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New meets old (LTM lenses, NEXC3)


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Thanks Gunnar, both interesting... and... :) update your avatar, so we both have delicious daughters on the Net, taken with an old Elmar 9...

I was this mornong in a shop with a Nex C3 on the shelf... ;)... but prefer to wait for the "first flood" of Nex 7 pics-with-Leitz-lenses, which someday surely will appear...

 

Hi Luigi, maybe I should change the avatar but I like the old one too, shot with a vintage Leica as well but maybe not the 9cm Elmar... :)

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Two more, enjoying this. :)

 

1. Old 28 Elmarit, version 2

2. Earliest version of Summilux 50

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The red in the Summaron-M 35/2.8 photo shows the same problem I struggle with in a 75mm Summilux on an M7. Way over saturated. Blown away. Sensor issues.

 

On my screen, the red looks very natural, not oversaturated at all, rather somewhat undersaturated, and I tend to get the same results with that lens on film, too.

 

Andy

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Hello Luigi,

 

I do remember the f-stop, right between 1.4 and 2.

 

Regards,

 

:p I compliment myself :p (I swear I thought "no... is not f1,4... but I'd say neither is f2..") ... well, if happens that for Christmas I present myself a Nex I'll say the dealer "ok, you are surely a good salesman, but tell Sony that the REAL salesman in this specific case was a Swedish one..." :D

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:p I compliment myself :p (I swear I thought "no... is not f1,4... but I'd say neither is f2..") ... well, if happens that for Christmas I present myself a Nex I'll say the dealer "ok, you are surely a good salesman, but tell Sony that the REAL salesman in this specific case was a Swedish one..." :D

Luigi, from now to Christmas what will be the model you plan to get ?

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:p I compliment myself :p (I swear I thought "no... is not f1,4... but I'd say neither is f2..") ... well, if happens that for Christmas I present myself a Nex I'll say the dealer "ok, you are surely a good salesman, but tell Sony that the REAL salesman in this specific case was a Swedish one..." :D

 

 

Good eye Luigi!

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Apart from the interest here in the use of our older Leica lenses on a small digital body with very good image quality, there's a corresponding interest among NEX owners in the use of these same lenses on the three second-generation NEX bodies.

 

But there's something that has, to my knowledge, not been mentioned anywhere: Using a lens with manual focus and diaphragm, is it necessary to focus at full aperture, for maximum accuracy, and then stop down? This would slow things down considerably. Otherwise, the combination of new body/old lens looks very interesting.

 

David

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According to Gunnar, opening wide the lens is not an absolute need... LCD illumination compensates for light loss due to stopping down: obviously, to a certain extent... but the more you close, the less critical is a nailed focusing.

 

That's exactly my point, Luigi. The camera compensates for the lowered illumination, but focusing at f/8 (or whatever is chosen) can be difficult. Maybe Gunnar can tell us what technique he has adopted?

 

David

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According to Gunnar, opening wide the lens is not an absolute need... LCD illumination compensates for light loss due to stopping down: obviously, to a certain extent... but the more you close, the less critical is a nailed focusing.

 

Yes, because of increased depth of field and focus, the effect is very visible on my G1, much more accurate at full aperture.

 

Gerry

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That's exactly my point, Luigi. The camera compensates for the lowered illumination, but focusing at f/8 (or whatever is chosen) can be difficult. Maybe Gunnar can tell us what technique he has adopted?

 

David

 

Hello David, you are absolutely right. I mostly focus wide open and then stop down.

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But there's something that has, to my knowledge, not been mentioned anywhere: Using a lens with manual focus and diaphragm, is it necessary to focus at full aperture, for maximum accuracy, and then stop down? This would slow things down considerably. Otherwise, the combination of new body/old lens looks very interesting.

 

David

 

This shouldn't be such an issue, NEX kit zoom lenses are slow f5.6 so if you want to use fast M or R lens there are number of f stops to choose from 1 - 1.4 - 2 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6.

 

Works well with R lenses on DSLR.

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