Double Negative Posted March 26, 2010 Share #21 Posted March 26, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I use the Leica 46mm UV/IR filter and hand-coded it, with the M8 set to auto-detect. The colors are great, I get no vignetting or cyan drift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dougg Posted March 30, 2010 Share #22 Posted March 30, 2010 The 25mm ZM shows small details very crisply; this is one very sharp lens, and it has nice rendering otherwise too. I had mine coded by DAG with the 24 ASPH code. It works well in conjunction with a 35 or 50mm, but if I were limited to one general-purpose lens it would be the 28 Summicron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blimey Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share #23 Posted March 30, 2010 The 25mm ZM shows small details very crisply; this is one very sharp lens, and it has nice rendering otherwise too. I had mine coded by DAG with the 24 ASPH code. It works well in conjunction with a 35 or 50mm, but if I were limited to one general-purpose lens it would be the 28 Summicron. I think the consensus is that 28mm 'cron is best on the m8/m8.2 because of the crop factor. While others argue that the 35mm 'cron would be the lens. I think 35mm 'cron is future proof in case you move to the full frame m9 in the future. With the longevity of Leica lens, it's safe to say that one day(more like years) I will move to the m9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougg Posted March 31, 2010 Share #24 Posted March 31, 2010 The 28mm Summicron is certainly a winner on the M8, but I got my 28 well before I had one... In fact it was largely in celebration of the great 28mm framelines in my CLE! So that's where I used it most, and it made a fine team with the superb 40mm Rokkor. For a one-lens walkabout I'm very comfortable with an angle of view about 61°.... Right about what the 28 does on the M8, the Pentax 75mm ASPH on my 67II, the 60mm on Fuji 645, and 24mm on Pentax 1.54x dSLR.... likely the same 24/25mm on an R-D1 Epson. But last winter on vacation for a couple weeks with the M8 I took the 25/2.8 ZM and a 50mm Heliar Classic as a bit of a challenge. I ended up using the 50 more than expected, and while both lenses did very well I was wowed by the sheer detail rendered by the 25. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfredo Posted April 5, 2010 Share #25 Posted April 5, 2010 I previously owned the 28mm Summicron ASPH before the advent of the M8, and sold it. I then purchased a 35mm Summicron ASPH and found it more suitable to my uses with film cameras (although the sharpness of the 28 cron was superior). I now wish I had kept the 28 cron. I would have loved that lens on my M8 but I find that the new price is simply too prohibitive - so I won't be purchasing one any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronomaniaque Posted April 10, 2010 Share #26 Posted April 10, 2010 I tried the 28mm on the M8 and id did not suit me. I have both the Zeiss 25mm and the Leica Summicron 35 Asph. Both are amazing lenses, my favorite lenses EVER (and I've tried a lot of lenses in my life). 35mm is my standard lens, but I use the 25mm a lot since the pictures taken with it are so spectacular. My 25mm is coded (Miltch adapter) and triggers the 24mm frame in the viewfinder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottocrat Posted April 10, 2010 Share #27 Posted April 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Back from my first holiday with my M8 and, roughly 800 shutter releases later, I'm a convert to the 28mm Summicron as an always-on lens. With my 15/28/50 set-up, at least 80% of the keepers were shot with the 28. It felt very natural. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickp13 Posted April 10, 2010 Share #28 Posted April 10, 2010 A question, please, from a newbie. Do you Zeiss 25mm owners manually code your lenses for your M8s or have them converted by a third party for 6 bit coding? Or do you just use them uncoded? If you use them uncoded, do you run into the cyan shift problems that some have described when using IR filters? Thanks! Rick my zeiss 25 had a replacement flange from john milich (new york), which allowed coding and brought up the 24mm framelines. greetings from hamburg rick 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! 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/115606-m8-with-zeiss-2825mm/?do=findComment&comment=1290085'>More sharing options...
blimey Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share #29 Posted April 12, 2010 my Zeiss 25mm Biogon purchased (March 2010) from B&H brings up the 24mm frame line without any modification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roanjohn Posted April 12, 2010 Share #30 Posted April 12, 2010 my zeiss 25 had a replacement flange from john milich (new york), which allowed coding and brought up the 24mm framelines. greetings from hamburg rick I think you mean brought up 24 mm on your exif data and fixes the cyan corners when shooting wide open :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougg Posted April 12, 2010 Share #31 Posted April 12, 2010 my Zeiss 25mm Biogon purchased (March 2010) from B&H brings up the 24mm frame line without any modification.Good to hear the general availability of the 25 ZM with the 24/35mm flange, consistent with Leica. I think it was a mistake for Zeiss/Cosina to have gone their own way on this earlier, but it wasn't known then to be a significant issue with the M8. My 25 Biogon ZM had a 28/90 flange when I got it in early 2007. Two years later I sent it to DAG, who machined a 50/75 flange I supplied to be a 24/35 flange, coded it 011001 as a 24 Elmarit ASPH, and swapped it onto the lens. (Mine has a screw head at the 5th coding dot position, but I've heard Zeiss has changed the screw position on newer production.) The coding and the flange together tell the camera what lens it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted April 12, 2010 Share #32 Posted April 12, 2010 I too have the zeiss with the milich adaptor which was fine on the M8 but when used on the M9 (which who knows you may get one day) I find it works better when coded as a 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoslate Posted April 13, 2010 Share #33 Posted April 13, 2010 my Zeiss 25mm Biogon purchased (March 2010) from B&H brings up the 24mm frame line without any modification. Ditto. And I just ordered a DIY 6-bit template so that I can code it with a Sharpie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissah Posted April 20, 2010 Share #34 Posted April 20, 2010 i post my skater shots in the photo/people forum. almost all are done with the 28. at one point i thought of seeling it thinking i would use the 35 more. on an m8, as you all know the 28 is more like a 35. anyway if you look at some of my pics there you can see how that lens performs. best,melissa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanzlr Posted May 17, 2010 Share #35 Posted May 17, 2010 hi all! I sold my D700 + lenses yesterday. otoday I picked up my "new" slightly beaten up M8, a new 25 biogon and a 75mm heliar. should serve me well I think! What a different world this RF thing is, but I enjoy it! congrats to the OP for making the move and working on his skills! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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