lars_bergquist Posted November 28, 2010 Share #1 Posted November 28, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Summilux-M 1:1.4/35mm ASPH v.2 -- wide open, handheld at 1/45, ISO1000 and AWB gave me just the right firelight ambience. An unposed grab shot but with manual exposure; no kind of auto exposure would have preserved the atmosphere. This lens is just right for the job. It handles extreme contrast well but without harshness. This is an instant classic. The old man from the Tri-X Age 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/137992-a-lens-to-love/?do=findComment&comment=1515572'>More sharing options...
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andym911 Posted November 28, 2010 Share #2 Posted November 28, 2010 lars indeed...one that I own and keep coming back to...often switch between this and the V4 Cron depending on nothing else than my mood. Nice andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted November 28, 2010 Share #3 Posted November 28, 2010 Nice photo, but in this instance I will credit the photographer and his experience rather than the lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfx Posted November 28, 2010 Share #4 Posted November 28, 2010 Masterful, Lars. I've been reluctant to go above ISO 640 with this and other Leica glass, but you've given me something to think about. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted November 28, 2010 Share #5 Posted November 28, 2010 Tempting indeed. Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaBraz Posted November 28, 2010 Share #6 Posted November 28, 2010 An excellent photograph, handled masterfully. I now really believe you are the old man. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi4 Posted November 28, 2010 Share #7 Posted November 28, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lars, Your hand has never lost its skill. That lens has certainly fallen into the right hands. Your other candlelight picture was also beautiful and I admire the way you are able to make such pictures in such a way that they are fresh and new, even to this old man from the age of Kodak super XX Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aymoon Posted November 28, 2010 Share #8 Posted November 28, 2010 I too love this lens... as well as your photographs. They are all something to cherish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted November 28, 2010 Share #9 Posted November 28, 2010 beautifully executed while I am certain that lens is a honey, I think the photographer deserves a great deal of credit for knowing how to get the best from his equipment sweet light captured Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted November 28, 2010 Share #10 Posted November 28, 2010 Hi Lars, Would you mind sharing what post processing you did to this image? I'm assuming this is not straight from the camera ... Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share #11 Posted November 29, 2010 Hi Lars, Would you mind sharing what post processing you did to this image? I'm assuming this is not straight from the camera ... Cheers John Post processing? None. This is an in-camera JPG. Except for slight cropping, this file is in a pristine state. Here is a further crop to show that even mid-tones are still smooth. But for colour, 1000 is my personal maximum. The picture, by the way, was taken this last Sunday in a farm house at the Stockholm open-air museum Skansen. The Tri-X man 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/137992-a-lens-to-love/?do=findComment&comment=1516184'>More sharing options...
doug_m Posted November 29, 2010 Share #12 Posted November 29, 2010 NIce photo. I too think the FLE 35 lux is a great lens with the M9. The bokeh may not be quite as great as the 50 lux but this new 35 lux my be the most versatile m lens available. With the M9 sensor one can either use the FF image or do significant cropping- and the 35 lux handles it all very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted November 29, 2010 Share #13 Posted November 29, 2010 Fabulous photo, Lars! Equipment can help, but it's the eye and the experience......! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishkra Posted November 29, 2010 Share #14 Posted November 29, 2010 Masterful, Lars. I've been reluctant to go above ISO 640 with this and other Leica glass, but you've given me something to think about.Rich why not to go 1250 ISO?...you just can get amazing results post producing with LR3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted November 29, 2010 Share #15 Posted November 29, 2010 Post processing? None. This is an in-camera JPG. Except for slight cropping, this file is in a pristine state. Here is a further crop to show that even mid-tones are still smooth. But for colour, 1000 is my personal maximum. The picture, by the way, was taken this last Sunday in a farm house at the Stockholm open-air museum Skansen. The Tri-X man Lars if your not using Lightroom 3.x I suggest you give it a try. With older M8 files where I used 1250 ISO I could not use those files in color. Now with LR3.x I can. You are right about manual exposure in these types of images, auto just wouldn't make it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaBraz Posted November 29, 2010 Share #16 Posted November 29, 2010 "The picture, by the way, was taken this last Sunday in a farm house at the Stockholm open-air museum Skansen." Disappointed. To justify the traditional "old man" signature I had guessed this was taken at home. But still a great photograph. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
57andrew Posted November 29, 2010 Share #17 Posted November 29, 2010 Beautiful, Lars. I guessed it was not contemporary. Best Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share #18 Posted November 29, 2010 why not to go 1250 ISO?...you just can get amazing results post producing with LR3 I cut my photographic teeth on c. ASA80 black and white, and on Kodachrome. No post-processing there ... you had damn well get it right. Now I have superb f:1.4 and f:2 lenses, fully useable wide open which super-speed lenses were not in the old days -- and I can go up to ISO1000 and get decent quality. It's like a Roman orgy. And I like taking pictures better than working them over in my Mac. Here's a confession: I do not shoot RAW. Why bother when I can get quality like this without the bother? As J.P. Morgan said when his bank lawyers had cooked up a really mind-boggling deal: "Why make it legal when it's so beautiful as it is?" The obstreperous old fart from the Kodachrome I Age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share #19 Posted November 30, 2010 Deafening silence. Am I now beyound the pale -- one of the Great Unwashed? The obstreperous old fart fron the Kodachrome Age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matlep Posted November 30, 2010 Share #20 Posted November 30, 2010 Deafening silence. Am I now beyound the pale -- one of the Great Unwashed? The obstreperous old fart fron the Kodachrome Age Lars, by confessing Jpeg usage you are now considered pariah. (Just kidding of course!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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