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Buy 20 1.7 II now or wait for Leica 15 1.7?

Started Dec 11, 2013 | Discussions thread
Art_P
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But neither is 'normal'
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If you want a 'normal' focal length, your choice is not the 20 or the 15, but the 25/1.4 or the upcoming 25/1.8 (which will probably be out before the Panny 15 anyway)

OK, 20mm is just on the wider side of normal, and might be acceptable to you, but 15mm is wide

If you want the sharpest lens, best wait until they are all out and reviewed

If you want the brightest aperture, well, there is the Nokton 25/0.95

If you want the ultimate resolution, shoot large format film, print larger than 8x10 then scan w a high res scanner and you'll have more detail than you can handle

Oh, I see you got the 17/1.8  Nice lens, recently picked one up myself.  Still not 'normal' but then, I don't do normal

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