Leica Summaron-28 -image thread

[robert blu]

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A quick snap in a Leica Store on the M10, unfortunately not enough time to really test the lens!

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[David_English]

Two more from Vegas (with the MM1)

I haven’t traveled anywhere else since I purchased the Summaron.

 

 

Edited May 6, 2018 by David_English

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[JPH1962]

some more, this time from sicily.

 

 

 

[JPH1962]

Again Sicily with the Summaron, pretty much the only lens I use these days...

 

 

 

 

[robert blu]

My wife is very supportive when I "need" a new Leica toy. To thank  as usual the first photos have her as subject!

 

She's sitting at my drawing table, iso 400, 1/30 sec., full open on the M10.

 

 

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From the first test outdoor, M10; iso 200; 1/125 sec.; F=8

Edited May 14, 2018 by robert blu

[Peter H]

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Not to denigrate any of the fine photos in this thread but one of the nicest features of this lens seems to me to be the polite way it handles colour, which comes across both with film and digital cameras, though there are some differences of course.

[wattsy]

Yes, it is a very polite lens. The Thambar-M, on the other hand, is unspeakably rude.

[wattsy]

Some more (digital) colour. The monument on Cherhill Down in the distance looks like it is about to fall over but I think I can live with a bit of distortion (in truth, I probably had the camera angled from the perpendicular and it has exaggerated the effect).

 

Edited May 21, 2018 by wattsy

[DickieT]

I ran into a film set in Rome and took this shot with the old 28 Summaron on Portra 400 @ 800 with MP, scanned on Coolscan 5000

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[robert blu]

M10; iso 200

 

 

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[Keith (M)]

Some more (digital) colour. The monument on Cherhill Down in the distance looks like it is about to fall over but I think I can live with a bit of distortion (in truth, I probably had the camera angled from the perpendicular and it has exaggerated the effect).

 

 

 

Hey, that's my territory you are treading on!  

 

(But as I'm currently in Spain, I'll forgive you this once...)

[Ouroboros]

Hey, that's my territory you are treading on!  

 

(But as I'm currently in Spain, I'll forgive you this once...)

Good job he used the polite 28mm instead of the rude 90mm!

 

I’m still trying to work out how a lens can be one or the other, though.

[David_English]

Along the linear scale from polite to rude, the 21mm Summaron/M Monochrom combination would definitely be closer to the polite side. The duo seems to be a natural for digital black-and-white. The Monochrom’s lack of a Beyer filter provides a more analog feel, which the Summaron extends even further for an almost film-like result.

 

Though I haven’t had a chance to fully run it through its paces, I suspect the Summaron will end up being one of my three favorite lenses, along with the 21mm Super-Elmar and 50mm Summilux.

 

For the occasional color shots, I’ve been using a Leica Q.

 

 

Two more from Vegas

 

 

[David_English]

Along the linear scale from polite to rude, the 21mm Summaron/M Monochrom combination would definitely be closer to the polite side. The duo seems to be a natural for digital black-and-white. The Monochrom’s lack of a Beyer filter provides a more analog feel, which the Summaron extends even further for an almost film-like result.

 

Oops, I meant 28mm Summaron.

[ianman]

From my evening walk

 

 

 

[robert blu]

from my "Daily life" series, originally shot with the idea to convert in B&W but I like these colors so much that I keep as it is !

 

 

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[Peter H]

Good job he used the polite 28mm instead of the rude 90mm!

 

I’m still trying to work out how a lens can be one or the other, though.

 

 

I used the word "polite" hoping that some people could use their imagination and understand why. It was to do with the restrained and reliable way colours are rendered.

 

Was it really the wrong word to use? Does no one understand what I meant?

[Exodies]

I used the word "polite" hoping that some people could use their imagination and understand why. It was to do with the restrained and reliable way colours are rendered.

 

Was it really the wrong word to use? Does no one understand what I meant?

Robert blu’s kitchen demonstrates perfectly what you mean.

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[ianman]

It was perfectly clear Peter... more so as you even mentioned it was to do with the way it handles colours.

Have you got your Summaron yet? (I seem to remember you writing you had one on order?)