I used the 100mm at wide apertures for portraits and at smaller apertures for telephoto landscapes.

It's often thought that wide angle lenses are the choice for landscapes, but in fact many shots with wide angles can be disappointing. You lose the size and power of mountains, for example, and it is more difficult to exclude the sky.

The 100mm lens is ideal for landscape shots and for all medium range sports and action shots. It's not so long that camera shake becomes a major issue either.

Hope that helps!

Try www.photodo.com for more detailed info, but you will need the full lens description to be sure you have the right one.

Not only Nigerian Generals. I had an e-mail from one of our MPs the other day asking if I'd care to handle all the spare dosh he'd been salting away....

I'm afraid not, although some designs may be the same still, such as the 50mm f1.4.

Two appear to be the same, maybe all three are, it looks a bit odd to me.

Leave it be guys, I'm finding out what happened.

Let's not all be hasty.

Marcus1, I've sent you a PM.

Who can tell these days? It sounds like a job for eBay to me. With a good image or two and a good description it could soar on eBay. Start low, keep a steady nerve and it usually works out pretty well.

The leica CL is not the most reliable of Leicas unfortunately.

The Rollei 35 cameras are nice, especially the German made ones. Unfortunately a lot of them are damaged as you have to wind on before collapsing the lens. If it's forced then it breaks the camera and it's odds on that some ham-fisted individual will have done just that.

I would be very careful with Isopropyl Alcohol as it will denature plastics. OK for metal.