[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Lluis Ripoll]

Thank you Don for the information, my friend who has  bought this lens live in Belgium, I will meet him next April and ask, also I will see and test the lens, we keep in touch.

Cheers
Lluis


> El 22 febr 2020, a les 0:08, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> Thank you for your comments.  There are some blown highlights on the
> projected man, the glare on his glasses.   The top of his pate is just
> under blown as it reads about 98, 98, 98 on the histogram.
> 
> I have had this lens for a few years, I bought it with my Noctilux and a
> 57mm F1.2 Konica.  I have compared it to two generations of the Canon 50
> 1.2.  There old double gauss designs get very interesting when pushed to
> F1.2 and beyond.
> 
> If your friend has a converted mount version it will be very enjoyable.
> If still the old external bayonet then using it on a Canon 7(s) is not
> fast from an M experience.   My version is a converted TV lens: it is
> easier to convert a C mount to M.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 4:58 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Great Don! I like very much this style of shots, another friend of mine
>> has just bought one and I find it is a very interesting lens and less
>> expensive than a Noctilux, the highlights on the two first pictures look
>> overexposed on my monitor, it is a shame…, I’m sure you will do a great use
>> of this lens and I’m very interested tpo follow your experience with it,
>> congrats!
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>>> El 17 febr 2020, a les 14:03, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va
>> escriure:
>>> 
>>> Greetings to all.  This weeks images are mostly to display how the Canon
>>> 0.95 lens displays images.  So first up is a more typical rendering from
>>> this 60's lens.  If you miss focus at all then you get haloing and
>> softness:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/perplexed+man.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> However, if you nail the focus you get a pretty good image, finer detail
>>> isn't there as on modern lenses but still quite acceptable:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/different+reactions+to+Cybermen+lecture.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Even near edge regions of focus render pretty well; there is some field
>>> curvature but on cameras that let you focus off center that doesn't
>>> present any problems:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/torn+jeans.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> all the best.
>>> 
>>> 
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