Zhangyue love the family shot, nice colors how do yu like that 35cron V1?
Joe very nice, nice to see some color again from you
Allen love 1 & 2 from your ongoing street series! The comp is unique and outside the box, I like that! Do you use a ND filter when you go out on bright days?
Thanks Phil. No ND filter. Usually crank up the ISO and shoot at 1/500 or 1/1000 for freezing the action and f/8 or f/11 for DoF. I usually hyper/zone focus using the DoF scales on the lens. No autofocus in the world faster than being pre focused.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Thanks Phil. No ND filter. Usually crank up the ISO and shoot at 1/500 or 1/1000 for freezing the action and f/8 or f/11 for DoF. I usually hyper/zone focus using the DoF scales on the lens. No autofocus in the world faster than being pre focused.
Great set Allen (and the previous pages too)! I'm really drawn to the simplicity of #2.
Yes, this thread has been moving along - very nice work over the last few pages Edward, Joe, Michael, Phil, Doug.
Wow, Ash, you certainly get to some interesting places. Any special challenges/precautions for that location?
Here are a few from a few weeks ago... trying to make a go of an early season bbq and relaxing at the beach along the north shore of Lake Erie. It was a bit cool and windy, so set up in the brush by the beach, but eventually noticed quite a number of ticks crawling around that motivated us to migrate back to the beach.
First with 21 SEM, the rest with 50 Lux ASPH. The third image is a fairly strong crop. In this case, I kinda like the odd shapes created by the aperture, which was between 2.8-4 (I believe the 75/2 also exhibits similar).
I was hoping to get some starburst effects off the specular reflections in the looser water shots (at f/11 IIRC), but either it was a bit too cloudy or it just doesn't happen as easily with the 50 Lux ASPH as I remember it happening with the ZM50/2...
Regarding the 90 Summarit: it's definitely a very good lens. I have no hesitation using it for anything. I'm sure it's outclassed by the 90AA, but IMO the Summarit is a good compromise for the size, aperture and price point. I think the 75/2.5 is optically slightly better (it seems a touch sharper) and my brief time trying the 50/2.5 was very positive. Next I'll have to see if I can compare the 35/2.5 against the ZM35/2.8.
Joe, the135/4 is also a lens I've thought about getting... very nice results with it!
Thanks Ron. Looks like a nice day out at the Lake except for the bugs? Excellent set and nice geometrical compositions with the waves. Like the starburst effects on #3, almost like a macro shot. I'll post some color shots with the 135 Elmar when my M240 returns. Monochrom is probably not the best camera to test lenses as every lens normally turns out better than expected
Allen, another excellent set!
edwardkaraa wrote:
What is that monster of a lens btw?
1960s Leitz 135 Elmar f/4 M mount. According to MTF charts, its a sharp lens even by today's standards, although micro contrast lags the newer APO or ASPH lenses. The focus ring turns almost 360 degrees, so not recommended for moving subjects
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On the subject of 90mm lenses, can't go wrong with the 90 APO. Here is one from my Dubai archives. I posted a B&W version last year but I think the color version works better.
Allen, love the last one above, and the set is great too!
Joe - the light has a great quality.
Edward - CA is about the only fault of the 90 Summarit, but does clean up easily.
Goran, looks great and looking forward to seeing more!
More from the beach... an uprooted tree at various focal lengths:
Goran, I like #2 and feel #1 is good candidate for BW.
Ron, Nice sets. I remember that 50lux Bokeh highlight at f2.8. I even remember I said it doesn't bother me the first time you mention that to me. now I agree I prefer round one general speaking. But in this case they looks beautiful.
Ron I seems remember You mentioned 28cron is not as good as other modern Leica (in sharpness?) you have, can you specify a little, as i plan to get one myself.
Allen, I especially like #2&3.
Joe, Nice showcase of what 90AA can do
Allen, nice abstract shot.
Ron, excellent tree shots. So much details in them!
Michael, very nice shots with the 50Rigid and 35CronV1. Looking forward to more Shanghai pics!
As for 28Cron being unsharp? I love mine and its sharp enough for me.
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Actually, with the Monochrom, I'm trying out lenses which are not so sharp and contrasty, for instance the much maligned CV 35 1.4 single coated version. Initial shots wide open.
I was surprised when I initially opened the package. I though Cameraquest had mistakenly packed a Skopar 35 2.5 in the box because this lens is almost as compact as the Skopar.
zhangyue wrote:
Goran, I like #2 and feel #1 is good candidate for BW.
Ron, Nice sets. I remember that 50lux Bokeh highlight at f2.8. I even remember I said it doesn't bother me the first time you mention that to me. now I agree I prefer round one general speaking. But in this case they looks beautiful.
Ron I seems remember You mentioned 28cron is not as good as other modern Leica (in sharpness?) you have, can you specify a little, as i plan to get one myself.
Allen, I especially like #2&3.
Joe, Nice showcase of what 90AA can do
Goran, those are both beautiful!
Joe, wow, looks great. There must be something going on with the MM and 'vintage' lenses.... You should also try the 40/1.4. It has some serious technical faults, like massive field curvature, and I think focus shift, but I still thing it's great. I love its somewhat busy background rendering, and I see from your 35/1.4 shots above that it too is a bit busy.
Michael, great feeling from those, particularly the one of your son. As for the 28 Cron - no way do I think it's subpar to Leica's other current offerings. Rather, I think it's kind of an oddball in the lineup in terms of rendering characteristics that, at least to me, doesn't really match any other Leica M glass I've used. I think it's primarily the really rich colors, higher contrast and vignetting that never seems to go away, even stopped down a fair ways. Over the past week I used it a lot for a number of event jobs and was repeatedly impressed by how sharp it was centrally wide open. And it's pretty well behaved as things move off center too. No really weird sharpness dips - just a nice gradual drop towards the edges (wide open), with I think a hint of field curvature. If I have a complaint, it's the green corner color shift I often see in both bottom corners when photographing anything fairly netural. It also has a more magenta WB tint compared to my other Leica glass. The 90 Summarit is maybe the closest in this regard, whereas the 21 SEM, 21 Lux and 50 Lux ASPH all seem about the same.
I agree that I like the 'ninja star' effect with the 50 Lux in the heavily cropped image I posted above...
Edward, Joe, Ron, thanks for comments and feedback about 28cron. That is a great info, I will hunt for 28cron from now on given now it is buyer market
Ron, love the cross frame sharpness of above 50lux shots. what aperture you think you can get decent level sharpness on those FC dip zone? I did some comparison myself and find my 50cron Rigid can outperform 50lux at those zone at f5.6.
Goran, I really like the composition and mood of 2nd one. excellent!
Joe, Phil, I forget answer about 35cron. The goggled version indeed cheaper, however I myself prefer it bringing up 50mm frame line as aid of compose out side of frame. It add nostalgia feeling to modern M. I would snap one if price right. As for performance, as mentioned several time in this thread, I am very satisfied with its slow down performance. at f5.6, it is very sharp only extreme corner is slightly behind and until f8 it is reach decent level. At f2, it is quite sharp and sharp zone extended most of frame with smooth decay. From the MTF, It is still the best slow down performance 35cron, even comparable to ASPH. Better all the version behind it. Again, I want bring out KR, as he is the only one have decent/informative review for this lens and spot on. and the information is free. He obviously know what he is talking about. Can't understand harsh forum comments about him. Side topic.
However, I am just passing the info and personal experience as I have found lens choice is very personal and only you know how would you like it
