Decided to take some sunrise shots yesterday using my recently aquired and now fully serviced Leica M3 with Kodak Ektar 100 film. Lens used was the 50/2 Summicron-M (Version V). Some were taken with attached 3-stop ND filter.
Great to see so many of the old names here still. After a 2 year break or so....decided to break out the M again. I've been using the great A7RII but I kept finding myself only wanting to use the best/fastest lenses (like the FE 35/FE 50/etc) which turned my small mirrorless into a huge weight which was getting increasingly annoying. I've had enough
rsolti13 wrote:
Great to see so many of the old names here still. After a 2 year break or so....decided to break out the M again. I've been using the great A7RII but I kept finding myself only wanting to use the best/fastest lenses (like the FE 35/FE 50/etc) which turned my small mirrorless into a huge weight which was getting increasingly annoying. I've had enough
Hi, Werner, another beautiful shot and I appreciate your kind comments.
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rsolti13 wrote:
Great to see so many of the old names here still. After a 2 year break or so....decided to break out the M again. I've been using the great A7RII but I kept finding myself only wanting to use the best/fastest lenses (like the FE 35/FE 50/etc) which turned my small mirrorless into a huge weight which was getting increasingly annoying. I've had enough
Welcome back! fully agree about Leica and SONY! Somehow I never get use to EVF. Still hvae A7RII as a digital back. For the thing it shine, it really does.
leonasj wrote:
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Leonasj, The rendering is really beautiful. I always thought yours is 50SL and always talk to myself that lens is pretty good and then realize yours is 50lux M. (not to say 50SL is not good, it IS from latest images shown) For JPEG use, I think you might finally find your system.
joakim wrote:
I picked up my new 28/5.6 Summaron today and brought it along with my M9 to the mall to shoot some while my wife was busy in the shops
Joakim, congratulation to the new lenses. It will shine on your MM.
Here is one from Canada Marine Lake.
21SEM, 3 image stitched but only try to cover a little extra than a single image.
zhangyue wrote: joakim wroteI picked up my new 28/5.6 Summaron today and brought it along with my M9 to the mall to shoot some while my wife was busy in the shops Joakim, congratulation to the new lenses. It will shine on your MM.
Thanks Michael. I hope you're right because I bought it fr my MM
Retrofocus - outstanding film characterful colour in the sunrise shots!
Nicolab - I loved in particular the 2nd and 3rd shots you posted.
Rsolti - welcome back indeed! I gave up on my 1st gen A7R and now shoot a pentax K-1 with probably the same sensor. Nice to be rid of all of the fiddly small buttons! I still prefer shooting with a rangefinder and I tolerate the EVF or LV on my M240 since it enables me to shoot with some great legacy lenses (Macro-Elmarit R60, Minolta Rokkor PG 58 f/1.2, Canon FD Tilt-Shift 35 f/2.8 for example.)
Didn't get fantastic light for sunrise this past weekend. Storm clouds softened the sunlight though which helped catching some reflections in a calm pond.
Never thought I'd post a picture of a camera, but here is the M3 that I bought last December from an eBay store in Japan, for a $300 less than a camera of similar condition (Ex++) listed by Tamarkin. The viewfinder is perfect: the yellowish tinge of the rangefinder patch against the blueish viewfinder field makes focusing fast and accurate, not to speak of the size of the rangefinder patch. The only defect is some scuffing on the top plate, but I don't even see that without my reading glasses.
The Voigtländer 28/35 finder lives on the camera. No longer being produced, I bought it some years ago for US$85; there are still some new ones listed on CameraQuest for $600!
I was happy yesterday to remember I had a Canon EF-LM adapter, enabling me once again to use a favourite legacy Canon FD (converted to EF) TS35 f/2.8 lens on my M240.
Not an agile combo by any means but I find it satisfying to play with creative options using mostly tilt and sway. Neither the EVF or live-view were particularly easy to use in bright Australian sunlight (even in winter!) however on a more overcast day it should be easier.
In may opinion the M 10 is worth it. It is the finest digital M I have shot with. The best in low light. Maybe a touch better than a 5DIV and really responsive.