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Fun with the Leica M Monochrom

xdayv

xdayv

New member
All my Nikons are in the drybox lately. The MM is taking over and it seems to keep on going and going... I hope it's for the better. :D





 
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Vivek

Guest
(With advanced apologies if this isn't appropriate)

Anyone shooting with simple yesteryears lenses from Leica? Elmars and Hektors and such?

TIA!
 
Woody Campbell

Woody Campbell

Workshop Member
Vivek said:
(With advanced apologies if this isn't appropriate)

Anyone shooting with simple yesteryears lenses from Leica? Elmars and Hektors and such?

TIA!
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I've praised elsewhere the DR Summicron; others here have had similar experience with the Rigid Summicron which is the same lens cell. The classic Leica look from the 50s and 60s - the surprise is that it stands up to the rigors of MM resolution.
 
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Vivek

Guest
Woody, Thanks! :)

My query was more towards pictorial aspects and nothing to do with the resolution of the sensor, given the nature of the output (if that makes any sense).
 
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Vivek

Guest
Thanks but none of those involve any simple lenses at all. Summicrons already are complex Gauss or modified Gauss (so are the Japanese equivalents).

The Elmars and Hektors (there are exceptions to the Hektors) are much simpler 4 element lenses and there is even a triplet Elmar (90/4).
 
ashwinrao1

ashwinrao1

Active member
Sorry, I guess I didn't understand the question. I have seem some nice work done wiht the Summar lens, but have no experience with Elmars or Hektors on this body. RFF may be a good place to check, as there's an active MM photo thread there. Good luck, Vivek.
 
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Vivek

Guest
Well, the wheels are already in motion in that my name is on a dealer's list for the MM. :)

I hope, soon, I can play with one and check it out for myself, Ashwin.
 
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erudolph

Member
Fun + Diversity of Style

The MM has made me enjoy going out at twilight. say the hour before and hour after sunset. Last night I had to run to Calumet because a memory card failed (first time ever for me, having only shot digital for two years). Actually I made two trips because the first time they put a CF instead of an SD card in the bag. Driving home from the second visit, I grabbed this shot at ISO 5000 through the windshield. 50mm Cron-M

Okay, doesn't do justice to that street, but poking around in the frame I found a crop spooky enough to be a mezzotint in a scary kid's book.



 
ashwinrao1

ashwinrao1

Active member
Hi All, it's been a while since I posted. A pic from this evening, spending dinner wiht my friend Belinda from my training days:

MM and 35 mm f/1.4 asph
 
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m_driscoll

New member
Still don't have the MM back from NJ. Here's a few at the Pike Place Market from the end of September.

MM; 50mm f/1.4; 1/500s; ISO 320


MM; 50mm f/1.4; 1/500s; ISO 320


MM; 75mm f/2.5; 1/500s; -1/3 EV; ISO 320


Cheers, Matt
 
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