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M10 w/Summilux-M 1:1.4/35mm Pre-ASPH V2

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A little wet in Tewkesbury.... Tewkesbury Abbey sitting dry during the floods - The Normans knew their geography and where to build their churches.

Taken this afternoon (15 Jan 2023) - M10 35 pre-asph lux

In colour or black and white (as per the late Ted Grant's preference)

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4 hours ago, haikos said:

 

Really nice portrait!

Did the neg get scratched because I see a horizontal line halfway through the photo near eye-level.

Thanks I enjoyed this portrait and glad I used the 35.   Yes! Unfortunately I've noticed some of my vacation photos have the same line - I am going to go through all the shots and see how many have the line.   Because I was travelling I think it's probably some debris that got into some of the film or in the camera. I hope so anyway, rather than a fault in the camera.  Everything seems fine now 

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35:1.4 v2 , Portra, MP 

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7 hours ago, 28framelines said:

This probably has been asked before, but do all versions of the 35mm Summilux pre-ASPH (steel rim, v2, titanium) all flare the same way?

No, it’s thought that as the versions changed (and presumably coatings changed), these lenses exhibit less flare.  In my experience of comparing these lenses side by side - with those improvements come also less glow and more contrast as you move along the versions. 

FWIW, Titan variant having the most contrast , and noticeably more apparent sharpness.  Oddly, even more so than the German copies despite being produced in the same years. (One would think it was same glass coatings in a different barrel but that doesn’t appear to be the case from my tests - perhaps because the Titan was introduced later/last)  

So, variants being:

v1 Steel Rim

v2 Canada 

v2 Germany

v2 Titanium  

Bare in mind if serviced and adjusted properly these are all plenty sharp enough even at 1.4 , and all observations above are from testing / pixcel peeping...

IMHO the sharpness differences are irrelevant for real world photography but the other differences could be worth baring in mind depending on preference. 

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10 minutes ago, grahamc said:

No, it’s thought that as the versions changed (and presumably coatings changed), these lenses exhibit less flare.  In my experience of comparing these lenses side by side - with those improvements come also less glow and more contrast as you move along the versions. 

FWIW, Titan variant having the most contrast , and noticeably more apparent sharpness.  Oddly, even more so than the German copies despite being produced in the same years. (One would think it was same glass coatings in a different barrel but that doesn’t appear to be the case from my tests - perhaps because the Titan was introduced later/last)  

So, variants being:

v1 Steel Rim

v2 Canada 

v2 Germany

v2 Titanium  

Bare in mind if serviced and adjusted properly these are all plenty sharp enough even at 1.4 , and all observations above are from testing / pixcel peeping...

IMHO sharpness differences are irrelevant for real world photography but the other differences may be worth baring in mind. 

Did any of these later versions offer the ability to put a lens filter on them?

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5 minutes ago, 28framelines said:

Did any of these later versions offer the ability to put a lens filter on them?

No, all v2 use the 12504 hood with the filter (49mm filters fit) in the hood. Mainly I guess because they are not really different “versions” - these variations and categorisations are just based on our observations in minor performance/signature changes . Meaning the design including hood/filter didn’t change through lifespan  


V1 steel rim has a thread for a filter, though (E41)

 

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35:1.4 v2 , Portra 400 & MP 

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Just a glowy, blurry self-portrait of me and my sister. Tri-X +1, yellow filter, 35 ‘Lux Pre-Asph v2 (German), wide open.
 

Sometimes I feel like the way this lens renders at 1.4 feels more akin to a memory than a real-life rendition. Paired with film it really works for me. Looking back at photos, the way they look match the way I remember the moment: a little dreamy, a little grainy, not perfectly detailed, but fun and pleasant to look at. 

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35 Sumilux pre asph v2 on M8

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35 Sumilux pre asph v2 on M8

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On 1/20/2023 at 2:28 PM, grahamc said:

So, variants being:

v1 Steel Rim

v2 Canada 

v2 Germany

v2 Titanium  

 

Regarding minimum focus distance (MFD), did all v2 German-made Summilux Pre-ASPHs focus down to ~0.75m? Or were there some that still stopped at a metre?

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1 hour ago, weatherproof said:

 

Regarding minimum focus distance (MFD), did all v2 German-made Summilux Pre-ASPHs focus down to ~0.75m? Or were there some that still stopped at a metre?

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2 hours ago, weatherproof said:

 

Regarding minimum focus distance (MFD), did all v2 German-made Summilux Pre-ASPHs focus down to ~0.75m? Or were there some that still stopped at a metre?

Generally I think they focus to 0.9.

I’ve tested 4 German copies (2 titanium, 2 black).  Of these copies , all but one of them focused to 0.9

The newest of the black focusses to 0.75 for some unknown reason.  The interesting thing is that this and the 2 titaniums were all the same year (1992).  FWIW the other German copy 1990  

Thia closer focussing lens may have been modified (although I have no reason to believe it was other than the freak focus distance). But tested side by side with the other black copy they don’t show any other performance differences at all and render identically. 
 

 

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