MS Optical RF coupling?

[marcg]

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These super triplet lenses are very intriguing.

 

Are they RF coupled?

Can anyone post sample images please?

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They are rangefinder coupled lenses and work fine on an M mount.

 

I had the 35mm version for a while and the image quality was really nice, in an old school way of low micro contrast giving a very rounded smooth look to objects. But with a new project in mind I sold it before getting much use from it. I wish I had it now, I can see a use for it after all!

 

Check on the wonderful landscape work of LUF'er C_R who uses one, he has a link to his Flickr pages under his signature.

 

Steve

[marcg]

Thanks for this. I hate looking at other people's pictures in order to assess the worth of a lens. It gives me a false sense that produce images of the same quality. Then I spend the money - and then I find that I can't!!

 

Anyway - where is C_R - I can't find him on the member's list

[Ecar]

I have the 28/4, 35/3.5 and 50/1.1. All of them are RF coupled.

In fairness, you will be disappointed if you expect the same IQ as that provided by Leica, Zeiss or CV lenses. In addition, they involve some fiddling with hoods and caps - and effectively require setting the aperture before focusing.

However, they do indeed have a unique old-school rendering and are extremely small/light.

They are well suited to street work, as long as you don't need to change the aperture frequently.

Finally, there's something pleasurable in using lenses made by one of the last remaining true artisans in this business...

 

I'll try and post sample images when I have a moment.

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Anyway - where is C_R - I can't find him on the member's list

 

There's a members list? You learn something every day.

 

A member search brings up his posts, but here is his Flickr site

 

Flickr: C.Rangefinder's Photostream

 

and if you do a Flickr search for MS Optical in 'groups' and 'all uploads' you'll get loads of pictures made with the lenses

 

Steve

[marcg]

Yes - there is a members list http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/members/list/

off the community drop down menu on the Nav bar at the top.

 

Thanks for the heads up on Flickr.

I found two groups - one for the 35 and one for the 28.

 

Pretty nice, really and I love the small size - especially of the 28mm

 

The Japanese Exposures site talks about high Micro contrast. I'm not too sure what is meant by the micro part - but a high contrast lens could go very well with an MM