Looking at the images again, and comparing them with other third party Safari colors, I think it makes more sense for these to be matte rather than glossy. That's where the Voigtlander matches so well. The hue very close, and the matte finish lines up perfectly with the body.
highdesertmesa wrote:
It matches better than the photo someone else just posted. Lighting has to be just right or a mobile phone will exaggerate the color differences.
I was able to find one at a reasonable price, but now I'll have to decide which one to keep, the Safari or the Stainless Steel version. Mine is 039/200.
Fred Miranda wrote:
I was able to find one at a reasonable price, but now I'll have to decide which one to keep, the Safari or the Stainless Steel version. Mine is 039/200.
Nice! I would keep them both AND add the collapsible version for the 0.5m MFD for adapting to your Zf.
highdesertmesa wrote:
That is one nice-looking Zf.
I agree, the silver Zf looks fantastic with green leatherette. The Light Lens Lab 35mm f/2 Eight Element "Safari" version pairs especially well with it. Here are some images showing the lens with a few different adapters:
Fred Miranda wrote:
Here is the Light Lens Lab 35mm f/2 Eight Element "Safari" version on the Leica M Safari. Not a perfect match but close enough.
yes close enough as I wrote before, after I got the 50/3.5 CS because of Fred's review its green is a little closer, I am not sure I'd buy more green lenses such as Leica unless the deal could not beat then irrational color thing would take over, as looking at the 50/3.5 I am thinking silver/chrome looks better on the M11P safari especially if the lens is not beat up and nice and shiny. And the green LLL 35/2 I use on my M11 EV1, and my chrome film but does not blend in as well as a chrome lens on these cameras if I was making a fashion statement. I dont have a green Bessa R2 but I wonder how well these work with the green Bessa, the Leica safari film being a bit over the top as military models, especially that German M4, and even the Kanto reproductions are a bit pricey.
Beautiful Safaris in here. Apologies if this was already asked but are the greens the same between the M10-P Safari and the M11-P Safari? I am getting an itch for a safari body…
low325 wrote:
Beautiful Safaris in here. Apologies if this was already asked but are the greens the same between the M10-P Safari and the M11-P Safari? I am getting an itch for a safari body…
This is a good question, and honestly I don't know. There are a lot of opinions online, but very few proper side by side comparisons under the same lighting conditions. As you've probably noticed from images on this thread, the green shade changes quite dramatically depending on the lighting.
