Gregg, nice to see you here. Great set, 1st one is my fav.
Thank you LTZ!! Thought you might like that one! Good to be here, if only temporarily! Your shots on the last few pages with the 50 Cron, are incredibly inspirational, too! So much so, that when I do buy into the "R" faction, the 50 Cron will be my first purchase!! My Zeiss 50 Planar is now on the 'Bay, to produce some funds for said purchase!!
Although, I have to admit, I'm kinda torn between a 50 Cron and 50 Lux? I hear the Cron is somewhat superior to the Lux when stopped down? But I do like 1.4 shots, too... But so far, the Cron has impressed me a lot! Very sharp WO..
Gregg
Thanks a lot Gregg for kind words.
Not sure the Cron is the sharpest 50 but I'm not crazy about sharpness and it is for sure one of the best lens I've used for color and rendering. If you like the special Leica rendering, I have no doubt you will love the 50 Cron.
I'm looking for a 50 Lux too but it's not easy to get a nice copy in the second hand market here.
Thanks for posting the images with the A7r and the R 28mm f2.8 Elmarit V2. What f stops were you using for these images?
I may well opt for the R 28mm f2.8 Elmarit V2 as my 28mm option for the A7r.
Rich
The first two images were taken at f5.6 the others at f4 and f2.8 - the Elmarit is an amazing lens just make sure that you buy the V2 this has the inbuilt lens hood that you can not detach. Best to do a google search if you find one to make sure that your serial is V2 just in case as V1 is nothing special.
I have Leitaxed mine to Nikon F mount and can also now use it on the Nikon D800E where it works equally well. I use a $15 ebay Nikon F to Sony adaptor and have been lucky that it appears to be in perfect alignment.
Focusing the lens with the Sony is so much better than using the Nikon D800E otherwise results are identical with a very slight edge to the Sony for sharpness and colour
Gregg, that playdo cupcake looks quite edible. Beautiful bokeh and colors!! Wow, very nice set of lenses to try for a couple weeks!
Greggf wrote:
Hello to all... Absolutely love this thread!! Long time follower, but I've always been a Zeiss/Contax fan, and still am, but...
One of my customers, a fellow Fm'er and his wife are huge photographers, and between them both, have a plethora of camera/lenses, from Leica all the way to 4/3rds, and lots in between!! Well, after seeing images from this thread, and trying to limit my lenses(G.A.S. is a horrible thing!!! Especially on FM!!), I might not be able to do the prior(limit, that is)...so...
They have gone out of country for two weeks, and Diane was kind enough to let me borrow her collection of R lenses, whilst they are away!! They include: R 24 Elmarit E60, R 35 Summicron E55, R 50 Cron E55, and R 90 Elmarit E55.
I am in heaven, and I just only got my R to EOS adapter, today!!
Here are a few shots, albeit nothing like most examples from previous posters, from just around the house! I have two weeks to indulge, and then I might have to buy into the "R" phenomenon!!!
Thanks for looking,
Gregg ...Show more →
The greenery in the three images before the school bus are superb. Very nice set!
zhangyue wrote:
For Nikon User, I will recommend 14-24 16-35 over this. For the price and performance ratio. But for A7/R, I like this one for its very small size and real aperture .
It is a great lens after 28mm, and excellent lens after 24mm. at 21mm with 6D, I have to stop down to f11 and focus by corner to have cross frame sharpness. It has very strong FC, so I will not recommend it for M240 with its limited LV implementation.
Flare is so so, but the 14-24 Nikon I had also having flare problem which 21 Biogon ZM has non.
I found for zoom like this, I used 21mm more than 50%, it is a pity it doesn't have great performance at its 28~35mm setting.
Some samples from it with 6D, most at 21mm end. Only really used it twice so far. I put high hope using this on A7R. The lens is useless if not use EVF or LV for its slow speed.
Larger size this time, hopefully, don't get complain.
BTW, I never consider myself critical enough to give thorough evaluation about lens performance. After certain threshold, I no longer care much about sharpness, sharper? of course better and more exciting. This lens seems meet my requirement I wish it offer more coverage. consider all Canikony will have something like 14-24, 16-35 range are more useful. ...Show more →
@Saph...thank you for the kind words! And, yes, I'm very, very, VERY lucky to be able to borrow said lenses! My problem, is, now I'm hooked! The clarity with which the leica lenses present images, blows me away!! I've shot most if the Zeiss lineup at one point or another, and while they themselves are incredible, the R lenses really do it for me. I haven't shot the M's, but I don't think I'll ever make it there!!
The "R" look has got me...now, unfortunately, as Michael above pointed out, is a really bad time to invest in "R" glass!!! I have the Sigma's 35 and 85 which I use for photo shoots, and won't be getting rid of, but those will be the only two I need for that.
Now it comes down to, do I want to try and find a 50Lux R, or should I try and buy this 50 Cron R I'm borrowing at the moment. Other lenses can wait, but I can't be without a 50, as I'm sure most of you understand! The set I'm borrowing at the moment are rarely used by the iwner(I think), so if I asked her, she might sell me the 50 Cron.
And to be honest, the 90 Cron Elmarit is incredible, too!! I think I could get away with that as a second purchase down the road! Or should I try for the 90 Cron R? I love input, so anyone and everyone, feel free to pipe in, please!!!
I will be probably posting a lot in the next couple weeks as I get my fill of these lenses, so in advance, I apologize for my exuberance!!!
Thanks everyone for listening....
Gregg
RustyBug wrote:
DMR only then for native R glass ... otherwise digital Leica is relegated to M bodies only, adapting R glass if one so desires, correct?
Rusty,
The DMR replaced the film back and was usable only for the R8 and R9 cameras. At one point there was plan to make an R10 but that project was cancelled. The same was true of an AF camera that was to be released with a new set of AF lenses that would also accept and work with the R lenses.
I wish it offer more coverage. consider all Canikony will have something like 14-24, 16-35 range are more useful. 
