[Leica] IMG: One More from the Steinheil 85/2.8 Lens

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Peter.  The only LTM that I am afraid to use on my Fuji X-E1 is 
the Jupiter 12.  It is a very good 35mm, but the rear elements extend 
too far into the camera body.  It produced some fine images with my 
Leica IIIf.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/16/2016 3:12 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> 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.
>>