Official Talk Leica thread

[Topsy]

I did post this in the motorbikes thread but I thought it would fit in here as well, my 1956 Harley at the local dealership alongside some much newer bikes. M9 and 35mm Summicron.

 

[justpix]

Hi, Sgraffito Haus in Andeer/CH ... (M9 - VOIGTLÄNDER 5,6/12 f 5,6) :







Crop :

 

[wibbly]

M10-P & tiny TT Artisans 28mm f5.6.
This lens is stopping me from buying a Leica made 28mm for the time being!


L1006068 by Dave Young, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (SONY A7R2 - LEITZ Macro-Elmarit-R 2,8/60 f 2,8) :

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

In an I.T. department (Panasonic FX55 / Leica DC Vario Elmarit 4.6~16.4 Asph) ...

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - Summarit 2,5/50 f 2,5 ; crop) :

 

[wibbly]

What a difference a diopter makes!

Maybe it’s my old age, but just picked up a +1 diopter for my M10 - I can see now

Usual Leica tax but delivered super fast.

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (SONY A7R2 - LEITZ Macro-Elmarit-R 2,8/60 f 2,8) :







Crop :

 

[Adam Bonn]

What a difference a diopter makes!

Maybe it’s my old age, but just picked up a +1 diopter for my M10 - I can see now

Usual Leica tax but delivered super fast.

Do you need glasses anyway?

 

[Adam Bonn]

Linen Street by Adam Bonn, on Flickr
M10 CV 35/1.7

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Billingsgate Market at Canary Wharf, with Trafalgar Way behind (Panasonic FX55 / Leica DC Vario Elmarit 4.6~16.4 Asph) ...

 

[wibbly]

Do you need glasses anyway?

Thats with glasses!

 

[justpix]

Hi, the shop window of a photographer in a barn in Andeer/CH ... (M9 - VOIGTLÄNDER Ultron 2/28 asph. II ; f 4 ; crop ):

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - VOIGTLÄNDER 5,6/12 f 5,6) :

 

[ecniv]

Leica M10 + 50mm 7Artisans f1.1

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - Summarit 2,5/75 f 2,5 ; crop) :

 

[Adam Bonn]

Hello Goodbye by Adam Bonn, on Flickr
Summilux 50 ASPH (wide open)

 

[ecniv]

I had hoped it caught the rainbow effect...
Leica M10 + .... 28mm?

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - Summarit 2,5/75 f 2,5 ; crop) :

 

[ecniv]

Leica M10 + 50mm f1.1 7artisans

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - ZEISS Distagon 1,4/35 f 1,4 ; crop) :

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

There's something magical about having a camera in your pocket when the spectacular occurs (Panasonic TZ70 / Leica DC Vario Elmar)...

 

[justpix]

Hi, lots of red dots for Leica lovers ( ) ... (M9 - ZEISS Distagon 1,4/35 f 1,4) :

 

[Adam Bonn]

Dripping with Colour by Adam Bonn, on Flickr
M9 and summarit 35

 

[wibbly]

M10-P & 'Cron 35mm

L1006211 by Dave Young, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, from a MUSTANG club meeting ... (M9 - ZEISS Distagon 1,4/35 f 1,4 ; crop) :

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Yes, I am a cat and you may pay homage to me! (Panasonic TZ70 / Leica DC Vario Elmar)...

 

[justpix]

Hi, more cat pics ... (M9 - Summarit 2,5/50 f 2,5 ; crop) :

 

[Adam Bonn]

M9 and cron 35

I've been using the M9 a lot this past week or so, I mean I never didn't use it, but now I'm using it more! Also fairly recently GAS broke out and I acquired a 35 'cron (the new type with the mahousive hood) and I realised that I have several lenses that I've scarcely used with the M9, so I'm aiming to resolve that!

 

[justpix]

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M9 and cron 35

I've been using the M9 a lot this past week or so, I mean I never didn't use it, but now I'm using it more! Also fairly recently GAS broke out and I acquired a 35 'cron (the new type with the mahousive hood) and I realised that I have several lenses that I've scarcely used with the M9, so I'm aiming to resolve that!

Hi, having 32 M mount lenses (at present) there are a few I use rarely. But I cannot see this as a reason for selling them. Maybe, a use case will present itself ... ---

(M9 - Summarit 2,5/50 f 2,8) :

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - ZEISS Distagon 1,4/35 f 1,4 ; crop) :






(I have the feeling that the pics are less crisp with the ND filter. There are three possible explanations : optical (filter effects), mechanical (longer shutter speed),
psychological (my imagination ( ).)

 

[Adam Bonn]

Hi, ... (M9 - ZEISS Distagon 1,4/35 f 1,4 ; crop) :






(I have the feeling that the pics are less crisp with the ND filter. There are three possible explanations : optical (filter effects), mechanical (longer shutter speed),
psychological (my imagination ( ).)

I have two brands of ND filter (B+W and Urth or Gobe, whatever they’re called)

I actually compared them the other day!

good about BW

feel better made
fit under the hood of 35 cron/rit
actually stop light by the box speed (eg 2 stops makes a two stop SS drop)

bad about BW

yellow cast to the pictures (needs custom WB or about 400k drop from as shot wb in post)

good about urth

zero yellow cast (matches camera set wb)
lighter
Coated glass (BW have this too, but not at my filter budget!!!)

bad about urth

DON’T fit under the hood of 35 cron/rit
actually about 1.6 stops on a 2 stop filter
filter ring feels a bit cheap.
…….

I tend to use the urth ones as colour casts are really annoying!

……….

as I get older I’m starting to be more f8 and vaguely there and shooting less wide open and caring less about using filters. Although I did spend a lot of yesterday with my M9, and 50lux wide open!

 

[justpix]

Hi, I use a B&W X5-PRO Digital ND 0.9 on the Distagon. - Maybe, I shall remove it in future, and use the lens as open as possible when the sun allows ... ---

Another lens I rarely use ... (M9 - VOIGTLÄNDER Nokton 1,2/35 V1 f 1,2 ; crop) :






Why do I keep it? It is my fastest M mount lens and I like its looks (not its bulk and weight). And keeping it keeps me from buying another 35mm lens ... ---

 

[Adam Bonn]

From the day I went out with the M9 and the 50 lux ASPH and just left it wide open!

I got the Lux when I only had the M9, but I didn't really like it, it seemed to need to be stopped down to 2.8 to be razor sharp at any sort of subject distance (say + 3m)

I ended up getting a 240, then an M10 - but my opinion of the 50 Lux didn't change much...

anyway... turns out that the Lux was damaged and after it went on a trip to Wetzlar it came back and finally I saw what the 50 Lux ASPH was really like!

Well that was just before Christmas... and just last week it occurred to me that I've hardly ever taken a photo with an M9 and working lux!

So i'm trying to catch that up a bit...

(not that shooting everything wide open is actually a great idea, but what the h€ll !!)



Quite pleased the pegs are in focus... the 50 Lux doesn't have a flat field like a 50 cron, focus and recompose is a bit of a lottery!




It's probably a hotel.. I think..


you'll have to imagine your own person walking down here to make a it a street photo...I got bored waiting

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Sculpted wrapping paper (Panasonic TZ70 / Leica DC Vario Elmar)...

 

[Adam Bonn]

Gentle Hill by Adam Bonn, on Flickr
M10 and CV35/1.7

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - ZEISS Distagon 1,4/35 f 2,8 ; crop) :






When taking car pics, I use my lenses wide open only for details. In other cases, I close down somewhat to achieve sharpness of the whole vehicle.

Always maximally open does not make much sense, to me. It can become l'art pour l'art ... ---

 

[justpix]

Hi, at the cemetery in Schwelm/D ... (M9 - Summicron 2/35 v4 ; f 2 ):

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... (M9 - Summicron 2/35 v4 ; f 4 ; crop ):






(Quite impressive performance for a lens I have since 1988 (it was introduced in 1979) ... - A proto-typical Leica lens: compact and powerful.)

 

[Adam Bonn]

Strangers by Adam Bonn, on Flickr
M9 and summarit 35