mark1958 wrote:
M11 and VM 35mm APO aperture 4.5 to 5.6
Beautiful! Thanks for posting these. Excellent therapy, for my dreary day!
I was looking at routes and locations, for coastal photography, yesterday, but awoke to a day-long “train” of thunderstorms, through which I did not want to drive. (Thunderstorms can be very interesting, to shoot, if one is already at the coast, before they start.) Of course, here along the Texas Coastal Plain, the beach, and the hills/rocks, are more than a hundred miles apart. (From our home, the beach is 50+ miles to the SE, and the nearest rocky hills/bluffs are 100 miles inland, in the other direction.)
One the overall topic, I have yet to acquire either the 35mm or 50mm APO Lanthar. About a year ago, I placed a order for two Cosina Voigtlander lenses, with Cameraquest, buying the 21mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.0 VM Noktons. In 2023/2024, I may be able to justify adding add one or both of the APO Lanthar 35 & 50 lenses.
I lived in Houston for 7 years back in the late 80s- early 90s so I know what you are talking about with the storms
I have both the 21 f1.4, 35 and 50 Apo lenses. ..The 21mm is outstanding as are the other 2. I thought the 35 and 50mm might be too close in focal length but I ended up using both (well I used the Lecia 50mm 1.4 yesterday). Perhaps sell the 1.0 Nokton. It is big and heavy..
RexGig0 wrote:
Beautiful! Thanks for posting these. Excellent therapy, for my dreary day!
I was looking at routes and locations, for coastal photography, yesterday, but awoke to a day-long “train” of thunderstorms, through which I did not want to drive. (Thunderstorms can be very interesting, to shoot, if one is already at the coast, before they start.) Of course, here along the Texas Coastal Plain, the beach, and the hills/rocks, are more than a hundred miles apart. (From our home, the beach is 50+ miles to the SE, and the nearest rocky hills/bluffs are 100 miles inland, in the other direction.)
One the overall topic, I have yet to acquire either the 35mm or 50mm APO Lanthar. About a year ago, I placed a order for two Cosina Voigtlander lenses, with Cameraquest, buying the 21mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.0 VM Noktons. In 2023/2024, I may be able to justify adding add one or both of the APO Lanthar 35 & 50 lenses....Show more →
mark1958 wrote:
I lived in Houston for 7 years back in the late 80s- early 90s so I know what you are talking about with the storms
I have both the 21 f1.4, 35 and 50 Apo lenses. ..The 21mm is outstanding as are the other 2. I thought the 35 and 50mm might be too close in focal length but I ended up using both (well I used the Lecia 50mm 1.4 yesterday). Perhaps sell the 1.0 Nokton. It is big and heavy..
The 50/1.0 Nokton is not “big and heavy,” when compared to a Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux.
My problem with prioritizing a 50mm APO Lanthar, is that I so rarely feel a need for a perfectly-optically-corrected 50mm lens, and, I really do love my Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, the lens that first lured me to add the Leica M system, five years ago. It is good to start at the top. I added the Nokton f/1.0 mostly for extreme low light, when shooting a 246 Monochrom, and, because my Summilux “lives” on an M10.
"Nordkirchen Castle - Single Shot"Nikon Z6 & CV 35/2 AL-Z, 35mm, ƒ/4, 30sec, ISO-100, NiSi Natural Night Filter In the light of the moon by Vento, auf Flickr
Last ones for today, but I have not even seen half of yesterday's session.
Especially if you combine panorama with image averaging, as in a few pictures, it gets confusing very fast.
So there should be a few more usable shots, if I find time in the next days.
"Castle illuminated by sunset - 5 shot panorama"Nikon Z6 & CV 35/2 AL-Z, ƒ/9, 1/13sec, ISO-100, image averaging / AHDR Castle in the evening sun by Vento, auf Flickr
How do you take those panorama shots? Does it have to be done in full Manual setting, so none of the stuff is automatically changed by camera, like iso?
Yes, I use manual mode and a sturdy tripod (Novoflex TRIOC2840 with Magic Balance) with a nodal rail (Novoflex VR-System Slim), whereby the latter is actually only really necessary if you want to do multi-row panos.
Depending on the subject and the lighting situation, I then make subtle adjustments to individual shots via the shutter speed.
Primarily, I am concerned with the highlights, which I specifically check for each individual image with the help of a custom profile for highlight blinkies of my Z6.
Here is an example where I adjusted the exposure slightly in the area of the sky/clouds to prevent the highlights from getting lost. Buldern Castle Residential School by Vento, auf Flickr
Please, quit posting these pictures I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar ...
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar
Great stuff @Vento!
Ripolini wrote:
Please, quit posting these pictures I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar ...
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar
Great stuff @Vento@!
I'm truly sorry but you DO need to order this lens! I love mine and after seeing so many wonderful images posted on this thread I think you should give up and buy one!
The Apo Lanthar is just unbelievable fun in photographic areas/tasks of this kind, where it really shines, so much that it already has an addictive character.
Actualy I enjoy going out with the Apo-Lanthar and my "Novoflex VR-Slim System" for panoramas/multi-row panos signifikant more, even if the task requires wider angles of view, than taking the Z 14-30mm f/4 S.
Although only with a Z6 the level of fine details of such a full size panorama with the CV 35/2 AL is jaw dropping.
We're in the same boat Ripolini, I always feel the same way when I look at the CV 50/2 AL thread.
Sooner or later I will certainly add it if I can get it used at a good price.
Currently, the price for the Z-mount versions here in the EU is set in stone, whereas you can already find very good second hand prices for the 35/2 + 50/2 AL-E.
I own too many nice optics in that focal range with the Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S, A. Schacht Ulm M-Travenar 50mm f/2.8 R, Auto Rikenon (Tomioka) 55mm f/1.4 and a Carl Zeiss Jena 58mm f/2 Biotar Q1 Pre-Set version, split-ring model with 12 blades and unfortunately they are already used too rarely lately.
Apart from the Nikkor Z, these are old M42 optics with which my father archived our entire childhood/holidays in thousands of slides and with which I learned and started photography.
Although not comparable to modern high-end optics, they still perform amazingly well with MILC, have their own character and deserve my unreserved loyalty after so many years/decades of service.
A CV 50/2 AL-Z would put them out of business, except for special tasks where other criteria and sometimes specific weaknesses, flaws, characteristics of a lens are beneficial.
That being said, Cosina has recently filed a patent for a 35/1.4 full frame lens.
So at the moment I have to keep my powder dry.
I added the Nokton f/1.0 mostly for extreme low light, when shooting a 246 Monochrom, and, because my Summilux “lives” on an M10.
I do NOT want to order the 35/2 Apo Lanthar ...