Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I think my personal favourite is the fiest one you posted I think because of depth of colour. It's true about the old lenses working well with modern technology. When I first got my X-Pro1 I put a Jupiter with an M adapter and the Fuji M coupler and was amazed by what it would do in low light. I have also used most of my other LTMs on Fuji's and they work well without exception. Peter On 16/06/2016 03:23, Jim Nichols wrote: > I looked through the images I made with the Steinheil Munchen Culminar > 85/2.8 > lens, made in 1950, to see if I could find a clear one to evaluate. This > small > image of a Blue Jay in open shade was cropped from the 100% image and was > not > resized. It represents less than 7% of the area of the original image. I > did > go through my normal post processing routine, including Focus Magic and > Neat Image. > > Considering the difficulty I had in manually focusing at f/4 in the shade, > I was > favorably impressed by the lens. Made with a Leica LTM adapter on the > Fuji X-E1. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/7+Per+Cent+Crop+of+100+Per+Cent+Image+from+Steinheil+Culminar+85mm+Lens.tif.html > > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig