Godfrey
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Like that photo, Tony.907X - XCD 45P - 3 Times:grin:
Godfrey keep the posts coming...
I agree the 45P is a great walk around lens. I will soon start experimenting more with my Leica, X-pan and Canon FD Glass...
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I was experimenting with M mount lenses a bit more again yesterday; some of my observations: The Color Skopar 28mm and Summilux 35 v2 vignette fairly strongly even in the corners of the cropped square field of view, the Summicron 50 (current formulation) covers square nicely, and Summarit 75mm seem to cover the full format pretty well. Ran out of time to test the M-Rokkor 90 and Color Skopar 50mm; I had already tried the Pentax-L 43mm (does pretty well on the cropped square) and the Hektor 135mm (does astonishingly well on the cropped square, with a little bit of corner darkening).
Have to play with more of my R lenses next...
A lot of this is an academic exercise. I know that my Hasselblad V system lenses will more than cover the format and generally do a superior job ... with 50, 80, 120, and 150 mm options there, along with 21 and 45 mm in the XCD line, there's little need to use the Leica lenses. The ones I am most interested in, really, are the ones that provide macro and close up capabilities ... the Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm, Macro-Elmar-R 100mm, the Summicron-R 50mm (although not technically a macro lens, I've found that its performance in the 1:1 and great magnification range is just amazing!) ... because I'll mostly use the XCD and V system lenses for general shooting. The performance of the macro lenses influences which 'next' XCD lens I'll go for ... right now, I'm thinking the XCD 80mm f/1.9 (because I have the Makro-Planar 120mm), but the XCD 120mm f/4 Macro draws me too.
There's no rush, since I don't want to spend the money for a while. Actually, the thing I want for this camera more right now is a combination L-bracket/left-sided grip that's light, compact, and fits tight to the body: I have a feeling that I'll make one.
On to more photographs...
G