I like the color versions better, personally. When I'm faced with a "soft" or high ISO b/w conversion I find torquing up the contrast usually suits my taste. But that's just me.
Thanks Rod Nice portraits with the Canon. Personally I like the B&W version more. Has the grain-like effect on the B&W with the high ISO. So are you keeping this lens?
Not meaning really to use the X1, but I was walking home from work and the battery in my 5DII died. So I ended up taking a couple of shots with the X1 instead.
Low light performance isn't bad but I'm still having a lot of trouble with camera shake. At least half of my images were blurry at 1/30 - and I was using the external optical viewfinder.
jairy hunter wrote:
I like the color versions better, personally. When I'm faced with a "soft" or high ISO b/w conversion I find torquing up the contrast usually suits my taste. But that's just me.
Jairy, I bumped the contrast quite a bit. This is a low contrast lens wide open. However, I was getting to the point that they were looking over adjusted.
joe88 wrote:
Thanks Rod Nice portraits with the Canon. Personally I like the B&W version more. Has the grain-like effect on the B&W with the high ISO. So are you keeping this lens?
Thanks Joe. Yes, I'm going to keep it for now. It gives low light ability like no other lens I've used plus I like the bokeh. It also gives great isolation from the background.
Rod: It's a love-hate relationship. I usually just want to toss it out of the window but I tend to forgive it after I've processed the images. I do not however forget that the camera operates like a low end P&S and that it can't be relied upon to consistently provide good images - especially in low light. Furthermore only rarely, very rarely does that Leica lens signature shine through. For the most part the lens is quite good (especially around f/5.6) but nothing special or memorable but rather neutral. On occasion however you do see that Leica rendering style and it's one of the reasons I tend to forgive its shortcomings.
M8 & Nokton 50/1.5 for product/studio shots @ f8 1/250s. Shot with WL Einstein and cybersyncs on the M8. Had to crop heavily due to the min focal distance of 0.7m but I think it came out alright.
I probably acted irrationally today as I put up most of my Nikon gear up for sale to fund more RF gear. Just undecided if I should add more lenses to the M8 (thinking 28 Cron or the older 35 Lux ASPH) or if I should just plunge for the M9.
If you are passionate about RF's, then go for the M9.
I still have the 5DII with ZE's/L's, as I still believe in both, even though I am not using the 5DII at all for the moment.
The D700 is a great system though. Lenses for the M system will always keep, and you may decide to update to the M9 later. The M9 system, with its quirks is a great FF system. Tough call
