Re: Do you prefer softer lenses on Digital M bodies?
Most of my lenses are Voigtlander, or Zeiss with Leica and M-Hexanon in the minority. In the film days, I valued Zeiss and appreciate the same characteristics when shooting my Monochrom. My newer lenses have been Voigtlander APO, which I tend to use wide open. I also like some of the compact Zeiss Biogon c lenses for size and rendition. I only have the 35mm, 50mm APO and Leica 90mm APO/Asph. I don’t have issue regarding the lack of six bit coding, but I do manually set the in camera lens equivalent of what I’m using. I don’t use JPG and I then use the proper lens compensation in Lightroom. Here is a shot using the 35mm APO @f/2.0. If you use the link you can see the full resolution view of the details of the 500mph+ jets.
The high ISO performance of your camera allows for slower/smaller lenses. My favorite 21mm lens is the Zeiss C Biogon f/4.5. The 35mm C is my preference vs the f/2.0. I sold my 28mm lenses. For fast 35mm the Zeiss f/1.4 is excellent, but is larger than the Leica offering. I use the Voigtlander 75mm f/1.8, but the APO/Asph Leica might be a better choice.
Re: Do you prefer softer lenses on Digital M bodies?
Most of my lenses are Voigtlander, or Zeiss with Leica and M-Hexanon in the minority. In the film days, I valued Zeiss and appreciate the same characteristics when shooting my Monochrom. My newer lenses have been Voigtlander APO, which I tend to use wide open. I also like some of the compact Zeiss Biogon c lenses for size and rendition. I only have the 35mm, 50mm APO and Leica 90mm APO/Asph. I don’t have issue regarding the lack of six bit coding, but I do manually set the in camera lens equivalent of what I’m using. I don’t use JPG and I then use the proper lens compensation in Lightroom. Here is a shot using the 35mm APO @f/2.0. If you use the link you can see the full resolution view of the details of the 500mph+ jets.
