George, that 3.5cm seems to render very vintage-alike, or is it just the pp? Nice shots!
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Thanks Kristian, only pp was adding a Fuji Neopan 1600 profile to them in Lightroom. The lens does provide a great vintage rendering. 52.5mm equivalent on the X-Pro2, so it does lose some of its character by being on a crop sensor. I have been very tempted to trade all the Fuji stuff in on a used Leica M9 so I can get full frame with these lenses. In the mean time it is black and white film in the old Nikon S2 for 35mm coverage.
G
I actually looked at a good used M9 at a brick and mortar store over the weekend. If I unload my XT-2/accessories and some Fuji primes, it would be about even. If I dumped the X-Pro2 as well, I would be in the black. I am thinking about renting one for a week and give it a good test drive before I do anything.
Since I have a great Nikon S to Leica M adapter, that would give me 28mm to 135mm coverage with Nikkor rangefinder lenses and my Df for the F mount lenses. Perfect world This week anyway
Here is what I can share, on this topic after doing some research on it all. After looking at the Fuji’s over the weekend, I pulled the trigger on an Leica M 240, Adorama had a nice deal on one that was an E+ that was significantly lower than anything I could find on Flebay. They have/had a nice rated type 262 as well but even though it sports the quieter shutter, I don’t believe it has live view.
Even though the 240 is a little older, it seemed to be the right fit for me, CMOS, Focus Peaking, FF, Liveview, support for the EVF2 and an improved ISO range over the M9. I really wanted a FX rangefinder style camera and one a little bigger than the Fuji’s so I also got an F to M adapter to try and will get an S to M adapter. this all should set me up nicely and I can use some of my F2ish smaller profile lenses on the M to keep it reasonably balanced.
So it’s a grand experiment but I did find others shooting Nikkor on their M’s so sounds like it works reasonably well. I have tried the Sony A7Rii and I just didn’t like the way it was built. I say this knowing some will object here. I seriously was considering the A7s for its superb lowlight ability, but it didn’t have IBIS and the new II model lost some of the low light ability making it no better than the DF. In the end if I were going to spend 3 large, I might as well buy into the Leica dream and give it a go.
I do believe the key to these frankencamera setups is good adapters, so we’ll see if the Kipon works well, and I am going to likely have to S to M made by a guy who is supposedly the king of adapters for M. Ironically, I won’t have a single M lens to go on the camera, lol.. talk about pricey glass.. the For Leica good Glass is definitely out of my desire!
I think Bruni shoots the M10, maybe he can chime in. I would have loved a 10, but the 240 is a good way to start and see if I like it and still sell off without loss if I don’t.
MarkA
This week anyway 