This page makes me feel proud to be home, with all the fine images of banksias and the red cattle dog. See the intelligence pour out of the dog's eye, beautifully captured Frank. No spring chicken either, by the look of the whiskers and thickening middle. Flash collar too, lucky dog.
FrankC123 wrote:
.... I have been having a focusing issue with the K5 had to take all the shims out and put in the thinnest shim i could find and still not 100% happy with it, may need to get a kazeye to see if that helps , I also have a Leica 2x tele converter do you change the mount back on the lenses to Leica mount when you want to use it ?
I would love to have a full frame camera one day really helps with he depth of field at large apertures, its so shallow with the K5 but love the telephoto benefit with the smaller sensor . The D700 and the K5 give the same color rendition to the images that i like, that's why i chose Pentax in the first place and that i have a lot of Pentax A lenses as well.
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I removed the original matt screen and have now a Katzeye without any shim in it. Helps a little bit. The K-5 is a very nice cam - but if you ever looked thru a FF view finder ........ I own the K-5 mainly for my collection of old Takumare from 17mm to 500mm. There is an adapter from Pentax available from P/K mount to M42.
With regard to the teleconverter I removed the original Leica mount at the converter by a Pentax mount and replaced the Pentax mount at the lens back with the original Leica-R mount. Thist is 5 minutes work.
It was only for few test shots. In the meantime I changed it back again.
philip_pj wrote:
This page makes me feel proud to be home, with all the fine images of banksias and the red cattle dog. See the intelligence pour out of the dog's eye, beautifully captured Frank. No spring chicken either, by the look of the whiskers and thickening middle. Flash collar too, lucky dog.
Thanks he is my sons dog , there was something in the trees on the edge of the yard we have a lot of possums and bower birds which he hates with a passion as they pinch his food when not looking . he is a muscular little dog always on the go . also a great subject for lens testing has great eyes
Rolf Wrote
I removed the original matt screen and have now a Katzeye without any shim in it. Helps a little bit. The K-5 is a very nice cam - but if you ever looked thru a FF view finder ........ I own the K-5 mainly for my collection of old Takumare from 17mm to 500mm. There is an adapter from Pentax available from P/K mount to M42.
With regard to the teleconverter I removed the original Leica mount at the converter by a Pentax mount and replaced the Pentax mount at the lens back with the original Leica-R mount. This is 5 minutes work.
It was only for few test shots. In the meantime I changed it back again.
Rolf
Thanks Rolf , I thought that would be the case, it just means you have to plan when you want to use it. I will give it a go to see how it works . I also have some Takumar lenses and some Heinz Kilfitt lenses in 42mm that are fun to use
Love your images with the 70-180 APO. Great IQ. This lens is #1 on my Leica wish list. Hope that I will find a lens one day for a reasonable price.
Frankly speaking, I think the Canon 70-200 IS II may be the best of all in terms of sharpness. This 70-180 is not optimized at long end but do has its characteristics. All Leica lenses have an unique contrast rendition which believed is the know-how of more than a century of optical research.
phuang3 wrote:
Frankly speaking, I think the Canon 70-200 IS II may be the best of all in terms of sharpness. This 70-180 is not optimized at long end but do has its characteristics. All Leica lenses have an unique contrast rendition which believed is the know-how of more than a century of optical research.
I am only just started using the Leica R lenses and thats what i been finding out as well , each lens has its own characteristics and preforms best at certain conditions. The 70-180 just seems to give the image that look that we are all after ,and may only do that at in a limited range once you know what a lenses can do you can use it to your advantage. I am only just learning this now from this forum,from looking at all the photos taken by every one . Rolf has this ability to be able to know how to pick a lens for the conditions and what he wants to capture. Just look at the pictures with the 500/f8 lens on the harbor just great for the conditions best photos i have seen with a RM lens. The way he uses the APO 100/2.8 macro..
You also have some who have their favorites as Telyt the Master of the 280/4 and Sebboh the Master of the 350/4.8, madamasu with Apo-Macro Elmarit 100mm and his portraits they have the best photo from these lens that i have seen, and a lot more brilliant photos from a lot of talented people too many to mention , if you have not looked through the pages its well worth starting from page one .
Here is an other test shot with the K5 and Elmarit R 1:2.8/180
The 35-70/4 is weakest at it's wide end, though this really only means a bit more distortion correction then you'd have to do with the Summicron, assuming it bothers you. Otherwise, it's a great choice. The Sammy 35/1.4's an excellent lens (in some key ways, it rivals the Summilux 35) but the length of the lens is awkward for the focal length and the color balance isn't as SOOC great as any of the Leica 35s.
Really like how well this black and white conversion came out. I've been told recent nikon cameras do a better job in BW conversion than canons. Do you have any sense how true that is?
Also, how easy it was convert your R lens to fit the nikon? How is the focus at infinity?
I am pondering about adding a few more R-Leicas to my lens set (8 lenses all Zeiss) and my first Leica, a 60/2.8 Macro leitaxed to the D700.
--I am thinking of 28mm (obvious choice: version 2, but at the moment the price still seems a bit steep.
--then a lens in the range of 90mm
--the 280/4 is on the wish list for bird shots
--and maybe in between a 180mm.
since the Zeiss lenses are rather heavy I would also appreciate if the Leica set would be a lighter set for a change (or for different use eg. hiking).
the 180s: the lightest seems to be the Elmar 180/4 with 540g, and next in the row come 180/3.4 APO Telyt at 750g and 180/2.8 Elmarit ver.2 at 755g.
Is the APO superior in terms of sharpness and IQ or is it a rather subjective choice?
pricewise the APO is offered for around 700 € and sold for 650 or so, and the Elmarit is offered for around 600 €, so slightly cheaper, and can be had vor even 450. There are quite a few on the market of both.
The APO Elmarit 2.8 vers. 2 is 970g and about 2000 € if I am right, that is a bit much for me at the time, although this is certainly the best of them all.
I have seen the recent 180/3.4 APO images from Rolf (cemetery: very nice 3D and that funny headless dog. I like the rendering of these images.)
haven't thought to much about the 90 or other choices from 80-100 yet, but read the recent elaboration on it in the "which first Leica lens" thread. I guess the 90/2,8 Elmarit II would be the lightest choice with good IQ and value as well? (I have got the Zeiss 100 MP already, which I find sometimes to heavy to haul around in addition to other gear and lenses).
I would apreciate any images of the above lenses, this is why I am asking this here, rather than in a seperate thread, hope you don't mind. thanks in advance
edit: a close focusing ability in the 180 and 90 would also be a bonus. What is the difference in this respect between the lenses?
how close does the 180/3.4 focus? (1,8 m for the 2.8 Elmarit v. 2).
I own the K-5 mainly for my collection of old Takumare from 17mm to 500mm. There is an adapter from Pentax available from P/K mount to M42. 
Rolf
