[Leica] Nathan's PAD 14/2/2020: lens testing

[Nathan Wajsman]

Yesterday I put the 90mm Leica Tele-Elmarit on my Panasonic GX80, thus mixing technologies 50 years apart. I wanted to see how well I could focus this lens manually at close distances and wide apertures.

I first tried just a shot of my desk, at f2.8 and the minimum focusing distance of 1 meter:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-N6S2jGV/A

But then I decided to look for more interesting test subjects, and as usual, my Greek colleague Eri was a willing victim. This is also at around 1 meter, but I did close down one stop to f4:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RP9dk47/A

I think the GX80 is a good platform for this lens, one of my favourite Leica lenses.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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