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This picture happened

to be taken with what I had then in 35mm lens,

this can be done with every 35mm though, for sake of framing the scene,

so nothing special

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M5 or M6 on Kodachrome 25 or 64 😏

Summilux 35mm

we learned to use what we have by then [the good old (really ?) day]

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On 7/3/2021 at 1:08 AM, a.noctilux said:

Of course, why I use the two 35mm in different periods,

each can not replace the other.

As you wrote knowing the lenses is the key, so testing is fine but taking pictures of real world would be productive (or not ! ).

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As I learn over time, even same 35mm Summilux-M type but different lens can behave quite differently, have a look at Steven many threads.

 

Absolutely agree !  Testing my copies satisfied my curiosity as much as anything else, after reading so much.  There's a lot more joy to be had in using them for actual photography, that's for sure 

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Actual situations need to know how

the lens(es) will render in real life, mainly in quick changing scenes

like here

(where I needed to swap 35/50 to frame as I wanted)

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M5, Summilux 35mm, Kodachrome

 

 

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On 7/1/2021 at 3:50 AM, grahamc said:

Very quick test run wide-open with newly-delivered 35mm 1.4 Pre-ASPH v2 @ MD-262.  I think I'm really going to enjoy this lens .  Didn't really experience any particularly unruly flaring on the test run.  Overall definitely fits the look I was hoping to get when acquiring this lens

Planning to do some pretty rudimentary side by sides with my Summicron v4 later to compare performance if anyone's interested I can share . Will be a very DIY approach I'm definitely not a lens tester. Mainly I'm interested to see sharpness and contrast of my own copies stopped down past F2 etc 

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Lovely colours!!! Right up my street!

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Street scene with people

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Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 pre Asph

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Graham, 'technical' comments of this picture

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Do you use a filter or hood which has two dark zones at bottom corners ?

 

I think that the focus area has something to be learned (to better use of this lovely lens) :

... the shoe is not "in focus" ( if you RF focus on it I think as the background is blurry ! ), because of field curvature of the Summilux, something to 'play with'

nice idea though, good pic as it is, of course

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1 hour ago, a.noctilux said:

Graham, 'technical' comments of this picture

 

Do you use a filter or hood which has two dark zones at bottom corners ?

 

I think that the focus area has something to be learned (to better use of this lovely lens) :

... the shoe is not "in focus" ( if you RF focus on it I think as the background is blurry ! ), because of field curvature of the Summilux, something to 'play with'

nice idea though, good pic as it is, of course

Thanks Arnaud , appreciate the feedback.   I did indeed miss focus on this photo and it's funny I was going to write that in my reply to @ianman 

Since this was the first day I received the lens - I was shooting the lens very loosely in this location as I was mostly excited to have a lot of test shots and variety to see later how glowy (or otherwise) it is.  So I think I'd been working on a zone focus basis.  Sounds strange to have a 'quantity not quality' approach to a photo walk, but that's kinda how I was feeling that day and I just wanted a bunch of stuff to look at later, and see if I got any flare , etc etc 

Now, you are absolutely right because this shot was a little different - once I'd seen and taken it, I thought "mmmm that's actually got the makings of a pretty nice shot" .   I realised I was probably too close to the shoe for it to fall into 'zone' so I tuned in the focus and shot 2 more.  When I got home the in-focus versions lacked the charm of this one (I quite like the swimmers arm and distance into the scene) .   

My casualness on this walk aside, I'm sure focussing at 1.4 is going to be a challenging though - Next time I go out with the lens I'll look forward to being a bit more attentive and see how it goes (the lens is off for a check over at the moment).

I'm always open for feedback though and appreciate it - I'm new to Rangefinders (and relatively new to photography in general really).  

I didn't have a hood on though - would the fact that the lens is wide open be the cause of the vignette ?   I can't say for sure that I didn't add it in post also as I'm not on the same device now that I edit on. 

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Wide open landscape in bright conditions.

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On 6/20/2021 at 3:44 PM, evikne said:

Sometimes it surprises me how good this lens can be wide open. 

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M10, 35 Lux pre-ASPH v.2 at f/1.4

What a cool shot and fitting of your signature quote - fantastic control 

 

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Summilux pre-asph v2, Leica M-D

 

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On 6/20/2021 at 1:44 AM, evikne said:

Sometimes it surprises me how good this lens can be wide open. 

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M10, 35 Lux pre-ASPH v.2 at f/1.4

Imagine the surprise you will have by closing down a little. Your images would gain more clarity...

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7 minutes ago, Capuccino-Muffin said:

Imagine the surprise you will have by closing down a little. Your images would gain more clarity...

I usually do. This was mostly a test to see "what happened". 😉

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Yesterday, stopped down to f/2.8:

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11 hours ago, evikne said:

Yesterday, stopped down to f/2.8:

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evikne, Please stop to post Lux pre ASPH photo examples. 😅 I'm falling in love with this lens. You will be responsible for my GAS attack and wife complaints 🤣

Great as always. Marvelous rendering, great composition. Your kids will be proud of you in next decades. What a nice family album...

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4 minutes ago, Cobram said:

evikne, Please stop to post Lux pre ASPH photo examples. 😅 I'm falling in love with this lens. You will be responsible for my GAS attack and wife complaints 🤣

Great as always. Marvelous rendering, great composition. Your kids will be proud of you in next decades. What a nice family album...

Thanks a lot, but I can't promise I will stop posting more photos. 😄

I could have traveled the world with only this lens. I love it more and more as I get to know it. The example above is almost unedited, only helped by some nice light, and nice subjects. 😉

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M2-R, Lux' 35mm f/1.4 v1, Ilford FP4+, Pyro PMK

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