More beautiful images on this thread, just as always.
Well, I sold my M240 and have my 8.2. I'm fence-sitting about buying back into an M9.
The M8.2 continues to impress, within its very clear limitations.
I recently bought another (1980) copy of a Jupiter-12 lens and spent a little time today evaluating it and my earlier build (1960) one. Not a very controlled test either.
These two shots are at f8 from the later lens which might just have a slight edge on the earlier one, and a cooler rendering (both lens appear to have decent multicoating, however different tones).
Werner_Utsch wrote:
Great M 8 work David !
I still have mine and like it , but did not use it recently... a pitty.
Will not give up my CCD's !!
Thanks very much Werner!
I sold off my lovely, but bulky and heavy P645D CCD-sensor body recently, and the M240, when thinking of buying a 2nd hand Hasselblad X1D or Fuji GFX50S.
My wife saw my Facebook advert for the M240 and said "you're not thinking of buying another camera are you?" So, one might say that I sold my P645D for no productive reason ...an M8 or M9 will always be in my possession now! I should add that my wife is wonderful.
Here's a 10-shot vertical pano from the M8 and the lovely Contax G21 f/2.8
That lens performs admirably on the M8, with correctable corners on the M9, and badly on the M240!
lenticular11 wrote: Werner_Utsch wroteGreat M 8 work David !
I still have mine and like it , but did not use it recently... a pitty.
Will not give up my CCD's !!Thanks very much Werner!
I sold off my lovely, but bulky and heavy P645D CCD-sensor body recently, and the M240, when thinking of buying a 2nd hand Hasselblad X1D or Fuji GFX50S.
My wife saw my Facebook advert for the M240 and said "you're not thinking of buying another camera are you?" So, one might say that I sold my P645D for no productive reason ...an M8 or M9 will always be in my possession now! I should add that my wife is wonderful.
Here's a 10-shot vertical pano from the M8 and the lovely Contax G21 f/2.8
That lens performs admirably on the M8, with correctable corners on the M9, and badly on the M240!...Show more →
I don't know. You said your wife is "wonderful" but your contax g21 is "lovely"; maybe if you reverse this a new camera might be a possibility.
I'll try that move Tunisia...I've just seen the advert for the new Fujifilm GFX50R
Two direct comparison shots from my pair of cheap and good Jupiter-12s (35mm f/2.8 Zeiss lens Russian copy).
These are handheld in relatively poor light. Sharper images are obtainable from both of these lenses, however this was a quick and dirty test using an iconic local building.
Silver Jupiter-12, build date 1960, f8. SOOC, LR jpeg re-size (screen sharpen) export from DNG
Black Jupiter-12, build date 1980, f8. SOOC, LR jpeg re-size (screen sharpen) export from DNG