Paulus Posted November 5, 2016 Share #41 Posted November 5, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for sharing - I agree with your comments that the Leica M system makes a wonderful landscape photography tool. One of my favorite things about the M system is that hyper-focal focusing actually works, rather than just being a 'guess' with other systems / manual lenses that I've used in the past. Since almost all of my landscapes are shot at small apertures, I find focusing is extremely quick, easy and reliable. Having the live view / EVF helps immensely when you shoot wide, such as the 21mm SEM that I use. Just to make this post interesting, I'm including an aurora shot from a month ago. Not a scene most folks think an M240 with a slow lens like the 21 SEM can capture! All Heineken bottles I think.... See: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stephengv Posted November 6, 2016 Share #42 Posted November 6, 2016 Thank you for the reply and for checking my gallery! I'm not sure that you 'need' a 21. I use a 21mm Elmarit and a 35 'Lux pre for landscapes and I use both equally as much. The 21mm can be more dramatic so it's down to personal choice. I have no doubt that a 28mm would work very well for landscapes but it comes down to how you use it. Ernst PS I've just checked out your tumblr gallery. Great photos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 6, 2016 Share #43 Posted November 6, 2016 I enjoyed your review and your photos. Thanks for sharing. I love using the M system for 35mm landscape photography. It may not give the image quality of a medium format system but still gives spectacular results compared with anything else in full format. Being lightweight, compact, and portable means it can easily be taken almost anywhere. I like taking a 28 (Summicron or Elmarit), APO-50 and 90 Macro-Elmar. It's also nice taking a lens set that only requires 39mm filters. Might I add that the 4.0/90 Macro-Elmar is an excellent landscape lens and my preference. One does not need a fast lens for landscape work especially with a tripod, it has spectacular performance from 4.0 down, there is the option of macro if one sees an interesting bit of detail, and it weighs 230 vs 660gm. 430 gm is a significant reduction in kit weight! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helged Posted November 8, 2016 Share #44 Posted November 8, 2016 I enjoyed your review and your photos. Thanks for sharing. I love using the M system for 35mm landscape photography. It may not give the image quality of a medium format system but still gives spectacular results compared with anything else in full format. Being lightweight, compact, and portable means it can easily be taken almost anywhere. I like taking a 28 (Summicron or Elmarit), APO-50 and 90 Macro-Elmar. It's also nice taking a lens set that only requires 39mm filters. Might I add that the 4.0/90 Macro-Elmar is an excellent landscape lens and my preference. One does not need a fast lens for landscape work especially with a tripod, it has spectacular performance from 4.0 down, there is the option of macro if one sees an interesting bit of detail, and it weighs 230 vs 660gm. 430 gm is a significant reduction in kit weight! Mark Yes, hard to beat the 28Elmarit, 50APO and 90Macro-Elmar combo wrt high performance, small size, low weight and the common (small) filter size! Add (or substitute) the excellent 21SEM if a wider focal length is wanted. The latter with 46mm filter, though, but hard to imagine a wide angle lens with 39mm filter thread that is on par with the 21SEM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 8, 2016 Share #45 Posted November 8, 2016 I agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted November 8, 2016 Share #46 Posted November 8, 2016 I've just returned from a 2-week landscaping trip to Assynt in north west Scotland. My primary weapon was my Leica M-240 with 28 Elmarit, 50 Summicron and 90 Summicron lenses. I've found that people are confused and curious when you turn up to do some landscape photography with a Leica M - it's meant to be a "street" camera isn't it? Definitely not - it's fantastic for landscaping too. Conditions were simply amazing. Scotland has "interesting" weather in February - basically everything happens several times a day. The result was some unique opportunities which I tried my best to capture. I benefited from a week's tutoring from David Ward for the first week which was excellent - I highly recommend his workshops. The second week was spent putting the lessons into practice. For those wondering how my M performed in quite challenging conditions, up against the latest & greatest from Sony and Canon, I've written up my experiences for you to look through. Here are a couple of images as tasters... It's white again now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobers Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share #47 Posted November 8, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'll bet it is - I hope you've been up there and have some images for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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