tobey bilek Posted August 21, 2013 Share #121 Posted August 21, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I sold my 75 and bought a 75 APO. This is not a frame filling head shot portrait lens on M9, it is on the 8 because you can back up. When you move in closer than 5 feet features begin to distort. The one posted on the first page proves it. This is actually perspective differences and all lenses do it from 12 to 800 mm. The closer you move in toward the foreground object, the larger it appears in comparison the background objects, read nose and eyes. 75 is nice and sharp, but keep back and crop the image. Now that digital is a bit easier to use, I think I understand why all the 75 luxes I used are soft wide open. I think it has focus shift like the Sonnar 50 1.5. The focus seemed calibrated to 2.8. The lens is gone now so I can not verify, the the 75 APO is sharp near and far and 2.0 and smaller and much more useable weight and size wise. Why carry around 1.4 when the image is soft and I did not use it there. The `Lux was incredibly sharp at 2.8. I carried it seldom, the APO goes everywhere with me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hossegor Posted August 21, 2013 Share #122 Posted August 21, 2013 mine does not seem to shift much, i had it adjusted to my m9 when i got it coded and now its perfect. it is an amazing lens, much different than my 50 lux asph, that is maybe the reason why i chose the 75 lux over the apo. it may not look like it, but the shot i posted above was done at 1.4. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2013 Share #123 Posted August 25, 2013 Munich, Frauenkirche, "Cathedral of Our Dear Lady": 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! M8.2, 'lux 75, ISO 2500, f 1.4, 1/90 sec., 22. Aug. 2013. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M8.2, 'lux 75, ISO 2500, f 1.4, 1/90 sec., 22. Aug. 2013. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/173284-75-summilux/?do=findComment&comment=2404717'>More sharing options...
rosuna Posted August 26, 2013 Share #124 Posted August 26, 2013 Summilux 75mm Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted August 26, 2013 Share #125 Posted August 26, 2013 Summilux 75mm Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free On an M, this can only be done with the Summilux 75, wonderful! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted August 26, 2013 Share #126 Posted August 26, 2013 To provide an alternative is this taken before Leica had a 75mm - a canon 85mm on an M4. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted August 27, 2013 Share #127 Posted August 27, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) To provide an alternative is this taken before Leica had a 75mm - a canon 85mm on an M4. touché Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share #128 Posted August 30, 2013 My 75 Summilux is relatively flat and also cyan in colour. Do other people have the same thing with their 75 Summilux? It was a sore point on a job yesterday, switching between the Noctilux ASPH and the 75 Summilux and I'm contemplating the 75 APO-Summicron again. I love the Summilux but I really need continuity between lenses in some cases. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hossegor Posted August 30, 2013 Share #129 Posted August 30, 2013 i had the choice between this and the apo 90/75. i chose the LUX because i wanted something special, oldschool. so far i have no regrets at all:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted August 30, 2013 Share #130 Posted August 30, 2013 i had the choice between this and the apo 90/75. i chose the LUX because i wanted something special, oldschool. so far i have no regrets at all:D 1+ Exactly my sentiment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted August 30, 2013 Share #131 Posted August 30, 2013 My 75 Summilux is relatively flat and also cyan in colour. Do other people have the same thing with their 75 Summilux? It was a sore point on a job yesterday, switching between the Noctilux ASPH and the 75 Summilux and I'm contemplating the 75 APO-Summicron again. I love the Summilux but I really need continuity between lenses in some cases. The 75 lux is low contrast, bit this is easily resolved in pp if required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share #132 Posted August 31, 2013 The 75 lux is low contrast, bit this is easily resolved in pp if required. When used alongside modern lenses it is not resolved at all in ps, particularly the colour. It's fudgable when used by it's self but it just depends on what level of quality you find acceptable. If you need something that looks modern best use a modern lens and keep your old lens for that particular flat and colorised look. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted August 31, 2013 Share #133 Posted August 31, 2013 I really like my 75 Summilux, it is a little soft at f1.4, and lowish contrast, but easily coreected as required. But the way it moves from in to out if focus is sublime. Most of the 3d world is out of focus at f1.4 with a 75 as we know, the slight softness wide open has never caused me an issue. I really didn't like the very sharp Summarit in comparison, or the very 'etched' way it renders. The f1.0 Noctilux and the 75 Summilux both do a fantastic job of adding 'weight' to the image in the way they seem to draw with a thick soft crayon in comparison to more modern lenses. I have no clue what goes on with some of these older lenses but they seem to have the ability to keep the detail in the shadows and keep the shadows. Dull days and the 75 Summilux are magical in B&W, I'm almost looking forward to winter Paul, I think you should scratch that itch and get yourself an APO 75, if you buy secondhand and decide not to keep you won't lose. If you use 75 a lot why not have both 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share #134 Posted September 1, 2013 I really like my 75 Summilux, it is a little soft at f1.4, and lowish contrast, but easily coreected as required. But the way it moves from in to out if focus is sublime. Most of the 3d world is out of focus at f1.4 with a 75 as we know, the slight softness wide open has never caused me an issue. I really didn't like the very sharp Summarit in comparison, or the very 'etched' way it renders. The f1.0 Noctilux and the 75 Summilux both do a fantastic job of adding 'weight' to the image in the way they seem to draw with a thick soft crayon in comparison to more modern lenses. I have no clue what goes on with some of these older lenses but they seem to have the ability to keep the detail in the shadows and keep the shadows. Dull days and the 75 Summilux are magical in B&W, I'm almost looking forward to winter Paul, I think you should scratch that itch and get yourself an APO 75, if you buy secondhand and decide not to keep you won't lose. If you use 75 a lot why not have both My sentiments entirely. The plan at the moment, for a few reasons, is to buy the APO 90 (selling a tatty early model 90 Summicron I have) and keep the 75mm Summilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted September 1, 2013 Share #135 Posted September 1, 2013 One of my best mates has the 90 APO, I must do a weekend trade n have a go :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 1, 2013 Share #136 Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) It's a fabulous lens - tack sharp, compact and very easy to use. I'm not sure I would ever forego the 75 Summilux for the APO 90, though. PS - I have been meaning to add that an image I posted elsewhere on the forum of the Matukituki Valley (looking up towards Mt Aspiring), near Wanaka was taken with a loaner Monochrom and the 75 Summilux. I had it printed by Whitewall to 105 cm on the long side (not without some trepidation) - it is, in the flesh, perfect. Beautifully sharp, handheld at ISO 320, f/5.6 from memory. The thing I love about this lens is that used wide open, it has all the character of the pre-asp 50 Summilux or even the f/1 Noctilux, but stopped down it almost has the sharpness of its ASPH successors. Edited September 1, 2013 by IkarusJohn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stanjan0 Posted September 1, 2013 Share #137 Posted September 1, 2013 Question, Is there such a thing as a very sharp 75 Lux at F/1.4? Only the last poster claims that is so???? I'm in the market for one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 1, 2013 Share #138 Posted September 1, 2013 Question, Is there such a thing as a very sharp 75 Lux at F/1.4? Only the last poster claims that is so???? Sorry, Stan - as the last poster - I was editing my post when you replied. I didn't say anything about being sharp at f/1.4. I find there's way too much attention on this forum (and elsewhere) to only shooting wide open, and only buying a fast lens if you need the extra speed. I find this daft. My Noctilux does shoot at f/0.95, but it is a revolutionary lens - it has this ring which you rotate, and it also takes at f/1 and all the apertures my 50 Summilux also takes at ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfhrased Posted September 2, 2013 Share #139 Posted September 2, 2013 Question, Is there such a thing as a very sharp 75 Lux at F/1.4? Only the last poster claims that is so???? I'm in the market for one. Many of them aren't sharp without sending back to Leica - they were optimised for things like 2.8 instead of 1.4. Once I sent mine in for a CLA it came back deadly sharp at 1.4. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share #140 Posted September 2, 2013 Many of them aren't sharp without sending back to Leica - they were optimised for things like 2.8 instead of 1.4. Once I sent mine in for a CLA it came back deadly sharp at 1.4. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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