helimat wrote: ocean2059 wroteThis morning in Washington, DC.Nice. glad to see that things are returning to normal there. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Summaron, definitely peaks my curiosity!
M6 + ZM's + Portra
Thank you. I took a short morning walk around Lincoln Memorial in DC this morning and started seeing people out excising and visiting as the weather is really nice today. Even the tour bus is on the street today but only had one passage on it through.
As for the Summaron-M 28/5.6, I had it for less than a year but I become very fond of it. It doesn’t produce images with ultra-sharpness and contrast characters associated with some newer Leica M lenses and Zeiss zm lenses. To me, the images from this lens have more of relaxed feel to it, but of course, it still has the modern Leica color rendition. I basic use it in two modes, one with f/5.6, and the other with f/8 and focus set to 2m and use it as a point-and-shoot. I plan to use it more in the future since it’s such a tiny lens. Here are few more from this morning.
ocean2059 wrote:
Thank you. I took a short morning walk around Lincoln Memorial in DC this morning and started seeing people out excising and visiting as the weather is really nice today. Even the tour bus is on the street today but only had one passage on it through.
As for the Summaron-M 28/5.6, I had it for less than a year but I become very fond of it. It doesn’t produce images with ultra-sharpness and contrast characters associated with some newer Leica M lenses and Zeiss zm lenses. To me, the images from this lens have more of relaxed feel to it, but of course, it still has the modern Leica color rendition. I basic use it in two modes, one with f/5.6, and the other with f/8 and focus set to 2m and use it as a point-and-shoot. I plan to use it more in the future since it’s such a tiny lens. Here are few more from this morning. ...Show more →
The size attracts me too. Do you find max aperture limiting at all? I'm sure it would be fine on my M10-P, but wonder if it would become an issue when used on film. I guess if the light dwindles, one could switch to a different lens
helimat wrote: ocean2059 wroteThank you. I took a short morning walk around Lincoln Memorial in DC this morning and started seeing people out excising and visiting as the weather is really nice today. Even the tour bus is on the street today but only had one passage on it through.
As for the Summaron-M 28/5.6, I had it for less than a year but I become very fond of it. It doesn’t produce images with ultra-sharpness and contrast characters associated with some newer Leica M lenses and Zeiss zm lenses. To me, the images from this lens have more of relaxed feel to it, but of course, it still has the modern Leica color rendition. I basic use it in two modes, one with f/5.6, and the other with f/8 and focus set to 2m and use it as a point-and-shoot. I plan to use it more in the future since it’s such a tiny lens. Here are few more from this morning.The size attracts me too. Do you find max aperture limiting at all? I'm sure it would be fine on my M10-P, but wonder if it would become an issue when used on film. I guess if the light dwindles, one could switch to a different lens
So far I don't find it limiting on my M9 and M240, although I have not used it in real low light situation.For low light, I'll go back to my trusted Summicron-M 28 as do-it-all lens. What I really like about the Summaron-M 28 is its combination of classic rendering with modern color.
Dirty little secret... the Orion 15 28mm f6 pancake lens is superb. It is rangefinder coupled and works perfectly with Leica Ms. About $250 for a nice one.
It matches up to the Summaron 28, for a wee bit less $..
Desmolicious wrote:
Dirty little secret... the Orion 15 28mm f6 pancake lens is superb. It is rangefinder coupled and works perfectly with Leica Ms. About $250 for a nice one.
It matches up to the Summaron 28, for a wee bit less $..
genji wrote: Desmolicious wroteDirty little secret... the Orion 15 28mm f6 pancake lens is superb. It is rangefinder coupled and works perfectly with Leica Ms. About $250 for a nice one.
It matches up to the Summaron 28, for a wee bit less $..Any tips on how to ensure you get a good one?
Desmolicious wrote:
Dirty little secret... the Orion 15 28mm f6 pancake lens is superb. It is rangefinder coupled and works perfectly with Leica Ms. About $250 for a nice one.
It matches up to the Summaron 28, for a wee bit less $..
What is red, shiny and rhymes with Bevrolet Maprice?:Love the reds coming out of that ProImage 100 👊🏼 📸
Xpan + Ilford Ortho Plus 80Very nice! Gotta dust off my TX2! It's funny, I save it for 'special' occasions..
You're using the center filter in that shot?
Ha! Too quick! I realized this was the Leica thread and swapped it. I'll repost in the film thread. But thanks, and yes I used the centre filter. I shot that roll last summer, just got around to scanning, I'm very impressed with the Ortho Plus.
Weird thing (or not) about the ZM Sonnar lens is that once I gave up worrying about focus shift at different apertures, and just used it, all my pics were in focus! Perhaps this is the beauty of using film, it is more forgiving of focus issues.