
new leica 14(12?)
21 2.8
28 2 (24 kept for euro or asian trips)
50mm something maybe the lux, for sure not the nocti
oh, heck I will end up keeping them all.
Anybody wanna buy a cv75?
-bob
Attached is a focus test shot of my patient wife waiting in Photo Village in NYC. (90mm asph 2.0 beater)