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Samples of the 50mm ASPH Summilux at 1.4 with M9 please?


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Hi folks,

can you do me a favour and post or link your shots with the M9 and the 50mm ASPH Summilux shot at max. aperture 1.4?

I am curious to see the DOF and "soul" of the 50mm Sumilux at the M9 (compared to the crop-factor of the M8.x).

Thanks a lot in advance!

Oliver

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Hi folks,

can you do me a favour and post or link your shots with the M9 and the 50mm ASPH Summilux shot at max. aperture 1.4?

I am curious to see the DOF and "soul" of the 50mm Sumilux at the M9 (compared to the crop-factor of the M8.x).

Thanks a lot in advance!

Oliver

 

Oliver,

 

I have several wide-open shots from the 50 Lux ASPH on my M9 review.

 

David Farkas Photography Blog: Leica M9 Review: Shooting in Wetzlar, Germany

 

David

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A couple of examples - the exif gives either 1 or 1.5 in Lightroom - so it must have been close to fully open ;)

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Nice pix from Chris!

 

But it's hard to understand what you'll compare:

 

1. Pix @ 72 ppi on a monitor can't show much about lens performance, besides a look at bokeh.

 

2. The comparison to M8 is that you'd see the center 3/4 of any of Chris' images. The DOF & 'soul' of a lens won't vary with crop factor, even in a mystical way.

 

Are you concerned about corner sharpness? Vignetting?

 

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In my experience the big different between the 50 on the M8 and the 50 on the M9 is that on the cropped camera I hardly used this focal length - but on full frame its a close battle between the 50 and the 35 for which gets used most. It's always been a great lens - but it only works for me on a full frame body.

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Rather 3-D. A magic combination.

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I assume is not so easy to focus spot on @1.4?

 

Again - many photos have central composition. Because very shallow DOF? In fact recomposing witch such shallow DOF can cause goint to OOF zone. Maybe it is not so visible on such small pictures, but probably more on bigger prints. Isn't it?

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Just shot with a newly acquired 50 lux... I love this lens.

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Here are three

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Actually this image was taken with the M8.2. I was testing for subject/background separation. I still don't understand the DOF issue with the 1.3 crop. It should be that the DOF is shallower on the M8 because the focal length is longer but some say that the DOF on the M9 is shallower. I'd love to hear which is true.

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My all time fav lens. Did not use i nearly as much with my M8....but stays on my M9 most of the time. And yes, has plenty of soul;)

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My compliments to all of the photographers who have posted work so far -- lovely examples of what this lens can do. And more than that, a reminder of why we are part of the Leica community. Makes me very happy!

 

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Actually this image was taken with the M8.2. I was testing for subject/background separation. I still don't understand the DOF issue with the 1.3 crop. It should be that the DOF is shallower on the M8 because the focal length is longer but some say that the DOF on the M9 is shallower. I'd love to hear which is true.

The larger the sensor the more shallow the DOF when using the same field of view.

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Actually this image was taken with the M8.2. I was testing for subject/background separation. I still don't understand the DOF issue with the 1.3 crop. It should be that the DOF is shallower on the M8 because the focal length is longer but some say that the DOF on the M9 is shallower. I'd love to hear which is true.

 

 

To get the same picture, framing and field of view -wise, you have to move a little closer with the M9/50mm compared to the M8/50mm. And the more you're getting closer to the subjet the shallower gets the DOF (with both the same f-stop).

 

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