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Fun with M Lenses on anything other then a Leica

ashwinrao1

Active member
Thanks to you all, Matt, Rayyan, jtwloh, and David....

Wonderful caps, Retow, and Kevin...I may need to grab a CV 15...
 

retow

Member
Thanks to you all, Matt, Rayyan, jtwloh, and David....

Wonderful caps, Retow, and Kevin...I may need to grab a CV 15...
Ashwin, I found my dream set up with the GXR. CV15, Perar 35mm, Sonnar ZM 50mm, and Elmar C 90. The ultimate compact M system (think digital Leica CL). The Sonnar is a dream lens on the GXR with wonderful rendering, perfect size and weight. The faster and heavier lenses, Summicron 28mm, asph Summiluxes 35 and 50, Apo Summicron 90mm I prefer to use on the M9:)
 

m_driscoll

New member
Here's a few with the Sony Nex-5N and the CV 15mm f/4.5. Ashwin - it was delivered yesterday. :)

SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/200s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/500s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/320s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/320s; ISO 125


Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
 

retow

Member
Here's a few with the Sony Nex-5N and the CV 15mm f/4.5. Ashwin - it was delivered yesterday. :)

SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/200s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/500s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/320s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/320s; ISO 125


Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
:thumbs:Matt, great shots and wonderful colors. I'm really impressed how the 15mm performs and renders on the NEX5N (had the NEX5), there seem to be no corner performance or color issues or did you have to do some PP. Seems that the CV15 is a no brainer for NEX5N and GXR m-shooters. It's wonderful on the GXR. Ashwin better hurries before CV15 prices will go up;).
 

skinnypix

New member
Here's a few with the Sony Nex-5N and the CV 15mm f/4.5. Ashwin - it was delivered yesterday. :)

SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/200s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/500s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/320s; ISO 100


SonyNEX-5N; CV 15mm f/4.5;1/320s; ISO 125


Cheers, Matt



http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com


Matt,

At the resolution presented, this looks like a great body/lens combination!

Is that a slight color shift at the top corners of the under-the-bridge shot?

Also, are you getting any corner smearing (pixel peeping)?

Finally, have you done a side-by-side comparison with the Sony 16mm for sharpness & contrast across the image?

Thanks, Alan
 

m_driscoll

New member
:thumbs:Matt, great shots and wonderful colors. I'm really impressed how the 15mm performs and renders on the NEX5N (had the NEX5), there seem to be no corner performance or color issues or did you have to do some PP. Seems that the CV15 is a no brainer for NEX5N and GXR m-shooters. It's wonderful on the GXR. Ashwin better hurries before CV15 prices will go up;).
Matt,
At the resolution presented, this looks like a great body/lens combination!
Is that a slight color shift at the top corners of the under-the-bridge shot?
Also, are you getting any corner smearing (pixel peeping)?
Finally, have you done a side-by-side comparison with the Sony 16mm for sharpness & contrast across the image?
Thanks, Alan
Retow/Carl: Good questions. The original files are still on my laptop. I'll look at them tomorrow. I don't recall doing anything extraordinary in pp or having issues with color, color shift, or corner smearing (doesn't mean it wasn't there!). It is a great combo with the 5N. What you see is what you get. I'll get back to you on this. I'm probably not going to like it as well on the M9 because I don't have any accessory viewfinder and guess at the framing.

Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
 

retow

Member
Carl: "just how many 50mm lenses do you actually need?" :D

Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
The answer is: Two. The Summilux 50 asph for its perfect rendering across the frame at all apertures, can't fault this one, and the compact Sonnar, for it's more dreamy look fully open and sharp, contrasty and colorfull Zeiss rendering stopped down. I will list my Titanium Summilux 50 in the b&s section soon.
 

Chuck Jones

Subscriber Member
These are a bit different in construction. Shot with a GH2, with a 53 year old Leica 90, mounted to a new macro tube I designed. These are the first two images ever shot using my "Charlie Tube™" :ROTFL:




 

m_driscoll

New member
Retow/Carl: Here are some 'unprocessed' Sony NEX-5N and CV 15mm f/4.5 shots. 'Unprocessed' - converted to DNG with Lightroom 3.5 and then exported as jpegs, nothing other the Lightroom standard. I probably over processed them the first time! I don't see any issues, other then a little 'color shift' at the upper corners of the last two.












Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
 

m_driscoll

New member

ashwinrao1

Active member
Fantastic imaging, Chuck and Matt. Matt, I love the capture of fall colors. It's been a lovely fall in Seattle!

Chuck, wonderful macro caps!
 

Cindy Flood

Super Moderator
I got a WATE last night and wanted to try it out. I can see vignette at 16mm, but it could easily be fixed in post. I have not tried it out enough to draw any conclusions, but so far I'm happy.
Sony NEX 5N and Leica Tri-Elmar at 16mm
 
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