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I suspect the graffiti artist may have the words on the second line in the wrong order. Wilson

very fast, 8K and 36MP

Da gebe ich Dir recht. Etwas Luft sollte schon noch dazwischen sein - von daher ist es auch gut das "der rote Punkt" nicht nur Festbrennweiten - sondern auch Varios im Programm hat, da kann man je nach Gemütslage etwas nachjustieren. Gut dazu passt, dass ich gestern mit meiner "Neuerwerbung" Bretter aufgenommen habe. Was nicht gut dazu passt ist, dass sie gelb waren. Aber man kann icht alles haben ...

Two question regarding SL3 grip: 1. If you use older batteries mixed up, one new, one old, does it give every single time this very important notification about SCL4 battery? 2. Is the bottom similar to body, can you use L-bracket with this grip?

more like a week, but didn't post it when i first saw it

Contax T3 with Primera Color 200 expired in 2005

Notre Dame de Lorette, the French National war cemetery near Lens Q3, cropped to X-PAN

You beat Leica Rumours by one day!

Some additional thoughts on this lens. 1. I find the electronic VF2 to be essential when working close focus. Trying to frame and focus with the rear screen just doesn't do it! 2. I continue to take pleasure in the additional flexibility and quality the lens offers. Further examples below:

Regarding the 65mm Elmar: this lens was developed to give Visoflex 2 users the option to have a lens that focusses from 33cm to infinity with the shortest possible focal length. The lens was especially developed to give a good performance over a wide distance range, but on the Visoflex only.

Leaving the church M 10 Zeiss 35 mm 2.8

Toads - SL2 and Sigma 100-400

Toads - SL2 and Sigma 100-400

Which is why the S5ii(X) has fan cooling, something which would make an SL3-S quite attractive to video users.

Chinese lenses obey the same laws of economics as any others. To sell at the prices they do (even subsidised perhaps) they have to design, build and assemble as cheaply as possible. Which means simplifying everything and putting the lenses together as quickly as possible. I am told, by someone who desgins lenses for a living, that Quality Control is key to making consistently high performing lenses and QC is expensive as it is time consuming and requires skilled technicians to carry it out and make adjustment. My experience mirrors Al Browns (#26) in that I had a decentred Chinese made lens which I sent to a very well known Leica repairer who told me that nothing could be done to adjust it and that the internals, whilst made of brass and aluminium were not particularly well made and offered no way of adjusting anything. So I figured that in essence you get what you pay for and getting a good and very cheap lens is going to be very hit and miss. Interestingly, many of the more expensive Chinese lenses seem to have a far better reputation and whilst not as expensive as EU bulit lenses, there are hardly 'cheap'. The reality of lens production is that it is costly to produce consistent high quality.

Da nang, Vietnam

13th century Saint Martin Chuch in Veules les Roses, Normandy M10R - Summilux 35mm FLE @ 1.4

I'm sure that I have seen a Nikon lens adapted for Leica R - the 35mm shift lens. So whilst it is technically feasible (on some lenses anyway)it would involve considerable machining and modification and is irreversable. As it would be very expensive to get done (assuming someone would take such a conversion on) I doubt that it would be of any interest to anyone to have a Nikon lens modified to Leica R today.

M10R -Summicron 35mm v4

M10R - Summilux 50mm Asph

I like to "work" on the photographs of my wife and my own in lightroom. Then some images go onto Smugmug Website which I use as a Plugin in Lightroom. This makes it very easy to work with as Lightroom and Smugmug are just one. Over a few days after having made the images public I normally rework the images again and again as we think that this or that is still not right. . .

M10R - Summicron 35mm v4

@yukosteel Thanks for the picture, it starts to look good and very minimal. I can understand that it is a hassle to unscrew it for removal. One afterthought... Maybe the bolt you designed does not have to have a screw thread, instead could be pushed in and pulled out. With some experimenting it could be possible to design one that fits snugly enough to keep the cover in place and allows for removing it without unscrewing it. Maybe something shaped similar to this would work. Maybe it could even be printed in one go with the bottom plate. FYI : I found this one here