Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]URL? On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > You can certainly say that there is a "Painterly" quality about the old 35 > Summilux when shot at F1.4 on the M8. ( Henning.. is that Coma that I > see?) > > > > I am also certain, there are a lot of other expressions you could use... > > > > I had tested this lens on my M6 with film,. It came as a weak ( but 1 stop > faster) brother to the F2 Summicron. > > > > Double ( Triple? Quadruple?) Ditto in digital.. But the 35 V3 Summicron > has that same look... just not as extreme...not nearly. > > > > No other 35 (that I own) touches the 35 ASPH Lux ( the non-floating element > version). Not close. > > > > Getting ready for a trip, and needed to know what my lenses would produce, > and which to take...( No, I have not decided yet...) > > > > Interestingly, one of the sharpest lenses I own on the M8 is the 135 3.4 > APO > Telyt. But a lot are close... > > There were some surprises on the positive side.. most are spot on for > focus. > that surprised me as many are from the 80's and 90's. > > > > BTW, bought a (not a favorite of many) 40 Nokton F1.4 to try out... not > here yet, but will test and see if it is better than my other choices... > > > > For those that want to know.. Tripod mounted M8, focused about 20 feet away > ( travel trip, travel distances), at max aperture, no hoods. 3 exposures > per shot, all refocused from scratch. Shutter speed varied but in the > 1/1000 range. ( no movement allowed!) Day was overcast. About F8 on the > sunny 16 chart. No wind. Evaluated in LR4, no sharpening, at 1:1. Dell > i7 processor system. 20 inch Samsung 204B screen.. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA