50mm Summicron is real nice on the M8. The 1.33 crop factor means it's more of a portrait lens than when used on full frame M6. It's not however as dramatic a difference as I thought it might have been. More of a 'tight' 50mm.
I borrowed a Canon 35mm 2.0 LTM to see how I would like the focal length. On the M8 it behaves like a 'loose' 50mm, giving just that bit more coverage than expected. I am going to try it out on the M6 today and see how the classical 35mm focal length suits me.
On the M8 I think I might prefer a Summicron 40mm, which might be the perfect field of view for me. It seems to be the forgotten lens in the Leica line up, so prices seem reasonable. The 35mm just doesn't feel tight enough on the digital M, at the same time it isn't usefully wide enough. Thinking at the moment 28-40-50 would be a good combo, rather than 28-35-50.
So todays shooting will be brought to you my the M6 and 35mm and the M8 and 50mm.
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