helged Posted July 11, 2016 Share #21 Posted July 11, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Agree! The 75Lux is the most painterly of the lenses I know about - in the league with R-80 Lux (essentially similar lenses, I believe). Even more interesting, M-75Lux has a dualistic nature: Smooth and dreamy with a special colour palette wide open, bitingly sharp and with more modern colors at f5.6... Sorry for deviating the content of the thread, back to the 90APO! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mls1483 Posted July 11, 2016 Share #22 Posted July 11, 2016 helged ist right. Open at f/2.0 or stopped down to f/2.8 does make a difference. This is my personal experience from numerous pictures, but it can also be seen in the MTF. On the other hand, sharpness is relative. All those who state that their AA90 is very sharp wide open are right. In fact, for portraits a more forgiving lens is often preferred, because the human skin is never perfect. Sometimes we like pictures because we see only those things we want to see. For portraits we sometimes wish a veil. Nevertheless, compared to other lenses the AA90 is extremely sharp, regardless of the aperture. Beware that also contrast matters. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandelbrot Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #23 Posted July 11, 2016 I'm an happy owner of a 75lux. In fact my other question is if it's worth to have both 75lux and 90AA cron. ... Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest )-( Posted July 12, 2016 Share #24 Posted July 12, 2016 I think the 75 Lux and 90AA are so very different from each other, that there is space for both (in your home, I don't know about your bank balance ) I take the 75 Lux for people places, I far prefer it for human scale photography. I take the 90 APO for a 'walk in the woods', for landscapes and for nature (with the small benefit 90mm brings) and for the more vivid colours. I wouldn't take both out with me but they make a great pair for telephoto options. I find the AA strikingly different to the 90 Elmarit-M, a much more Mandler-like lens in how it presents colours and it's performance nearer wide open etc. The 90AA is ultra-crisp and vivid right from wide open, a real bleeding edge of performance. I don't generally like that outcome with people shots or on film so much. 21SEM, 35FLE, 50/75/90/135APO, these all seem cut from the same cloth to me. It seems like a good enough excuse for a few 90AA shots anyway M9, Magpie M9, Rainbow Lorikeet A7r, Dantes View, Death Valley (crop from) A7r, Sedona M9, Sydney M9, Sydney 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuddy Posted July 12, 2016 Share #25 Posted July 12, 2016 one of the best leica lens Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/262414-leica-summicron-m-apo-90mm-asph/?do=findComment&comment=3077403'>More sharing options...
yuddy Posted July 12, 2016 Share #26 Posted July 12, 2016 nice bokeh Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/262414-leica-summicron-m-apo-90mm-asph/?do=findComment&comment=3077405'>More sharing options...
otto.f Posted July 12, 2016 Share #27 Posted July 12, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm an happy owner of a 75lux. In fact my other question is if it's worth to have both 75lux and 90AA cron. ... Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk Yes certainly because they do draw differently. Of course this is all luxury talking and assuming there is no money problem. I have a slight preference, for instance in theatre, for the 75lux for B&W and my AA90 for color 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phongph Posted July 25, 2016 Share #28 Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Hi All! Please advice the price of Summicron 90 AA (grand new and second hand) in Usd? Thanks! Edited July 25, 2016 by phongph Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spydrxx Posted July 25, 2016 Share #29 Posted July 25, 2016 Check dealers such as Tamarkin for prices. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted July 25, 2016 Share #30 Posted July 25, 2016 Titanium version weight 660g. BTW, similar "Weight" error occured in E. Puts, Leica Compendium, ed. 2011, p. 485, 487. Summarit 75 f/2.5 weight 345g, not 430g. AA 75 weight 430g, not 345g. Sorry for OT. Titanium does not weigh so much? I think you mean the brass AA90 with the titanium finish. It feels like it weighs like a brick. I had it for a week and then I sold it for € 1000,- to Theo de Wit. Never seen one since a little to my regrets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otho Posted July 25, 2016 Share #31 Posted July 25, 2016 Of course, I mean brass with titanium finish, limited edition of 500, like this: http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M6/M6TTL-Titanium/index.htm Titan is a lightweight metal... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted July 28, 2016 Share #32 Posted July 28, 2016 Mine arrived a couple of days ago. I don´t find it more difficult to focus wide open than my other Leica lenses ( 50 APO and summilux 35 FLE). I´m really blown away by the IQ and the rendering of this lens. So far I have been shooting portraits and close-up . Very happy with the results. For my taste is a bit too heavy and I miss a focusing tab. But the images coming from this lens are truly astonishing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted July 28, 2016 Share #33 Posted July 28, 2016 Yes, Titanium is plated over BRASS. That's why it has the red scale. Titanium or Black Paint version are extremely nice to hold and use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted July 28, 2016 Share #34 Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) you find it soft at f2 ?? mine is razor sharp..i almost always shoot only at f2. Mine is sharp at f/2, but DOF is so thin that at f/2 I need either a very high shutter speed or a monopod. A tripod is better still at f/2 with a shutter speed slower than 1/500. I have no problems shooting with my 50/1.0 Noctilux wide open, which seems to indicate that the DOF of the 90/2 APO is even more shallow than the 50/1.0 is when both are at maximum aperture. Edited July 28, 2016 by Carlos Danger 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpwhite Posted July 29, 2016 Share #35 Posted July 29, 2016 Mine is sharp at f/2, but DOF is so thin that at f/2 I need either a very high shutter speed or a monopod. A tripod is better still at f/2 with a shutter speed slower than 1/500. I have no problems shooting with my 50/1.0 Noctilux wide open, which seems to indicate that the DOF of the 90/2 APO is even more shallow than the 50/1.0 is when both are at maximum aperture. Theoretically, the 90mm is not quite 2x from 50mm in terms of optical design (1.4 x 1.4), so the DOF should be slightly thicker with the two stops slower APO Summicron. But it is likely that neither lens is precisely the rated focal length or maximum aperture, so we will need the comment of one of our technical specialist members on the forum to give us a solid answer. FWIW, I can focus my bitingly sharp APO 90 at f/2 with a higher hit rate (i.e., precise on target) than my 50/1. Both lenses are well calibrated to my M's, so I believe it is me and not the lenses that makes mistakes. When I pay close attention to technique, both lenses work very well at maximum aperture, which is where I feel each of them delivers its unique and extraordinary signature/ I have tried more than one APO 90, and there is pretty obvious sample variation. I don't know if APO 90 variation is as great as it plainly is for the Summicron-M 28mm ASPH, but it does seem worth searching out a good one. My APO 90 is a 2003 vintage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramesh Posted July 31, 2016 Share #36 Posted July 31, 2016 Here is a low res scan of a picture of the Sydney Harbour shot with the 90mm APO. I did not have a tripod on hand, so I shot with the camera on a ledge with the hands holding the camera to ensure that the camera doesn't tip over into the bottom of the harbour :-) Ramesh Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/262414-leica-summicron-m-apo-90mm-asph/?do=findComment&comment=3088146'>More sharing options...
phongph Posted January 10, 2017 Share #37 Posted January 10, 2017 Hi! Please post more picture of Apo 90 f2. I intend to get Apo M or SL 90 to shoot with my SL 601 for portrait! Have a nice day! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted January 10, 2017 Share #38 Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) ok, here is an assortment of APO 90 with M9... I don't think I have any portraits with the 90, I prefer the 75Lux for those. Edited January 10, 2017 by ianman 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted January 10, 2017 Share #39 Posted January 10, 2017 As both Summilux 75 and Summicron 90 AA are being mentioned lets see the difference, first is 75mm at max F stop a bit out of focus on the eye. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/262414-leica-summicron-m-apo-90mm-asph/?do=findComment&comment=3182985'>More sharing options...
anickpick Posted January 10, 2017 Share #40 Posted January 10, 2017 The 90mm Apo is a superb lens, is perfectly shap across the whole Frame from about 1.8m till infinity. It has beautiful bokeh and colors. However, image quality suffers wide open at closer focus distances (1m - 1.80 m). I tend to grab the 75mm Apo more often. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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