Test your eye for Leica lens "fingerprint" II

[sandro]

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Since I was close last time I give you a new picture. Tomorrow night I'll tell you which lens it is...

Lex

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[adan]

I'll roll the dice and say a 50 - probably the f/1.4 ASPH.

[sandro]

Great to get things rolling, Andy!

[farnz]

(If the shot isn't cropped) the 75 APO-Summicron asph?

 

Pete.

[sandro]

At this moment I can only say there was no cropping or any other rendering. This is how the picture is.

[glenerrolrd]

I think Peter got it. 75cron. but the 75 cron and 50 asph have similar designs and fingerprints.

[tdtaylor]

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Pretty tight, assuming no crop. Nice boken, I would guess 90 AA, but if wide open, this close, DOF would be less. Need a few more clues for us feeble minded- wide open? cropped??

 

Have to admit I love this .

[Jeff S]

Well, I'm guessing it's one of your 16 lenses...with one of your 7 film M's, and scanned. (Perhaps a 90 something or other)

 

Jeff

[wilfredo]

Who know's? I can't tell, it looks like something I could get from my 50mm Hexanon but that's not a Leica lens.

[sandro]

Terry, the photo isn't cropped, it wasn't wide-open.

Lex

[luigi bertolotti]

90... I'd say a Summicron.

[fotofoto]

Stopped down it does not look like an asph lens imo.

Summilux 1.4/75mm @ f4 or f5.6?

[jonoslack]

Sharp - nice bokeh - longer - my first instinct was the 75 'cron . . . but more thought has led me to the humble 90 f2.8 elmarit (last version).

FWIW:)

[sandro]

Ok then, this is it: Elmar 3.5/65 (older chrome version) on Visoflex III on MDa. I think the results are interesting in that it isn't easy to decide what focal length it was, both 50 and 75 mm were mentioned. Stopped it was, which perhaps gave an indication that is is an older, pre-aspherical lens.

I enjoyed reading your reactions and it was very interesting, hope you enjoyed it soo.

Lex

[wilfredo]

I wonder how many of us could identify a photograph taken with a Leica lens and one taken with a non Leica lens? I think a lot of us feel we can tell the difference but I wonder about that especially if both are photos taken with high quality lenses?

[sandro]

Yes Alfredo, I understand what you mean. But I think the limitation for now to stick to Leica lenses helps us, otherwise the world is open and we can never get close to an answer. I think it is interesting because it helps to understand certain things. Like I hope some of those who thought about 75 and aspherical will explain why they thought of those.

Lex

[XK50]

I think those shadows tell me it's a 50mm f2 Summitar from the early '50s

[sandro]

I think those shadows tell me it's a 50mm f2 Summitar from the early '50s

 

Very close, but I gave the answer already. Interesting that you mention the shadows as something that helps you in ginving the lens a date. My Elmar 65 mm is from 1968.

[adan]

Funny - I spent 3 years in my first job using that exact combination on a copy stand. But I guess shooting flat objects doesn't give one a feel for 3d rendering and bokeh and such.

 

As to my guess (50 ASPH): The "perspective" looks longish, but not too long (too much DoF for that subject/background relationship for a 75 or 90, I thought). Looked like very round aperture by the blur circles, so I figured wide-open, yet it's sharp and contrasty.

 

With no format mentioned, I came down for the 50 ASPH on an M8, which is of course an effective "67-70mm." So I guess I was subconciously on the money for focal length, just didn't think of the REAL 65mm and didn't mention my M8 assumption (so can't take credit).

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[sandro]

Andy, thanks for your explication. It was for the reason you mentioned that I tried the Elmar for portrait, since most people use it for macro and such, which gives us no idea of how it would show in other situations. I am rather pleased with the performance. I have my slides and negatives developed and scanned in a professional laboratory. And I forgot to mention earlier that this was on Kodak Elitechrome 100.

Not sure to decide who's closest to wining, to deliver a new picture.

Lex