Adam - sorry to hear of your problems. That can be a big stressor - especially when a wedding gift is involved. It may be a long shot but you can also try The Camera Store here in Calgary. Ryan and myself both got our M's there and my opinion is that they are the best place to buy camera gear in Canada. Best of luck!
Notice any difference? There is some. The 50 Lux ASPH renders much smoother backgrounds. Some quick testing for OOF specular highlights indicates that the CV50 will produce brightline rings for OOF speculars behind the plane of focus, but not in front. I do like the character of the CV50 but it does purple fringe with high contrast transitions. Seems to be a 'feature' of numerous CV lenses, such as the 40 and 75 f/1.8, though I haven't noticed it with the 35 f/1.2 II except when the the brightness difference is extreme...
GXR, cropped around 30% because the 90cm minimum focusing distance of the CV50 resulted in a pretty loose shot: 50 Lux ASPH, CV50 f/1.5, ZM50 Planar, CV40 f/1.4
WB based on the ZM image, brightness adjusted to match the white in the C of Canon. Of the various LR parameters, contrast was set to zero, black point at 5, clarity at zero.
My enthusiasm for the CV is fairly cool. It's a competent lens and sharp centrally but the purple fringing bugs me somewhat. That said, when I shot these, it was the era of Lightroom 3 prior to the current defringe tool, which will probably mitigate this problem. Blur discs can also show the onion ring effect, which you can slightly see in the 4-way comparison image.
I guess in terms of look, it's somewhere between 50 Lux pre-ASPH and ASPH. The new redesign of the body is pretty slick looking, IMO, but it's optically identical to the old one which I have (though I think focusing is now to 70cm). For the money of the current version, I'd rather spend it on a 50/2 Planar or the 50/1.5 Sonnar. The Planar is a more perfect lens with bolder Zeiss rendering (though busier OOF background rendering) while the Sonnar has more vintage character. Or for about double the price of the new CV, a user grade pre-ASPH... but you should be able to find the previous version CV used for under $500.
Zhangyue, love the window portrait. Thanks for the congrats. The flare/ghosting is actually minimal compared to other non ZM lenses, especially that I was using a UV filter, but my other ZM have zero flare/ghosting.
Joakim, that's a really nice shot!
Tag, nice family moment there.
Ron, very interesting comparisons. Always learning something new
rscheffler wrote:
The Planar is a more perfect lens with bolder Zeiss rendering (though busier OOF background rendering) while the Sonnar has more vintage character.
Actually its quite interesting topic you brought up on the Planar and Sonnar design being modern and classical respectively. According to camerapedia, the 6 element Planar debuted in 1890s while the Sonnar was launched in 1932, first with the 6 element 5cm f/2 collapsible, then in 1935 with 7 element f.1,5, the world's fastest 35mm lens.
Hi guys, thanks for all the words of encouragement. And thanks for the tips, I've emailed dale photo and ken, and even the camera store in Calgary.
We'll see how this works out, I'm just sad because I had planned to wear the camera around my neck during the wedding (and really annoy our photographer, I'm sure). I can't stress about this anymore I have to focus on getting all the wedding planning done. Still a bit behind on flowers/decorations, and a few other things.
While I'm on here, I agree with airfrogusmc, love the colors as always zhangyue.
joakim - perfect time of day to have shot that building, love the suns reflection on BnW..
Thanks again guys for the support. I'll be posting eventually..
Forgot about Jean @ Camtec - they are quite good as well. A few of my Dad's daily driver.... These were fairly quick snaps before he left and I was shooting right into the sun. I really noticed a big drop in contrast. Pretty good subject to shoot so I may take it out to the country for some more pics.
Gary thanks for the other recommendation. I'm not really a fan of my 35summicron-asph, but when I look at the shot you've taken with it, I start to second guess my dislike for it, awesome car BTW.
Edward, Congratulations on the lens! Results look good so far.
Joe, love the shot of your son in the field.
zhangyue, nice lighting and mood on the 50 rigid shot
joakim great reflections off that building
TAGfan: great family shot and your wifes a hotty
Gary, nice shots and your dads dailly driver is awesome. I think full photoshoot is in order.
Hi all,
just singed up and want to thank you all for this gorgeous thread! In the last couple weeks I have browsed through almost all the pages and it was very inspiring. In December 2012 I bought a MP along with the 28 cron asph. since this was always a camera I was looking at. Well, this was a mistake, because now I am invected! In February I bought the 50 lux asph. and the APO 90 cron. I like it so much that I will change completely from Nikon to Leica. In the past I used to shoot sports and wildlife but this passion has faded. My main interest always has been landscape and the small, light M system with it's superb glas, just feels so right. The last couple month I broke my head which digital M to get I even was since January on the waiting list for the new M Typ 240 but have canceled it today. I decided to get the last "classic" (I hope you know what I mean by that) digital M (9, 9P, ME), which is in my case the black paint M9P from 2012 with 3300 klicks in a mint condition. I placed a deposit, sell some Nikon gear and pick it up then. I hope it doesn't take to long!
Welcome Peter, nice photos. I don't know why they are doubled but they all have the different filenames so it looks like they are all different files. Did you create multiple jpeg copies perhaps?
