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<blockquote data-quote="mike3996" data-source="post: 392326" data-attributes="member: 13646">I think the next F lens I'll give up is the Samyang 20 mm f/1.8.UWAs are wonderful but this one is very big and heavy. Accurately focusing with OVF is not working well and the optics aren't that great anyhow. There are no focus distance scales on the lens and the lens goes beyond infinity all too easily.It's a shame because wide-angle TTL is a wonderful thing. Especially good close-focus is great, can't get that on a Leica M. The bittersweet duality of using UWAs on a rangefinder. Wonderfully accurate to focus but the long MFD loses so much potential of the lens. So much. On a TTL it's the opposite.Leica M with its inherent limitations has taught me to take 35mm as my wide-angle view and it's not a bad position to be in.Because the Nikon's DRF dot works best with longer FLs and Leica M covers my normal FLs I think I'll trade it for a 105/2.5 Pre-Ai as suggested by many. My Nikon lens collection is shifting towards mid-tele options. That's fine by me, it means the camera has a more solid &quot;slot&quot; in my arsenal: Leica handling 35-50 and Nikon handling 85+ mm. No conflict of interest between the cameras.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike3996, post: 392326, member: 13646"] I think the next F lens I'll give up is the Samyang 20 mm f/1.8. UWAs are wonderful but this one is very big and heavy. Accurately focusing with OVF is not working well and the optics aren't that great anyhow. There are no focus distance scales on the lens and the lens goes beyond infinity all too easily. It's a shame because wide-angle TTL is a wonderful thing. Especially good close-focus is great, can't get that on a Leica M. The bittersweet duality of using UWAs on a rangefinder. Wonderfully accurate to focus but the long MFD loses so much potential of the lens. So much. On a TTL it's the opposite. Leica M with its inherent limitations has taught me to take 35mm as my wide-angle view and it's not a bad position to be in. Because the Nikon's DRF dot works best with longer FLs and Leica M covers my normal FLs I think I'll trade it for a 105/2.5 Pre-Ai as suggested by many. My Nikon lens collection is shifting towards mid-tele options. That's fine by me, it means the camera has a more solid "slot" in my arsenal: Leica handling 35-50 and Nikon handling 85+ mm. No conflict of interest between the cameras. [/QUOTE]

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