Guest Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10621 Posted March 30, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) 9 hours ago, JMF said: I sold the 28 Summicron ! I much prefer the smoothier rendering of the vintage lenses and of the 28 summilux ! Taken with a 28mm f6,3 Foca Oplar Leica M adapted on the M10M: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! and the one below taken with an early 28 Elmarit M v2 on a MP 0,58 with TMax 400: Thanks, makes sense 😊 I’ve really gotten into older lenses too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 30, 2023 Posted March 30, 2023 Hi Guest, Take a look here The view through older Glass. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ALUX Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10622 Posted March 30, 2023 Me too! I'm barely using my original Sony lenses on my A9 any more! I switched completely to old LTM and M glass 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10623 Posted March 30, 2023 Interesting thread. Yes I have some new super sharp M lenses, but these days I seem to gravitate toward older lenses. To me these seem to take on a look all their own especially when shot wide open. Trying out the 1956 Rigid 50/2.0 Summicron from the first batch of 1000 and find it is fun to use on the M11. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 14 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4739606'>More sharing options...
Scrapbook Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10624 Posted March 30, 2023 M10 + Summar 5cm 2.0 (1937) Vignette in Lightroom Claus Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 10 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4739751'>More sharing options...
pegelli Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10625 Posted March 30, 2023 De Nor (The Jail), by Dennis Tyfus, Park Middelheim, Antwerp Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Sony A7ii + Elmarit 90/2.8 (1961, ELRIT) 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Sony A7ii + Elmarit 90/2.8 (1961, ELRIT) ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4739768'>More sharing options...
ALUX Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10626 Posted March 30, 2023 (edited) vor 2 Stunden schrieb Scrapbook: M10 + Summar 5cm 2.0 (1937) Vignette in Lightroom Claus Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Gefällt mir sehr gut! Ich weiß gar nicht warum das Summar meistens so schlecht geredet wird! Sorry, I forgot that I'm in the English forum: I like this picture a lot! I don't why so many people claim that the Summar would be a weak performer! Edited March 30, 2023 by ALUX 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattyfrank Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10627 Posted March 30, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) Battle ready, 1979 Mustang, Endurance car prepped for 12 Hours of Daytona this weekend. Leica M 10-P, Canon 1:0.95/50 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4739830'>More sharing options...
mikozia Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10628 Posted March 30, 2023 Bokeh Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M-P w/Summicron-M 50 DR. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M-P w/Summicron-M 50 DR. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4740020'>More sharing options...
sandro Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10629 Posted March 30, 2023 On 3/28/2023 at 3:38 PM, yorda@ said: M6cj - Nikkor SC 5cm 1.5 LTM - Portra400 Which camera do you mean by an M6cj? Lex 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapbook Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10630 Posted March 30, 2023 The LEICA SUMMAR 50mm f/2 is an extremely sharp lens in the center, and softer on the sides compared to LEICA's newest lenses. In most cases, no one will notice any difference since the sides are never in focus anyway most of the time. (Ken Rockwell) Claus vor 5 Stunden schrieb ALUX: why so many people claim that the Summar would be a weak performer! bearbeitet vor 4 Stunden von ALUX 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10631 Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Scrapbook said: The LEICA SUMMAR 50mm f/2 is an extremely sharp lens in the center, and softer on the sides compared to LEICA's newest lenses. In most cases, no one will notice any difference since the sides are never in focus anyway most of the time. (Ken Rockwell) Claus Pictures ! 1933 Chrome Rigid Summar on M10-P Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! same lens on a M3 with portra 160 13 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! same lens on a M3 with portra 160 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4740128'>More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share #10632 Posted March 31, 2023 55 minutes ago, JMF said: Pictures ! Thank you, Jean-Marc. 🙂 Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorda@ Posted March 31, 2023 Share #10633 Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, sandro said: Which camera do you mean by an M6cj? Lex A frankenleica m6classic with a M6j top plate ! Edited March 31, 2023 by yorda@ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted March 31, 2023 Share #10634 Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) M10M + converted 1956 FOCA Oplar 35/3.5, both wide open @ ISO 12,500 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited March 31, 2023 by Ecar 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4740336'>More sharing options...
Erato Posted April 1, 2023 Share #10635 Posted April 1, 2023 Vintage lens, abandoned and rusted car. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Topcor 5cm f3.5 Collapsible, M10-P 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Topcor 5cm f3.5 Collapsible, M10-P ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4740873'>More sharing options...
williamj Posted April 1, 2023 Share #10636 Posted April 1, 2023 Just messing about. One of these pictures is from a vintage lens and one is not, can you say which is which. This is photo number 1. It's not a scientific test. Pictures taken at the Leica store in Sydney on 13 February 2023. Pictures were taken from approximately the same position but not exactly the same so that I can tell which is which. One picture is with a Leica IIIf and Summitar (coated with 10 aperture blades) and the other is a Leica M3 with a new copy of the 50 mm Summicron v5. I accept that for some a 50 summicron v5 is a vintage lens because of the date of design, which would make this two vintage lenses, but since it is still in production I consider it to be a current lens, especially since some vintage lenses have haze and other defects whereas a newly made lens will be free of those defects. Tech: Focus was on the structure of the building opposite, with exposures made hand held at 1/500 and f8.0. Film was Ilford HP5+, the rolls are from the same bulk roll of film, they were developed at the same time in the same tank at 24 C using full strength XTOL for 6'15" and scanned using a Noritsu at 6000 x 4000 pixels on the same day, one after the other. Photos were not manipulated in any way except to resize them. They were not sharpened. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4740984'>More sharing options...
williamj Posted April 1, 2023 Share #10637 Posted April 1, 2023 Just now, williamj said: Just messing about. One of these pictures is from a vintage lens and one is not, can you say which is which. This is photo number 1. It's not a scientific test. Pictures taken at the Leica store in Sydney on 13 February 2023. Pictures were taken from approximately the same position but not exactly the same so that I can tell which is which. One picture is with a Leica IIIf and Summitar (coated with 10 aperture blades) and the other is a Leica M3 with a new copy of the 50 mm Summicron v5. I accept that for some a 50 summicron v5 is a vintage lens because of the date of design, which would make this two vintage lenses, but since it is still in production I consider it to be a current lens, especially since some vintage lenses have haze and other defects whereas a newly made lens will be free of those defects. Tech: Focus was on the structure of the building opposite, with exposures made hand held at 1/500 and f8.0. Film was Ilford HP5+, the rolls are from the same bulk roll of film, they were developed at the same time in the same tank at 24 C using full strength XTOL for 6'15" and scanned using a Noritsu at 6000 x 4000 pixels on the same day, one after the other. Photos were not manipulated in any way except to resize them. They were not sharpened. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! This is photo number 2. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted April 1, 2023 Share #10638 Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, williamj said: Just messing about. One of these pictures is from a vintage lens and one is not, can you say which is which. Summitar is #2 (the slight pincushion distortion gives it away). The pictures below are from a lens that's perfectly calibrated but easily one of the most hard-to-focus ones that I own - at least wide open and close to the subject - due to it's ultra-thin DOF: M10M + converted 193X Astro-Berlin Pan-Tachar 100/1.8, all wide open and with a good dose of contrast added in post Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 1, 2023 by Ecar 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4741035'>More sharing options...
Ecar Posted April 1, 2023 Share #10639 Posted April 1, 2023 Also difficult to focus, but somewhat more manageable. M10P ASC + converted (from Night Exakta) 1936 CZJ Biotar 80/2, both wide open @ MFD. Despite my use of the EVF here, a very gentle breeze was enough to throw the "subjects" slightly oof... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=4741043'>More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share #10640 Posted April 1, 2023 4 hours ago, williamj said: Just messing about. One of these pictures is from a vintage lens and one is not, can you say which is which. Hi William, I started this thread as a picture thread rather than to host discussions or arguments about the various merits of vintage and modern lenses so would you very kindly start your discussion in another thread please? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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