Fun w/Digital M Images

[seakayaker]

12/06/2014 Morning Walk ~ Parsons Garden ~ Queen Anne Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 1600 ~ 1/60 ~ f4.8 ~ Neural Density filter 1.8 6 Stop

 

[seakayaker]

12/06/2014 Morning Walk ~ 8th Avenue West ~ Queen Anne Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 640 ~ 1/60 ~ f16 ~ Neural Density filter 1.8 6 Stop

 

[seakayaker]

12/06/2014 ~ Ferry Crossing and Ships at Moorings ~ Elliot Bay ~ Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 640 ~ 1/45 ~ f16 ~ Neural Density filter 1.8 6 Stop

 

[seakayaker]

12/06/2014 ~ Seattle Center and Downtown as Viewed from West Highland Drive ~ Queen Anne Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 640 ~ 1/90 ~ f16 ~ Neural Density filter 1.8 6 Stop

 

[Mike Woods]

Here's my silly activity for a rainy day, putting a Telyt 560mm on a Visoflex with the mirror locked up and prism removed, itself on a M to MFT adaptor and that on an OM-D. It worked! An 1120mm lens!

Chris

I'm glad I don't live next door

Mike

 

[Mike Woods]

Picked up a mint, used Noct 0.95 at a price that, if i don't get on with it, I can turn it around without losing too much money. Yesterday was my first outing with it, and thanks to alternating between OVF/EVF immediately noticed that my rangefinder must be slightly out. Anyone know whether Leica Mayfair London can handle adjustments, or does it have to go to Germany......

Anyway, a couple from yesterday:

Apart from the rangefinder disappointment, I came away with the impression that the lens has an ability to handle light like nothing else in my current arsenal.

Mike

 

[paul25]

M9 + Contax G 28mm


From Yosemite....

 

[woodyspedden]

Here's my silly activity for a rainy day, putting a Telyt 560mm on a Visoflex with the mirror locked up and prism removed, itself on a M to MFT adaptor and that on an OM-D. It worked! An 1120mm lens!

Chris

Hey Chris

Show us some results. Love to see them

If I were going to be using this rig on a regular basis I would find a way to rig a tripod mount further up the barrel toward the end. There is so much weight hanging in front of the tripod foot now that I would be concerned that it might destroy the lens mount

 

[chrism]

Woody,
I feel some sympathy with Dr Johnson and talking dogs - it's not that it works well, but that it works at all! When I tried it out I forgot two important things; to turn off IBIS (which is supposed to make tripod shots more blurry if left on) and to use the self-timer to take the picture. So I expect I could get a sharper result if I try again. In the 4/3 camera forum I have placed a photo with the OM-D's kit lens set to the equivalent of a 50mm standard lens in full frame terms, and one with this monster just to illustrate the field of view. Both are taken through a rainy window. They are here. I'm in the city this week for chemo but by this time next week I might be able to try again and perhaps achieve something respectable (weather permitting as it is cold, wet and snowy in northern Nova Scotia!)

Chris

 

[seakayaker]

12/08/2014 ~ Early Morning View (7:13) of of Walkway between the East Hospital & Maleng Building as viewed from the 9th Floor of the Ninth & Jefferson Building, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 2000 ~ 1/25 ~ f2.4

 

[seakayaker]

12/08/2014 ~ Early Morning View (7:13) of of Walkway between the East Hospital & Maleng Building as viewed from the 9th Floor of the Ninth & Jefferson Building, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 2000 ~ 1/25 ~ f2.4

 

[seakayaker]

12/08/2014 ~ Early Morning View (7:12) of Downtown Seattle and Elliott Bay as viewed from the 9th Floor of the Ninth & Jefferson Building, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 2000 ~ 1/25 ~ f1.4

 

[seakayaker]

12/08/2014 ~ Early Morning View (7:21) of Downtown Seattle with Moon as viewed from the 9th Floor of the Ninth & Jefferson Building, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 1600 ~ 1/60 ~ f1.4

 

[seakayaker]

12/10/2014 ~ Washing Windows in the Rain ~ 9th Floor of the Ninth & Jefferson Building ~ First Hill Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 1600 ~ 1/125 ~ f11

 

[seakayaker]

12/11/2014 ~ Stockings Hanging from the Mantle ~ Living Room ~ Wallingford Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 1600 ~ 1 Second ~ f13

 

[wbhstl]

Hey Chris

Show us some results. Love to see them

If I were going to be using this rig on a regular basis I would find a way to rig a tripod mount further up the barrel toward the end. There is so much weight hanging in front of the tripod foot now that I would be concerned that it might destroy the lens mount

Woody - This lens is in two pieces. The back piece which mounts to the camera and tripod and the front piece which holds two glass elements way up front - all the rest of the tube is air. Since the front piece attaches to the back piece, I don’t think there is much stress on the lens mount. The back piece is the same as used for the Telyt 400/6.8. The front piece trombones for focusing. This pretty much eliminates mounting the lens on a tripod other than by the back piece. However, I have seen support added from a band around the front piece back down to a leg of the tripod but focusing can’t be very quick. The lens came with a shoulder stock and was really designed for rifle style shooting. I usually try to rest the end on something like a bean bag. Doug Herr can give you a much better description and evaluation of this lens. He used it (or the 400) for many of his fantastic wildlife pictures.

Hopefully attached are a few shots taken on a NEX 5N. I would note 4 things: the lens gives surprisingly good detail, it has significant curvature of field - so not good for pictures of billboards, it is not APO, and as noted eliminating camera movement can be difficult. I included a sample from the 180/3.4 APO for comparison.

Bill

 

[seakayaker]

12/13/2014 ~ Fishing Vessels ~ North Lake Union ~ Wallingford Neighborhood ~ Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 1600 ~ 1/125 ~ f13

 

[seakayaker]

12/13/2014 ~ Waterfront Construction Crane ~ North Lake Union ~ Wallingford Neighborhood ~ Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 80 ~ 1/30 ~ f8

 

[seakayaker]

12/13/2014 ~ White Chairs in the Neigbhors Yard ~ Wallingford Neigborhood ~ Seattle, WA

Leica M9 ~ Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH ~ ISO 400 ~ 1/30 ~ f8

 

[Mike Woods]

M240 / Zeiss 21mm f/2.8

0.95 Noct

Mike