I shot these these the other day with my M9 and with Canon 50 f/1.4 LTM and VM35 f/1.2 Nokton I.
I must say that the Canon 50 LTM ('Japanese Summilux') works beautifully on the M9.
I have also decided to sell my Contax G21 f/2.8 Biogon that I converted using a Hawks DIY kit. I am selling purely to raise funds for a non-photographic reason.
The lens is in flawless condition and works beautifully on film, M8, and M9 cameras. It's to be listed shortly on the B&S.
On the M9 you may need to use Corner Fix. It doesn't work so well, even with Corner Fix, on the M240 series and I do not have any experience of it on M10s
Long-term members of this thread will get a discount on the sale!
Jonathon I like that shot a lot, the varying degrees of grey scale from lights through darks and the juxtapositions of all the elements building, trees, dog, person, open hillside, clouds and blue sky for me gives it a 3D feel where I can sense and feel the different layers as if I was walking through the captured scene. Reminds me a lot of working with After Effects and a 3D camera where if I move the camera further into the scene I would see the various elements vanish from the scene until I seeing just the front of the building unobstructed by trees etc. I could just walk right into the scene through the trees. Great shot.
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Jonathon I like that shot a lot, the varying degrees of grey scale from lights through darks and the juxtapositions of all the elements building, trees, dog, person, open hillside, clouds and blue sky for me gives it a 3D feel where I can sense and feel the different layers as if I was walking through the captured scene. Reminds me a lot of working with After Effects and a 3D camera where if I move the camera further into the scene I would see the various elements vanish from the scene until I seeing just the front of the building unobstructed by trees etc. I could just walk right into the scene through the trees. Great shot. ...Show more →
Thank you so much, your kind words are greatly appreciated. For a long time I’ve only been interested in photographing at subject distances from about 1 metre to 5 metres. I had a Loxia 85 that I hardly used: partly because of its terrible haptics but mainly because the focal length didn’t “suit” me. I happily sold the L85 to forum member DavidBM and then, some time later when I had a Leica, I purchased his Summarit-M 75/2.5 and found it suited me very well.
Now I find myself very interested in photographing subjects from middle to far distance with short telephoto lenses and layering the picture elements in exactly the manner you describe. To that end I’ve also picked up a Summarit-M 75/2.5 and a Tele-Elmar 135/4.
New here ... thought I would take a break from reading through the different forums ... besides the fantastic images.. seems to be a great group of people here .. hope you don't mind ...