[Leica] Lunch with Jay and MM

[Mark Rabiner]

Shooting short tele 75mm's so close with 50's is kind of cool its a perfect
portrait lens and very compact way more than any short tele I've ever heard
of. But I was so glad when I did get my first Full Frame sensor camera and
was able to get my 50's back. My 28's were no longer some crazy odd near
normal but the 28's I'd always known and loved. Even the fact that my short
teles were not transformed to medium telles was a big deal for me.
Its great to get your lenes back. You forget how much you miss them. and not
be just shooting through the middles of them.
Then you see the huge jump in overall quality and the ability to shoot in
way darker non light.


On 12/4/14 5:22 PM, "Peter Klein" <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for looking, Geoff. Like the S2, the Summicron ASPH is overkill for
> what I usually shoot, but the Monochrom...  be still, my heart.  That is
> one incredible B&W machine.  Even if it takes a semi-eternity to save your
> picture to the memory card. I'll post some other shots I took with it
> later. The files are so beautiful and malleable, I can hardly believe my
> eyes.
> 
> I have a bunch of 50mm lenses that have been saying "Shoot full frame with
> me!" lately. They would get along with the MM splendidly.  I also have a
> wallet that says, "Ouch!"  We'll see who wins.  :-)  Meanwhile, I can shoot
> B&W very nicely with the M8 most of the time, albeit with 35mm lenses as
> "standard lenses."  I should do more with it.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I enjoyed looking Peter. That technolust is a terrible thing when you see
>> what the best of the best M lenses can do on the Monochrom too!
>> It could be worse, I should send you a file from the S2 with the APO Macro
>> 120!!!! Ridiculously good.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>> 
>> On 4 December 2014 at 06:05, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As Jay already told you, we had lunch and a photo walk together
>> yesterday,
>>> and our Leicas came along. Jay let me use his Monochrom and 50 Summicron
>>> ASPH.  That combination is truly astounding. Here's a shot I took of some
>>> backlit Pampas grass. In Capture One, no matter how much I magnify it,
>> more
>>> detail and more tones appear.
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/15749228348/lightbox/>
>>> 
>>> After I took this, Jay wanted his camera back. I don't blame him. Here he
>>> is getting his picture. Taken with my M8 and 35 Summilux ASPH.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1009859.jpg.html>
>>> 
>>> And here is Jay chasing some light at lunch. No antlers.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1009828.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Enjoy!  And thanks again, Jay!
>>> -Peter
>>> 
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Mark William Rabiner
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