| I have the M7 (not ii) with the 50-80-150 set and I couldn't be more pleased. I like wide, but I find even the 50 too wide a lot of the time. I probably use the 80 more than half the time, with the remaining time distributed 3:2 between the 50 and 150. I don't use the 150 as much as I expected; when I bought it I had not thought through the implications of its 2-meter near focusing minimum distance. It's not a "portrait" lens the way a 150 would be for any other medium-format system in which you can focus down to a meter or so.
I agree that it makes more sense to go 50-80-150 if you are looking to "span" the focal length range of the system; it doesn't make sense to me to have both the 50 and 65. I didn't want to mess with the auxiliary viewfinder for the 43; I never use the 50's finder and don't miss it.
What a stunningly sharp, portable camera system. Lenses are second to none; I think they're even better than most of the lenses for my Contax 645 system.
Only thing that could make the M7 better is if it focused closer, and the lenses were a stop faster. |