The Leica M 35mm Asp. f1.4 costs ~ $3000 at b&h
The new Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2/0 ~$1000
The Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f1.7 ~ $390
And in terms of quality - that's how you'd rate them. The Biogon and the Ultron are very close wide open. But the Leica stuff is still out of reach.
Anyway - that's for new stuff.
I'm going to hunt around for a used pre-aspherical f2/0 Leica lens and see what they're priced at. If I don't find any of those around, I'll probably go with the Ultron, although my heart is bit partial to the Biogon. I think I still have some fetish about the Zeiss glass in my blood.
Some day - I will write the script for a movie - based on the cameras I've had and loved - sort of a 8 1/2 Fellini type of thing - but instead of women - they'll just be cameras dancing around.
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There are plenty of Leitz 35mm f2.0 pre-aspherical lenses around. Going price "in-store" is somewhere between $700 ~ $950
I'll use the lens on the R2A if it's too much of a pain with goggles on the M3. Or the other way around - just dedicate the M3 with goggles for the 35mm. Since I haven't even looked through goggles - I don't really know what the big deal is with them - unless it's that they cut down on the light and make it more difficult to focus / and see what you're shooting - and ruin that nice bright M3 finder. Should know more today as I'm going to hit a couple of stores.
Would like to finish this lens business up today in time for ST. PATRICKS DAILY PARADE
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