M8 and Old Glass

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Milan Alram by aka careca2012, on Flickr

 

Canon 50 1.2 LTM

[WestMichigan]

Jmanvielle,

with that man smoking tucked behind his own ciggarette you've wonderfully brought the interesting peculiarities of the 50 f1.2 to bear on a scene emmensely suited for the way the lens uses light.

Kudos.

RW

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Jmanvielle,

with that man smoking tucked behind his own ciggarette you've wonderfully brought the interesting peculiarities of the 50 f1.2 to bear on a scene emmensely suited for the way the lens uses light.

Kudos.

RW

Thanks so much RW,

it is quite inspiring to photograph Milran Alram, a 87 years old and still active photographer and photo pro lab owner !

 

Another recent one with a Summarit 1956 !

 

Milan Alram by aka careca2012, on Flickr

Edited October 25, 2013 by jmanivelle

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Untitled by aka careca2012, on Flickr

 

Hektor 135 4.5 LTM 1954

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Untitled by aka careca2012, on Flickr

 

Hektor 135 4.5 LTM 1954

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1949 50/2 Summitar

 

Roadside Relic by Cris Rose, on Flickr

 

Mirror Mirror by Cris Rose, on Flickr

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IOI by aka careca2012, on Flickr

 

28 Summaron 1956

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Shot with a DR Summicron 1966 on M8

 

Juveny by aka careca2012, on Flickr

 

and with a Canon LTM 85 1.8

 

Yashica ! by aka careca2012, on Flickr

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Brake lights in fortress tunnel

 

 

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M8.2, 'lux 35 preasph. (1986), ISO 2500, f 1.4, 1/60 sec.,

Fortress Marienberg Wuerzburg, Germany, 20. Nov. 2013.

[peterm1_Leica]

I do agree that the M8 works well with old glass. I have recently been experimenting with a Summarit 50 mm f1.5 and believe that the relatively low contrast of older glass perfectly complements the M8 sensor. It renders colour in an almost pastel style, giving a lovely effect to the image.

 

The following shots are nothing really - just test shots using the camera and this lens but they do demonstrate what I am talking about in terms of that pleasant low contrast rendering with pastel colours. The effect is more obvious wide open and by about f4 its rendering is somewhat more modern.

 

 

 

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Iced Waterfall - M8.2, Nikkor PC 2.5 - 105 mm ltm

 

 

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below Nebelhorn, Oberstdorf, Germany

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35 pre asph summilux

 

evening in the City of God by aka careca2012, on Flickr

[Dougg]

I've been enjoying the many fine and interesting photos in this on-going thread!

 

Blizzard in January... I only have used one "old" M lens on my M8, this 35mm Summicron v.1 bought new in 1967

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M8, 35mm Summicron v.1

 

Here we see "tilting" and "windmills"... The roadside memorial is for a young man killed here in a motorcycle crash... Central Washington state. The ridge beyond with the wind turbines is called "Whisky Dick" and must be an energy nexus, as some years earlier there was drilling for oil... Down through more than a mile of hard volcanic basalt!

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Jupiter-3 on M8. The colour is way off, but I still like it.

 

B&W version below

 

[peterm1_Leica]

is even more fascinating IMO than the newest and sharpest...

 

Here a 28/5.6 Summaron on a cold winter morning....

I am convinced that old glass and digital M has something special, very subjective I know.....thoughts anyone?

 

regards

 

Andy

 

 

I agree. I recently bought a 50mm f1.5 Summarit and found that its characteristic low contrast is a perfect match for the M8 (which is not especially good at coping with high contrast images). As a result this motivated me to also start using a 35mm f3.5 Summaron with that camera. No images available to post but I may do so.

[Dougg]

Is it likely that the resolution and other characteristics of the digital sensor display more clearly the character of the lenses?

 

Doug

[gemusan]

M8 + crappy condition Jupiter-8. Got the lens for free. It won't focus at infinity and the aperture ring is looser than the focus ring. I had rock bottom expectations when I threw it on the M8 but it actually turned out better than expected.

 

 

Straight out of the camera. No PP.

 

 

 

 

It's a lot sharper than expected.

 

 

[gemusan]

More Jupiter-8. The bokeh is not bad.

 

 

 

 

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The Jupiter-8 is a low contrast lens. It preserves a lot of tones. The dinosaur was lit entirely by spotlight and the Jupiter-8 handled the extreme contrast decently well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2014 by gemusan
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