menos I M6 Posted September 23, 2016 Share #61 Posted September 23, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) You need to learn to process the Nikon files. You can get there. Make a preset The difficulty with current available Nikon gear is that Nikon has a very competent high end lens selection that can compete on the same level of Leica's optics yet Nikon still has a very large selection of lenses, seemingly outdated by today's standard on offer. Nikon also offers something Leica simply doesn't - truly affordable (yet optically mediocre) budget lenses which is by far good enough for many imaging purposes (beginners, people upgrading from mobile phones, even sports and news photography). Due to that extreme mix, one has to choose a lens kit VERY carefully - it is like choosing lens kit, mixing and matching Leica lenses from the 1960's, 1980's and 2010's - they all perform VERY differently. Partly to Nikon gear's performance I still keep a full Nikon SLR kit although preferring rangefinder cameras for every day use. Imaging wise I don't choose Leica over Nikon - it's the preference in rangefinder vs SLR, lens selection with favorite lens of the day but not one manufacturer over the other. I wish Nikon would still make RF gear and I wish Nikon would offer a few superstellar lenses, rivaling lenses as a 50/2 APO or .95 Noctilux as Halo products (Carl Zeiss seems to do, Canon has done it in the past, it's a shame Nikon doesn't but then again Nikon has become VERY conservative with it's products). My favourite Leica lens is the 35mm pre-aspheric Summilux, BUT ..... Its my favourite because to me it encapsulates all the attributes that a a Leica M lens should; its small, light, ergonomic, state-of-the-art in its day, has a fascinating history and more. Whilst its a lens that I own and use its not the lens that I use most, in fact its a lens I only really use when I want to enjoy using it and for what its good at. So what I am saying is that favourite may mean different things to different people. I do love the the pre ASPH Summilux as well - (so much so, as even having different versions of it - my favorite being a nice user infinity lock version), but I would hardly call the pre ASPH Summilux ergonomic (it is WAY to cramped in it's controls as it is so compact and especially when using with it's contemporary 12504 lens hood it feels like changing a car tire through a keyhole of a locked fireproof door with a crowbar and superglue. Although it was state of the art with it's contemporaries (it edges the Canon 35/1.5 in performance, yet the contemporary 35/1.8 W-Nikkor absolutely murders it in performance - I wish Nikon had continued their RF line and we would have had a serious competition with such optics (it was basically just Leica and Leica after Canon and Nikon stopped making RF gear and moving all out to SLRs in 35mm). The pre ASPH Summilux always has been a true schizophrenic, multi personal diva in it's character, which is part of why I like it so much - any sane person would hate it for that as an imaging instrument (I bet Peter Karbe has screaming nightmares about this lens - imagine the 1980's critters movies but replace critters with blood thirsty 35 Summilux pre ASPH lenses). ;-) On topic: Today's favorites: - 50/1.4 E46 pre ASPH black paint (it has become my every day 50mm over the last years) - still the mighty little 35/2 UC-Hex - 90/4 Macro Elmar 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sm23221 Posted September 23, 2016 Share #62 Posted September 23, 2016 50 APO 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted September 23, 2016 Share #63 Posted September 23, 2016 50mm Anastigmat on the Null series replica. A simple tiny sharp lens. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charby57 Posted September 23, 2016 Share #64 Posted September 23, 2016 35mm Summicron V2 50mm Summicron V4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted September 24, 2016 Share #65 Posted September 24, 2016 Last version 50mm elmar-m f2.8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Q Posted September 24, 2016 Share #66 Posted September 24, 2016 50 lux asph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivette Posted September 24, 2016 Share #67 Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 50mm Summicron V5 Edited September 24, 2016 by Trivette Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted September 24, 2016 Share #68 Posted September 24, 2016 50mm APO Cron 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardM Posted September 25, 2016 Share #69 Posted September 25, 2016 35 lux fle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh7 Posted September 25, 2016 Share #70 Posted September 25, 2016 For me, nothing is so versatile and consistently gives up the goods like my 28 cron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean2059 Posted September 27, 2016 Share #71 Posted September 27, 2016 For me, I use the 35 Summilux ASPH FLE far more than any other lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ola.fiske Posted September 27, 2016 Share #72 Posted September 27, 2016 28mm Summicron today, 28mm elmarit asph tomorrow - back and forth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted October 14, 2016 Share #73 Posted October 14, 2016 APO 50....as long as it's on an MMonochrom. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 14, 2016 Share #74 Posted October 14, 2016 Noctilux ... or, perhaps the 75 Summilux, but maybe the 28 Summilux ... nah, the Noctilux. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahesh Posted October 14, 2016 Share #75 Posted October 14, 2016 Noctilux ... or, perhaps the 75 Summilux, but maybe the 28 Summilux ... nah, the Noctilux. if you have all these 3 great lenses, would be nice to see the best pictures you have clicked with these. Please. .. :-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albireo_double Posted October 14, 2016 Share #76 Posted October 14, 2016 On M246: 50/2 v2 (Rigid) 35/2 v1 (8-element) 90/4 triplet On M240: 50 Apo 35/1.4 FLE 75/2 Apo On M9: 50/1.4 Asph 35/2 v4 90Apo On S007: 45/2.8 100/2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuhau Posted October 14, 2016 Share #77 Posted October 14, 2016 M35 cron pre-asph 7 elements for its light weight, small size and IQ over the 35 Summilux ASPH (too heavy ) on M and T body R100 F2.8 Macro APO .... SL- 601 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted October 14, 2016 Share #78 Posted October 14, 2016 Summilux 35mm version 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 14, 2016 Share #79 Posted October 14, 2016 if you have all these 3 great lenses, would be nice to see the best pictures you have clicked with these. Please. .. :-) My photo files are in disarray - give me a little time, and I'll see what I can find ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haljaberi Posted October 14, 2016 Share #80 Posted October 14, 2016 28mm Summilux Sent from my EVA-L19 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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