your top 3 lenses for Monochrom

[onaujee]

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What are your top 3 lenses for the Monochrom? Would like to see what everybody is using.

 

Thanks!

[colint544]

I'm currently loving the drawing characteristics of the 28mm Summicron ASPH on my MM. It has the crispness of a modern lens but the smooth transitions and rendering of an old lens. The Monochrom seems to make pretty much any lens sing, though.

 

Here are a couple of shots I took in Glasgow in the last week. MM and 28 Summicron ASPH:

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[Guest borge]

Well I haven't had the opprtunity to use many lenses on my MM but I love the Summilux 1.4/50 ASPH and 1.4/35 ASPH FLE on it.

 

I know there may be many lenses that sings on this camera, especially older lenses, but to be honest I can't be bothered to try every lens on the planet... I'm mainly interested in the images and the contents of the images, not the rolloff of highlights or small and barely noticeable differences in bokeh rendition or stuff like that.

[MarkP]

2.0/28 Summicron ASPH

1.4/50 Summilux ASPH (FLE)

1.0/50 Noctilux E60

 

in no particular order

[Rick]

colint544 -

 

Wow! Your photos on 500px / Colin Templeton / Photos are amazing. Who are you?

 

Rick

Edited April 13, 2013 by RickLeica

[MarkP]

colint544 -

 

Wow! Your photos on 500px / Colin Templeton / Photos are amazing. Who are you?

 

Rick

 

thanks for directing me to Colin's site.

 

Amazing work

 

 

ps: regarding my three top lenses on the Monochrom listed above, they're actually my three top lenses regardless

Edited April 13, 2013 by MarkP

[Jay B]

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Pretty much any lens I've put on my Monochrom is my top favorite...

It delivers stunning results no matter what lens, either vintage or latest, is stuck on the front.

[algrove]

Pretty much any lens I've put on my Monochrom is my top favorite...

It delivers stunning results no matter what lens, either vintage or latest, is stuck on the front.

 

+1, well said. Just for fun I posted over on getDPI a bunch of 50mm lens comparisons on the MM, post #49.

 

http://www.getdpi.com/forum/leica-m-x-r/42200-monochrom-lens-preferences.html

[otto.f]

At this moment, pure statistically, given my actual interest in architecture:

1. 24 elmarit

2. 35 summicron pre-asph

3. elmar 50mm recent (wow)

[SiggiGun]

Noctilux-M f/0.95 50mm ASPH.

Elmar-M f/3.8 24mm ASPH.

Summilux-M f/1.4 35mm ASPH.

[algrove]

1. 35 FLE

2. 90/2.0 APO

3. 50/1.0 but maybe after more use APO 50/2

[IkarusJohn]

1. AA 90/2

2. Noct 0.95

3. 28/2 ASPH

[Elsu]

I only have 3 lenses

 

Noctilux 095

Summicron 35 f2 ASPH

Elmar ltm 50f3.5

 

The N095 is absolutely my first choice, even though it is rather heavy to take around. I mostly shoot wide at f/0.95, and if I manage to focus correctly, the image is simply stunning.

 

However, I can imagine that I would use the Summicron 35 more once/if I sort out the lens/calibration issue. It has been very frustrating.

[JPH1962]

1) ZM Biogon 21 2.8

2) Summicron 28

3a) Summicron 35 pre asph

3b) ZM Sonnar 50 1.5

 

all the best

JPH

[rramesh]

Interestingly no one has mentioned the 50 APO

[thighslapper]

50/0.95

75/2

21/3.4

[k_g_wolf ✝]

colint544 -

 

Wow! Your photos on 500px / Colin Templeton / Photos are amazing. Who are you?

 

Rick

 

They are all presented as square formats, perhaps coming straight from the HASSEL-camera to the MM.

Great photos indeed, thx for posting the link, Rick.

 

Could we see some in future in the photosection round here as well, colint544 ?

 

Regards

GEORG

 

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Sorry, forgot about the lenses:

 

Only had a loaner MM from the LEICA Academy last month. What I used most

during these three days was my Tri-Elmar 28-35-50, a Voigt 35/ 1.2 and a 24 Elmarit.

 

For about 80% of the shots it was the Tri-Elmar.

Edited April 15, 2013 by k_g_wolf

[billo101]

21 SEM

35 Lux FLE

75AA

... but I don't have 50APO

[Rick]

colint544 -

 

Wow! Your photos on 500px / Colin Templeton / Photos are amazing. Who are you?

 

Rick

 

I now know who Colin is: Staff photographer for Scottish national newspapers The Herald, Sunday Herald, and the Glasgow Evening Times.

 

He really is terrific. I had forgotten about him, thanks for bumping this thread. I won't loose it again, I've bookmarked it this time.

 

Rick

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[gpwhite]

Elmar 24mm

 

AA 90mm

 

SEM 18mm