Fun with the Leica SL (digital)

[kuau]

80-200/4 ROM

24-90/2.8-4

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Re: Winter leaves

S1030485 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

S1030470 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

S1030474 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

From a walk with SL and APO-Macro Elmarit R 100, at f/8 or f/11

scott

 

[doug]

SL, 90-280 APO. This lens would do well with a much higher-resolution sensor.

 

[ptomsu]

SL, 90-280 APO. This lens would do well with a much higher-resolution sensor.

This is indeed an exceptional lens! Beautiful bokeh and sharpness.

 

[doug]

This is indeed an exceptional lens! Beautiful bokeh and sharpness.

and lots of aliasing

 

[MGrayson]

and lots of aliasing

Doug,

It's still a beautiful shot.

--Matt

:lecture: and General Rant:

AA filters are one of those things that are extremely good ideas, but our obsession with maximizing perceived detail (or acuity, I forget which term I should be using) squeezes them out of the market. You can explain the Nyquist theorem until you are blue in the face, explain that post capture sharpening is necessary and comparing unsharpened AA filtered photos to others is a false comparison. That aliasing provides the false illusion of detail. It doesn't matter - people vote with their wallets.

One of my best images is slightly soft at 100%. I tried for days to "fix" it, even cloning in bits of a sharper, but poorer capture. When printed 20"x30", the difference was invisible. And this was 10 times blurrier than an AA to nonAA comparison. If an image isn't good, it's NOT because an AA filter was used.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

An Algerian Iris

S1030525 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

Macro-Elmarit 60 R

and a very accommodating neighborhood synagogue (tree preceded the porch, the little stone cabin was moved there to make way for the Israel Museum above it in the 1950s).

S1030547 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

Vario-Elmarit 21-35 R at 21mm.

scott

 

[vieri]

Machrie Moor, Isle of Arran

The Stone Circle at Machrie Moor, on the Isle of Arran in Scotland at sunset.

Leica SL, Vario-Elmarit-SL at 34mm, 1 second @ f/10. Best,

Vieri

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

SL in the square format

S1030565 1 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

taken with the modern SWC: SL with Super Elmarit 15 R

scott

 

[doug]

Leica SL, 90-280 APO

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[scott kirkpatrick]

Winter light on a very weird day

Went for a walk to avoid thinking about Washington DC:

S1030587 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

S1030596 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

S1030597 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

all with SL and 28 SX-M

scott

 

[Robert Campbell]

R Blackwater

 

[relms]

For some time now, I have been following this thread with interest, but have not posted an image until now. This one was taken with the SL plus adapted Super_Elmar-S 24. I have been impressed with how well, in my experience, the adapted S lenses (24, 100, 70 and 120CS) perform on the SL. Auto focus is a tad slower than the native SL 24-90, but I mostly shoot in manual mode, anyhow, and so AF is not an issue.

Having the capability to use S lenses on the SL comes under the heading of Nice to Have, but I still prefer S lenses on S cameras (006 and 007). That said, there is, for me, partial justification for the SL in the ability to use one camera body with a choice of lenses of M, SL and S vintages. The SL will not replace my S or M bodies, but it is an incredible camera that is a joy to use.

 

[frontosa]

Leica SL M28 Summicron. San Simeon, California. Cloudy and foggy last saturday.

 

[Andrew Gough]

Leica SL & R 80-200mm F4 - post from R thread

Andrew

 

[frontosa]

Went to the percolation ponds from the local water district. In 20 years that I have lived here, this is the first time there's been water here due to all the rainstorms in the last few weeks. SL with 28 2.0 Summicron.

 

[Robert Campbell]

(90-280 at 99mm; ISO 50; 1/2500 at f/9)

 

[VINCET]

First outing with my SL and the Noctilux f1.0 version 4. Frigid 15 degrees this morning.

L1010022.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Re: New 90-280!

I just had time for a quick stroll before packing up to return home. It focuses closer than I would have expected for such a big lens. Very sharp. Works very quickly in anything like decent light.

R1000178 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

R1000195 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

R1000205 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

album here.

scott

 

[Godfrey]

The moon peeked through shuttering clouds high in the sky on its full night last week.

Leica SL + Elmar-R 180mm f/4
ISO 800 @ f/8 @ 1/160​

enjoy!
G