Very nice Charles, do you do much PP when using the 50 cron rigid? I am trying to limit PP on my images has to retain the rendering beauty of this lens
A body of work I have been working on. These are not in order and this is not finished but a work in progress and you have probably seen most of these but not together like this.
Jojomon, airfrogusmc, Joachim great work on the previous page particularly like the b&w conversions and how they have been presented.
It was sunny in London today after almost 3 weeks of rain. Leica M Typ 240 with Zeiss 25/2.8 ZM and Zeiss C 35/2,8 ZM - attached a very cheap close-up lens for the orange bike handlebar image. No additional sharpening or output sharpening has been added in post production just the Lightroom default - the zeiss lenses are that sharp almost too sharp sometimes.
Charlie - Lanthar is looking pretty good!
Joakim - really like that second shot.
Charles - that lens sure does look good for portraits. Seems to be the perfect balance of sharpness and OOF renderiing.
Phil - real nice B&W's.
Allen - what an incredible compilation! Wow. I am really liking your B&W street shooting. I can tell that you see in B&W and are so good at capturing the moment. PS - what is your main software for PP?
Cal - that ZM18 looks absolutely terrible!! I wouldn't keep it if I was you.
Nicoimages - very nice and I enjoy the contrasty look on these.
Just had to comment on Allen's post theyre very nice! I love seeing them in collages like that it really brings out an extra effect to the pictures. Keep up the great work
Allen, wow... superb work!!! Each image is an art form, and collectively brilliant
Phil, thank you! Love the image with the fountain! With regards, to PP'ing with the 50 Cron Rigid/DR, I tend to only use additional the contrast/light in CS6 in Lab mode. This is very powerful, and does not affect the color channels, and give a very gentle gradient to give a 3D toning to images. The 50 Cron Rigid has incredible detail, and it is very gentle in contrast and color, but it is easily raised depending on the shot.
Cal, very nice with the ZM 18!
Nico, I really like the bold and graphic PP'ing
After 8 weeks with the A7r, I love the FE 55 and 35 lenses, but I am finding that the M mount lenses behave quite differently between the A7r and M240. I do prefer the M glass on the M240, as the images just seem to have more clarity. I am not talking about smearing, as I don't go near those lenses, but images have a very different feel. Even it is 24 MP, the increased MP on the A7r seems to have no added benefit, and in fact, it looks duller even with PP'ing. For now I cannot clearly explain it, but it is quite different!
I guess it's what you get used to but I do find CS6 to be more like the darkroom experience with the way the tools work and the control I have. I actually preferred CS4 over 6.
