ebookman, I hate you. You series on the sewing machine is just the sort of thing I have been trying to do for years and failing miserably at. Your last shot is wonderful!
Michiel, I hate you too, and exactly for the same reason. How dare you succeed where I fail Your second picture is brilliant!
Wow, everything in the last two pages is incredible. I have my favorites, of course, but I'm really thinking the best photos I am seeing online right now happen to be coming from the NEX platform.
edwardkaraa wrote:
Thank you very much Matt for the very important info. I will be getting the Voigtlander adapter since the dealer is just a couple of blocks from where I live. I hope my 35/2 will have less color shift than the 35/2.8 due to the less compact design, but I may be wrong on this one.
I'd definitely recommend getting one of the M adapters with a focusing helicoid, like the Hawk's adapter. The Hawk's is built quite well, and the improvement in MFD really opens up how you can use rangefinder lenses.
taran wrote:
Wow, everything in the last two pages is incredible. I have my favorites, of course, but I'm really thinking the best photos I am seeing online right now happen to be coming from the NEX platform.
What attracted me to this forum in the first place is the quality of shooters. I look at all the other subforums here and there is quality in each of them. The Alternative forum, NEX Thread and Zeiss Thread especially, has amazing photography. The Landscape forum is the same.
alwang wrote:
I'd definitely recommend getting one of the M adapters with a focusing helicoid, like the Hawk's adapter. The Hawk's is built quite well, and the improvement in MFD really opens up how you can use rangefinder lenses.
I got a Hawk's knock-off on ebay. It was around $35 USD, and the build is terrible. All thin aluminum, very loosey-goosey as the helicoid extends out to the point there was wobble. It was a springless friction mount, and I also made the mistake of rotating the lens the wrong way to get it off, such that the lens mount dug into the aluminum and scraped off the black paint. That said, it was really cool seeing what the ZM25/2.8 could do with close focus. The detail was ridiculous. I'm considering going all in and getting a Hawk's.
Your second picture is brilliant!
