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Spyro P. wrote:
that's why we have leicas, so when shooting street we can be both classy and discreet
yes, this is really me, sadly 
my shooting buddy took that photo of me, he shoots street with his ginormous Nikon with a 70-200/2.8 bolted on. Funny thing is, he always comes back with a bunch of interesting street portraits, and I spent 3 hours shooting that day and only had this shitty photo of someone's back to show for it
Love that photo of you. I barely even notice there's a Leica in your hand. Shooting with a 70-200 in the street I know well, but haven't done much recently. It just feels a lot more like stalking, and like Edward, I'm already uncomfortable enough of the time with trying to get something of other people. After some negative reaction/experiences shooting events such as Fasching in Germany (with the DSLR and zoom), where many seem to prize personal privacy (Hilmar could explain the legal aspects of this better), despite being all decked out in masks and costumes and otherwise seemingly desiring 'look at me' attention, I just find it easier to deal with shooting a Leica, despite the relatively loud shutter (though the M240 is definitely better than the M9 era cameras). At least the camera is more charming than a massive DSLR/zoom outfit.
seekuh wrote:
Ron, the CV35/1.7 you are shooting with, is this the new Voigtländer lens? The photos have a 3D look to me.
rscheffler wrote:
Hi Hilmar, thanks! Yes it is the new one.
For the price, it's a very good lens and optically I can't complain too much about it. But it's not perfect. It lacks some Leica M haptic qualities, such as focus feel, due to the lack of focusing tab, which I definitely miss. The lack of the red dot to assist mounting also causes me to lose time when changing lenses, trying to determine the correct orientation. This isn't a problem with Leica lenses, in part due to the focusing tab always being in one general area, and the rectangular hoods make it easy to determine orientation. The CV feels the same no matter which way it's rotated, so it is always necessary to look at it when mounting on the camera. Seems like a minor quibble, but when trying to change lenses quickly, it becomes very annoying (for me).
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seekuh wrote:
The lens seems to be perfect value for money to me. I had the possibility to try it out for a very short time. I really liked it. I had the impression though that the darker tones are relatively dark compared to modern Leica lenses (blacks seemed to clip rather quickly) and I had the feeling that in comparison to the Summilux 35 the lens required a considerably longer exposure time to have the image exposed properly (I've taken into account that this is a 1.7 aperture wide open, of course). Do you agree with my findings?
Edit: and it seems to be a high contrast lens.
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From my brief technical tests with the Ultron, I believe it's realistically more an f/2 lens. At f/1.7, only the very central zone is slightly brighter compared to setting the aperture at f/2. The mid and outer zones are about identical at f/1.7 and f/2. So I don't doubt you found it to be somewhat darker. I haven't noticed a problem of faster black clipping, but perhaps somewhat also related to your findings of it being a dark lens, I noticed I could overexpose it a bit more than some Leica glass without clipping highlights, maybe about a half stop. Another lens I find somewhat dark is the 28 Cron... maybe almost a half stop compared to my other Leica lenses. Maybe it's the persistent vignetting, which is also a characteristic of the Utron.
As for rendering vs. the 35 Lux ASPH models, I can't say because I have no first-hand experience with those. But compared to the 28 Cron, I don't feel the Ultron is as high contrast or as much color richness.
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As for approaching people, I fully understand what you say. I'm a shy person myself, and it takes me a lot of effort to get over this shyness, and some days are worse than others. I feel when I go out shooting with another photographer, it helps me a lot overcome my fear, and people are less suspicious too.
The M9 need speed when it's dim, and this lens provides decent speed, wonderful render, and good bokeh. I have many 135s: this and the APO Telyt are by far my favs 
(no emoticon for Ouzo sadly)
