jaapv Posted March 26, 2015 Share #121  Posted March 26, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Because they can buy sharpness but they cannot buy talent. So in their uneducated minds, they substitute talent for sharpness and there they are, happy to be "good photographers".  I'd rather call them efficient button pushers & producers of sharp files. True, but it has been said before with more authority...  "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept"... Ansel Adams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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colonel Posted March 26, 2015 Share #122  Posted March 26, 2015 but I am not looking at all for sharpness, I like the 3D of Leica lenses + a small system and Sony Alpha is not a system   Look there are lots of things I like about M, put them all together and I am prepared to spend the money  Take enough away and I wouldn't. If picture quality degraded to something that always looked like one of Capa's more blurry ones .... I mean my £70 Nikon FM10 can also do that with golfball grain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted March 26, 2015 Share #123  Posted March 26, 2015 True, but it has been said before with more authority... "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept"... Ansel Adams.   "There is nothing more frustrating then a fuzzy image of an epic subject" Harold Miller. 2015 5775 1436 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted March 26, 2015 Share #124 Â Posted March 26, 2015 if I want sharp photos I sell my Leica gear and I buy ..... If I want sharp photos I use my Leica or Canon gear appropriately - all are perfectly competent. But I use my Leica gear because I enjoy using it and as a consequence [i think I] take 'better' photos with it. Whether they are always 'sharper' is irrelevant to me, and that's not what photography is always about anyway: its about the image, and the image taking process has everything to do with how and why you take photos. Enjoying using the equipment that you have (as opposed to 'would like' (ie GAS)) is a part of the photographic process to me - although not to everyone I would guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted March 26, 2015 Share #125  Posted March 26, 2015 Because they can buy sharpness but they cannot buy talent. So in their uneducated minds, they substitute talent for sharpness and there they are, happy to be "good photographers".  When you buy sharpness, in some way you are also buying the talent of many optical and mechanical engineers. Let's not forget the guys working behind the scene  Then again, a common way to stand out of the crowd is sporting special goods others cannot afford. Goods that give the potential to do something other people can't do. Being it a Lamborghini or the sharpest lens money can buy... most people are just happy thinking that "owning the best" is a good approximation of "being the best". And if they are really happy, this is a good thing. There's no price for happiness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookaphotoof Posted March 26, 2015 Share #126  Posted March 26, 2015 I believe the price for happiness is around € 6.100,00 to start with? What camera would you want to attach to it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted March 26, 2015 Share #127  Posted March 26, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I believe the price for happiness is around € 6.100,00 to start with? What camera would you want to attach to it?  The MM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapids41 Posted March 27, 2015 Share #128 Â Posted March 27, 2015 At the moment it is on my M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted March 27, 2015 Share #129 Â Posted March 27, 2015 At the moment it is on my M8. Â Well....perhaps that gives you something to aspire to in the future? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winedemonium Posted March 28, 2015 Share #130 Â Posted March 28, 2015 I have a D810 and Otus / Zeiss set up - 21, 55, 85, 135. Results can be great. But I pretty much only use this set up on a tripod, so not much of the time. Heavy, bulky, hard to focus accurately - only really with the zoom function in live view. Â I love the unobtrusiveness, quality, and ease of use of the Leica M system - digital and film. I have hesitated at times buying Leica digital, but not Leica film and never hesitated buying a Leica lens. The 50 APO is my favourite lens and it is very special. Aside from the optical qualities I love that it relates well to the Barnack ideal for compactness. Even 39mm! Â I think I can get best results with some subjects with the Otus set up, but use the Leica M much more often, and get more pleasure from using it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Jayant Posted March 30, 2015 Share #131  Posted March 30, 2015 Here is a video review by someone called Pedro Ferreira   And here is Erwin Puts' technical comparison with a Zeiss Distagon. Apo-Summicron-M 2/50 mm ASPH, part 2 | The TAO of Leica (Part 1, on the same site, is a more qualitative description of the lens.)  I was also thinking of this photographer's work flow and how he adapted this lens for his photography.  I too believe it is not the tools that makes better photography but the photographer. So i too believe if you are good and getting behind this would make your photography much much much more better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Jayant Posted March 30, 2015 Share #132 Â Posted March 30, 2015 At the moment it is on my M8. Â Best combo and I have the same to do , if ever I get that lens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phongph Posted October 8, 2016 Share #133 Â Posted October 8, 2016 I have a D810 and Otus / Zeiss set up - 21, 55, 85, 135. Results can be great. But I pretty much only use this set up on a tripod, so not much of the time. Heavy, bulky, hard to focus accurately - only really with the zoom function in live view. Â I love the unobtrusiveness, quality, and ease of use of the Leica M system - digital and film. I have hesitated at times buying Leica digital, but not Leica film and never hesitated buying a Leica lens. The 50 APO is my favourite lens and it is very special. Aside from the optical qualities I love that it relates well to the Barnack ideal for compactness. Even 39mm! Â I think I can get best results with some subjects with the Otus set up, but use the Leica M much more often, and get more pleasure from using it. Hi!Thanks for your sharing! Have a good day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted October 8, 2016 Share #134 Â Posted October 8, 2016 I have one. I like it. Is that a problem for anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted October 8, 2016 Share #135 Â Posted October 8, 2016 Hi! Thanks for your sharing! Have a good day! Â I hope he feels the same way almost a year and a half later. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted October 8, 2016 Share #136 Â Posted October 8, 2016 I'm sticking with my first impression. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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