i spent years shooting the 35 Lux (both pre-asph and then the Asph) on my R-D1 and then the M8, moaning that i wished i could go wider... enter the M8, problem solved, right?
wrong. i'm beginning to think i may be more of a 50mm shooter after all
so i decided to look at the 50 Lux glass... normally i prefer the more classic draw of the older Mandler lenses but, i must admit, i was truly impressed when i looked back on some photos i'd taken using Jono's Asph one night (he's an expensive man to know).
i'm not sure if it was the draw of the lens and/or my ability to get closer (.7m hallelujah!) that wowed me so much, but all of a sudden ISO 2500 images were photographs again, not just impressions (like i can sometimes get from my E58 Noctilux).
my indecision is further compounded by the fact that i hate using the tab on the 50 Lux, much preferring the old knurled ridges of the v.2 Lux (i sill have issues using that hand/arm) -- which means i'm seriously looking at the BP version of the pre-asph and/or the LHSA version of the Asph
if i'm honest, i guess i wouldn't even be tempted by the LHSA version if it wasn't such a sweet size -- how big a difference in weight and handling between the E43 and E46 is there really?
so i'm asking if anybody has used either of these two special edition lenses and, the usual, which lens would you get if you could get only one: the last version pre-asph or the Asph?
if you have images, etc., to support your decision, i would love that too.
i am looking at this as a walk-around lens, yes, but also one that will take me into the basement bars etc. where there is very little light but i want to get closer... i will be shooting mostly people.
TIA!
wrong. i'm beginning to think i may be more of a 50mm shooter after all
so i decided to look at the 50 Lux glass... normally i prefer the more classic draw of the older Mandler lenses but, i must admit, i was truly impressed when i looked back on some photos i'd taken using Jono's Asph one night (he's an expensive man to know).
i'm not sure if it was the draw of the lens and/or my ability to get closer (.7m hallelujah!) that wowed me so much, but all of a sudden ISO 2500 images were photographs again, not just impressions (like i can sometimes get from my E58 Noctilux).
my indecision is further compounded by the fact that i hate using the tab on the 50 Lux, much preferring the old knurled ridges of the v.2 Lux (i sill have issues using that hand/arm) -- which means i'm seriously looking at the BP version of the pre-asph and/or the LHSA version of the Asph
if i'm honest, i guess i wouldn't even be tempted by the LHSA version if it wasn't such a sweet size -- how big a difference in weight and handling between the E43 and E46 is there really?
so i'm asking if anybody has used either of these two special edition lenses and, the usual, which lens would you get if you could get only one: the last version pre-asph or the Asph?
if you have images, etc., to support your decision, i would love that too.
i am looking at this as a walk-around lens, yes, but also one that will take me into the basement bars etc. where there is very little light but i want to get closer... i will be shooting mostly people.
TIA!