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+1 for the usefulness of the loupe. I do not wait until my images are spoiled by dust. Instead, I use the loupe to preemptively blow the dust away. I prefer this model: link.
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APO-SUMMICRON-M 1:2/35MM ASPH. images
don daniel replied to TheGodParticle/Hari's topic in Leica M Lenses
The image with the organ: Here I’m certain I shot it wide open. The image of the nave: Here I stopped down, to 2.8 or 4, I don’t remember exactly. And as we know, the EXIFs may be wrong. -
Never had a black body apart the old CL.... 😆 and without IBIS... hum, I tend towards "won't buy..."
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Here's a crop of an M9 file (left) with a M10-R one, taken at the same time with the same exp settings and lens For me (OMMV) the far smaller DR of the M9 compared with the more modern CMOS cameras means that on the M9 image the brighter parts shine more (but clip sooner) and this gives the M9 it's look which, in some images at least, gives a lovely '3D' tonality I suspect CCD has far less to do with it than it does 9 stop (or whatever) FF sensor But who cares, there's some M9 pictures that are simply glorious and it's not a look that other cameras can replicate (I don't claim this pic as an example of that!)
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Thanks for the appreciation 🙂... me too cannot find that old thread... but my final opinion is that is someway vain to establish a definite scale of "versions"... how can we assess what is a version or a variant ? Just for example, the SM Summicron was made in 1) Collapsible mount 2) Rigid mount, single distance scale 3) Rigid mount, dual distance scale ... and for BM the plot is a lot more complicated (blacks, knurling, DR... 🤔)... btw it existed and was made in numbers, also the SM in Compur version... 😉 If we could agree that VERSION means a specific optical design (apart coating, which could evolve...) , in this sense we surely have : 1) TWO 7 elements designs one for collapsible(SM and BM, I think identical) , one for rigid (SM and BM, also identical... Leitz did provide a SM mount for owners of a BM rigid) : we can call those two design as SOOIC and SOSTA (or SOOIC and SOSIC, just to make things simpler 🤔); the last design was used also for the Dual Range... 2) First 6 elements design (1969 ?) which can be identified as 11817 3) Second 6 elements design (1979) which can be identified as 11819 AFAIK in optical terms this is still the current design of the non apo Summicron... made in several different mounts and finishings (also in the SM "limited" version... also in the oldstyle "50 years Summicron" edition...) What I do not know by sure is if the first 6 elements has the lens unit unscrewable from mount (forBellows+Visoflex usage) ; the second surely not.
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Trennhüpfer started following Barnack's Monthly for October 2025 is Something beginning with C.
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for exact the same reason i switched from the m10r to the q3 28 last year and i dont regret it. Making the decission was the most difficult part of the switch but is was totally compensated bij the comfort and quality i got after. i am a '28 mm shooter' and on the m it was almost impossible to overview the whole field. Above 40 mp ibs is a must have zo with the q my 'hit rate'increased dramaticly . the only thing i miss is the DOF of the summilux 50 and de summilux 75 ( old model), so if tey integrate EVF and IBS in the next m we will see if a new switch is still an option.
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quite an old one which I'm sure I've shared but I couldn't see it in my flickr stream... summarit 35 (long gone now) and M9P (still with me)
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I bought my AB some years ago now, but with it I bought an illuminated loupe (like this but without the case and filter), which shows all the dust and marks I can't see with the naked eye. Very handy for the rare deep cleaning sessions.
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The Arctic butterfly comes with a built-in flashlight so that you can see in the dark chamber and avoid touching the edges. You can also operate it with one hand. The AAA batteries last a long time, but your solution works as well.
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Yes and 5.76 megapixel EVF instead of mega-dots....
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Is an M11 in low light working for a spoiled Q3 photographer?
Derbyshire Man replied to Alexander108's topic in Leica M11
I’ve got a CV 90mm. I’ve recently come to the conclusion however that with a 50mm summilux and a 60MP sensor it’s easier to leave the lens at home and crop in post! That way I can bring something genuinely useful instead like my 21SEM and or something for character like the 35mm pre-asph or Rokkor 40mm f2, or even CV21 f1.4/summilux 24mm f1.4 which are bonkers! -
Gestern Abend habe auch ich unter der ein wenig kryptischen Verheißung "You belong here" eine Einladung für den 23.10. bekommen. In dieser findet sich unter anderem folgende Stilblüte: "Erleben Sie mit uns, wie Präzision und Kreativität auf einzigartige Weise zusammenfinden und wo das Gefühl des Dazugehörens spürbar wird." Also ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, ob ich mit wildfremden Leuten erleben will, wo bei mir Gefühle spürbar werden. Und sei es auch nur im großen Zeh oder im Portmonaie... Hoffen wir mal, dass Leicas vorzustellendes Produkt ein wenig sorgfältiger gearbeitet sein wird als das Deutsch seiner Ankündigung.
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I do that with a normal sensor brush an a Giotto rocket blower. My batteries last longer😂
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I don’t rate the visoflex 2 much either, without mag it’s hard to focus accurately and I find mag really distracting and buzzkilling. For some reason the EVF on my Canon R5mk2 is easier to focus but my guess is the 9mp Sony one would be best (I’ve never used it). To give yourself the best chance with visoflex/Q3 evf I’d recommend shooting in black and white high contrast, focus peaking red, lowest sensitivity. When the light and contrast is too low for me on an M (eye lashes with no contrast are a struggle!) the Q3 with AF does a better job than me with focus peaking and it’s the primary reason I have it, secondary one handed in bad weather.
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A Phil Chapman special? Wilson
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Yes: the motor gives it a high frequency 'shake', which charges it with static. You then stroke the charged brush across the sensor once or twice. It seems to work!
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