Summarit Series 35,50, 90 IMAGES

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Morning to all , as some of you know Jack and i started our own workshop site for our workshop attendees and it also has a public and private forum section , the private section is for the workshop folks that attended our workshops. Today after nice conversations with the LUF owner Andreas , between Jack and myself we decided instead of being competitors that information sharing for all members of both sites is the way to go. So in that spirit we can all share and learn from both sites through links and photo's and such. You as members of LUF need to do nothing but enjoy the information between us and learn and grow in your photography skills. So enjoy the ride. Thanks Guy

I have just started testing the Summarits and am bringing everything over here and i know i have a lot of work posting on both sites and also testing these lenses before there return deadline back to Leica so for the moment let me just give you the link to what i have done already Summarit Series 35,50, 90 IMAGES - The GetDPI Workshop Forums and i will start copying and pasting it over here also.

Please refrain from posting here until i say i am done so i can make this move of what i have done so far . I still have a ton of shooting to do and posting to please bear with me getting this all done

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Well before i get a chance to actually test these lenses , i got to shoot them for real pay this morning. i had one job left to shoot before T day so i brought the Summarits and did some real world shots with them. Today was Silent Witness Charity Golf tournament to raise money for the program. As most Americans know of Silent Witness programs in each city. I will explain it to our international friends. Silent Witness is a program where people can give anonymous tips on the location of known criminals that just created some bad news to the community. Like murder,robbery or some other bad crime and folks call in tips on there location and they do get a reward upon capture and conviction. Great program that actually works.

So today i loaded one body with just the Summarits and used only those lenses on it all day so i knew the whole card was from the new lenses. I just shot with it than i also did casual compares with the 35 cron version IV, 50 lux very little of and a ton of 90 cron vs 90 sum. So on this thread i will just show Images from the Summarits , than on another thread which i will start it will be some comparsions between them .


I am loading LR 1.3 also , so a fresh lenses and fresh software. For now I will NOT and repeat NOT WB these. Straight from the camera.

Okay I shot these early so the light will be warm


From the 35mm summaritL9996662-1.jpg

This one was shot at 5.6. Look how well there holding the backlight

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Now watch this we go from 2.5, 2.8, 4, 5.6 watch the background i am focused right on the door , also handheld for everything you are seeing

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Little hard to tell the bokeh here on the above ones but i will do that test for sure with a different subject . Here is the 35mm again 5.6 actually both are. Nice color and contrast , very Leica looking

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Just a couple more with the 35mm. i shot about 130 images with the Summarits , so not to much because i was actually working so wanted to be careful. Now this is early light and i can really make the images sing if i played around with them in LR which i am NOT doing at the moment. Really just want you to see what is coming off the sensor, so running all default here

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Let's move on to some 90mm 2.8 since i was shooting golf . i used this and the 90 cron a lot but these are all shot around F4 or 5.6 again wanted to be careful because not sure how these lenses are working and I noticed i did some back focusing, that was me though. These are on target though. Should mention the time around 8:25 so light still pretty low but the colors are getting more daylight looking

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Not sure everyone remembers Alice Cooper well he owns a bar here in town and also resides here and a few ladies from the restaurant above in there work outfits. They all dress like his style when he performed. BTW very nice guy

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Okay moving on to some 50 2.5 shots . nothing wide open F4 and 5.6 but the quality is there folks , these are sharp and i am also noticing on the web only looks a little chunky but on screen very smooth and sharp. Gotta run for now but this was just some quickies so you can see some of the qualities of them. Lot more to come

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I am skipping some conversation because it is about my sizing on our site so not important here we both run 900 pixels so for folks making files it will work on both sites easily

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Let's see a 50 Summarit and a 50 lux

Summarit first

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Pretty darn good . Both at 5.6

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This was from Kurt Kamba

Thanks for posting these, Guy. Definitely a bit of a different signature look to the images. Not a bad thing at all, just different yet still Leica. Reminds me of how the 28-90R zoom looked. It's almost like there is a bit of grittiness in the look. I'm thinking that it might be great to have a 75 or 90 to use as a light lens to carry around in a small kit.

Kurt

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Just casual viewing it seems a little more gritty Kurt like you said. There sharp so that is not a issue. The 90mm is a touch stiff to focus and a little tough to stick it. i missed several but brand new lens and it just needs to wear in. Nothing new there most lenses are like that especially the longer ones. We have to remember the early light too which not WB will look warm. But that's okay i still have a lot to do , nice to just go shoot them and get a feel for them. Travel no question they fit that bill perfect. The 35 is actually a fraction bigger than my Version IV cron. When there this small how much can you complain about that. LOL

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From Jack Flesher

Quote:
Originally Posted by KurtKamka
I'm thinking that it might be great to have a 75 or 90 to use as a light lens to carry around in a small kit.

Kurt
Took the words right off my keyboard Kurt! I'm thinking a tiny 90 at only 1/2 stop slower and about 1/2 the size(!) of my Cron AA would be very cool for a travel lens.
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Jack

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Filter size difference is 46 vs 55 so the barrel is thinner and it is shorter. i will set up the studio and compare the size folks , just ran out of time today. Went from 7:30 to 3 pm on this job. Good night rest after two weeks of hell work , i will be swinging again

Just wish i was in a nice location to shoot these. Like Moab. Announcements coming next week on that BTW. LOL

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From Robert . i am sure quoting the folks i have will have no issues with my post if so i will delete

From Robert

Quote:
Originally Posted by Guy Mancuso
Let's see a 50 Summarit and a 50 lux
am still not sure about the colour/contrast of the Summarits compared to the APO or ASPH lenses of the same range. From looking at Guy's puctures, the lenses are certainly sharp, but are still missing something. They have the look of the older lenses, color/contrast wise, but do not have the smooth colour and high contrast of the APO/ASPH equivalents.

For example , in the 50mm sample Guy posted the grass and the colours are better on the 50mm Lux shot.

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Robert i have a feeling these lenses are more Cron feeling than Lux feeling. i have a couple compares to put up today, just a few for now but that is something i want to see also is how do they look against the Lux lenses and the soft feel of the 35 mm version IV.

Now if i can talk little Jack into being my model today , we may have something. 10 dollars , movie and popcorn may do the trick.

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Here is another 50mm summarit than i will load three from my lenses after L9996808.jpg

Now these are from my Leica Cron Version IV[ATTACH]L9996799.jpg

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Than the 90 apo

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Okay sorry if that took some time . i am done at the moment and have caught up so please post at will here. There is another conversation on the Summarits but it is not a test so you folks can read it if you want. If Andreas wants i can certainly do my copy paste trick again but here is a link in case you see the value
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The Summarits are here!!!!! - The GetDPI Workshop Forums

Now if you want to reply on the Getdpi forum you do have to register(it's Free) but you can certainly view as much as you want , we set it up for complete viewing of the site. If i may add one more thing which i DO NOT want folks to do is not quit the LUF or anything like that . We all want you to be members here and not leave. We are not trying to steal members, far from it . We don't want 26000 people. LOL This is all about sharing our resources and being part of something bigger than all of us the Photo community at large and i truly believe this is the best for all. Enjoy the day

I will continue to keep posting as i keep testing these lenses out on both sites