Joakim, you are killing it on this page :
Nice fall shots CVickery, #3 my fav
SKumar: good work, your last my fav
Edward: both sets excellent With the rain and snow here, I'm ready for a return to Bangkok--haven't been there since the 90s, but each time I've been I loved it.
did I mention the light was sick? L1024658 by unoh7, 28cron WO Time and again, the 28 cron establishes it's dominance over my entire lens set Maybe it really was worth 3200.
I had my first outing with the camera yesterday and am already in love. I have no doubt using the M9 and one lens over the next year will make me a better technical photographer. If you're interesting in seeing additional pictures and reading about my initial thoughts, please visit http://www.shu.photography/blog/2014/11/9/piedmont-park-last-days-of-fall
For "casual" M240 users (meaning not professional use), do any of you bother with a second battery? I feel a little silly only having one battery, and bought the charger with me when we went away this weekend, but the battery didn't even go below 50% ! I was exhausted, and so took very few images, but the performance is really very good - whenever I go down to London for the end of the week/weekend I never feel the need to take the charger with me. Or a second battery. This makes me happy!
Skumar: two lovely shots. Love this first and the way the coat is swinging.
Shu: congrats man and welcome to nirvana
Are you shooting uncompressed RAW? PP u should be able to amend WB as needed. I use auto, and it's better than many reviews would have you believe, perhaps with the newer firmware. Of course, angles in relation to the sun will change the color balance alot in M9. In your blog you mentioned the files don't manipulate well. My only frame of reference is in LR with Sony next and A7 raws, and the leicas are way better on that platform.
I also love the CV 35/1.2, and am lucky to have the first version, which became too expensive to make; hence v2.
Pretty hard to tell them apart, though
20 year-old cats have seen it all: Dead eye by unoh7, CV 35/1.2 WO
uhoh7 wrote:
Shu: congrats man and welcome to nirvana
Are you shooting uncompressed RAW? PP u should be able to amend WB as needed. I use auto, and it's better than many reviews would have you believe, perhaps with the newer firmware. Of course, angles in relation to the sun will change the color balance alot in M9. In your blog you mentioned the files don't manipulate well. My only frame of reference is in LR with Sony next and A7 raws, and the leicas are way better on that platform.
I also love the CV 35/1.2, and am lucky to have the first version, which became too expensive to make; hence v2.
Pretty hard to tell them apart, though ...Show more →
Thanks for the warm welcome! I did shoot uncompressed RAW and also use LR to process and really had some trouble getting the white balance consistent in post. In some images, I could apply Auto WB and they would look fine. In other instances, Auto WB would apply a very orange cast to the image, so I would use Daylight. As you stated, my troubles probably stemmed from the angle to the sun. My lesson - get it right in the camera!
I do find it interesting you have more success with the M9 raws as opposed to the A7 raws. The A7 and Nikon D600 share the same sensor (I think) and the amount of manipulation I can perform to those files is astounding. It's the reason I switched over to Nikon from Canon in the first place.
Looking forward to continued use of the camera and processing the files ... I'm very happy so far.
Here are some shots from NYC back in August... been lax in getting them up here! First up the ferry ride from Port Imperial on the NJ side to Midtown... A nice way to get a quick tour along the Hudson.
M240 & 21SEM for first, 28 Cron for last and 90 Summarit for the rest.
Richard - I've always been one to have at least a second battery along, but the M240 can last a long, long time, depending on how you use it. If you set the sleep function to a relatively short time and don't use live view/EVF much, it should last a long time. But, then if you put it in a bag, etc. and the shutter release is accidentally depressed enough to keep it constantly on, or the video button is activated, etc... then you can suddenly find yourself with a dead battery.
shujert - congrats on the camera! Good luck maintaining the one-lens philosophy! Give the camera some time to grow on you - it takes a while to get used to processing M9 files if coming from 'conventional' Canikony types of cameras.
shujert - welcome aboard!
SKumar25 - I love the rendering of the 35fle in your first pic.
Richard - I always carry a spare battery just in case. I rarely use it but in winter time here, it is a must.
Edward - I love your shot. May also look equally good in B&W...
Ron - it's going to be a struggle sticking with just one lens, as I tend to waffle back and forth between the 35mm and 50mm focal lengths. I've opted for 35mm because I think it's the more versatile of the two, but I'll miss the slight compression and subject isolation of the 50. Maybe I'll do 6 months with the 35 and 6 months with a 50
Maybe not a very exiting photo but I just wanted to show that Christmas is coming to Stockholm. They have started "building" the large Christmas tree again, something they have done yearly since 96-97 or thereabouts.
rscheffler wrote:
shujert - congrats on the camera! Good luck maintaining the one-lens philosophy! Give the camera some time to grow on you - it takes a while to get used to processing M9 files if coming from 'conventional' Canikony types of cameras.
Vivid shots Ron!
I'd missed Shu's one lens ethos for some reason, which is cool. The 35/1.2 is a powerful choice, and I think it's underrated as an all around lens. Way under-rated.
I'd kill to see MTFs for the Nokton. Frankly I think it at it's very best in broad daylight.
Shu: the Nokton is unique in many ways and IMHO is crazy versatile. The CV has it's own mind with color, and goes "greenish" very often after dark. I don't have any other lens which does this. It's not just M9, but also Nex-5 and A7. So you will become expert with WB adjustment on M9 I think.
Most, myself included rarely use it on the street simply because there are some many great tiny 35s of every flavor. Yet it is one the very best street 35s, I think. Incredible with flare.
In honor of your asceticism, I put to the whole crew here: limited to one, what would it be?
uhoh7 wrote:
I'd missed Shu's one lens ethos for some reason, which is cool. The 35/1.2 is a powerful choice, and I think it's underrated as an all around lens. Way under-rated.
I'd kill to see MTFs for the Nokton. Frankly I think it at it's very best in broad daylight.
Shu: the Nokton is unique in many ways and IMHO is crazy versatile. The CV has it's own mind with color, and goes "greenish" very often after dark. I don't have any other lens which does this. It's not just M9, but also Nex-5 and A7. So you will become expert with WB adjustment on M9 I think.
Most, myself included rarely use it on the street simply because there are some many great tiny 35s of every flavor. Yet it is one the very best street 35s, I think. Incredible with flare. ...Show more →
I'll keep an eye on the green cast in low light. I haven't read about the issue with the second version of the lens in the few online reviews I've come across. I certainly hope I don't come across it in my own usage as it would negate the main feature of the lens, the light sucking ability of f/1.2. The huge aperture really makes this lens very versatile, but it is quite heavy. I have the combo parked next to my computer and like to fondle it at times throughout the day. I'm always surprised at how much it weighs.
Gary Clennan wrote:
shujert - welcome aboard!
SKumar25 - I love the rendering of the 35fle in your first pic.
Richard - I always carry a spare battery just in case. I rarely use it but in winter time here, it is a must.
Edward - I love your shot. May also look equally good in B&W...
Charlie - I haven't noticed any green shift tendency with my CV 35/1.2, though it's the second version. I'd also be curious to see its MTFs. Maybe someday Roger at Lensrentals will get around to it. I don't think Cosina publishes any MTFs... at least I haven't seen any. My experience with the lens is that it has some field curvature. Not a huge amount, but enough to cause me a bit of trouble in certain circumstances when shooting near wide open. Also makes focus and recompose a bit trickier. I suspect the new ZM 35/1.4 will be a more refined lens, based on my early impressions with it. Probably a flatter plane of focus and better behaved (more predictable) across that plane. I would also guess somewhat higher contrast. But the CV is overall no slouch either.
Tough to pick only one lens to use on an M.... From what I own, for all around versatility, I'd agree on the 28 Cron. Not a perfect lens, technically, but very versatile from a documentary point of view. Other votes would be 50 Lux ASPH and 21 SEM, though it wouldn't be an all purpose lens like the other two.
shujert - 50mm is even tougher than 35... there are so many options. You'll end up owning several. At the bargain end of the spectrum, I'd recommend the old Canon 50/1.4 LTM - should be in the $300-350 range. It's only downside, IMO, is it's not as vibrant and rich with colors as newer M glass (Leica, Zeiss or Voigtlander).
Joakim - it's an interesting shot nonetheless... Is the tree made up of real branches fastened to the 'trunk'? If so, that must be a bit of work to arrange them in the right order by size...
Give the camera some time to grow on you - it takes a while to get used to processing M9 files if coming from 'conventional' Canikony types of cameras.
