Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 1, 2007 Share #21 Posted August 1, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) but the thread, and lens, loves you Guy. ;>) Yea but my wallet hates me. LOL seriously though i would love to just have this lens , when I had it for a short time i still contend it is the sharpest wide leica makes under 28mm. Jamie has it now but i will get one again in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wparsonsgisnet Posted August 1, 2007 Share #22 Posted August 1, 2007 Yea but my wallet hates me. LOL seriously though i would love to just have this lens , when I had it for a short time i still contend it is the sharpest wide leica makes under 28mm. Jamie has it now but i will get one again in the future. Run, don't walk. Just think of all those other lenses that don't stand up to it ... just trying to help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pham Minh Son Posted August 1, 2007 Share #23 Posted August 1, 2007 You can use photobucket.com to "park" your image and link it into your post. Thanks for the information. I just uploaded the images. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 1, 2007 Share #24 Posted August 1, 2007 Use the URL link and paste that into the "image" icon dialog on the top control bar of the reply box. Don't forget to delete the auto-http first, otherwise it won't accept the double http prefix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted August 1, 2007 Share #25 Posted August 1, 2007 Yea but my wallet hates me. LOL seriously though i would love to just have this lens , when I had it for a short time i still contend it is the sharpest wide leica makes under 28mm. Jamie has it now but i will get one again in the future. Yes--I have Guy's original 24mm, and I can't thank-you enough, Guy, for parting with it! It's not a formal portrait lens, though... but it is a great wide. I'm sure it's great on a full-frame camera too, but on the M8 you're getting the best of the best! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manicouagan1 Posted August 1, 2007 Share #26 Posted August 1, 2007 I just finished a weeklong trip to Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I used the 24mm/M8 combination for the bulk of my images of landscape while hiking and architectural subjects including the often-photographed adobe churches in the area. I post-processed the images every evening, which speeded up the process of learning to use this high performance lens. My preferred post-processing tool is Apple’s Aperture. My 24mm lens is coded and I set the lens detection to on. I did not use an IR filter. The firmware effectively eliminates vignetting as a factor in the situations I was shooting. I find the lens to be my favorite but takes a bit of special technique in framing a shot to get the best results. The 24mm lines in the viewfinder show the boundaries of the field of view at infinity focus quite closely. This is quite unlike the 50mm lines in the viewfinder that define significantly less than the full field of view at infinity focus. The lines are near the edge of the viewfinders field. As a wearer of glasses I find I have to move my eye with respect to the viewfinder to check the framing in the long direction. The process is quite natural and not a big deal at all. The lens blocks enough of the field of view that one needs to make a quick check of the display after a shot to be sure there are no surprises lurking in the lower right corner of the image. After an hour or so of use these practices become second nature. The lens is yields a high contrast image that makes special demands on the photographer’s technique. When shooting relatively dark subjects with white clouds in the field of view some care is needed to keep highlights within the light response range of the sensor. The lens in these situations virtually demands that the user shoot in Raw DNG format where he or she can take advantage of the full Exposure Value range of the sensor during post processing. Additionally I found that I checked the histogram in high contrast across the short axis of the frame because the exposure sensor has limited response to the top and bottom of the frame. In the bright clouds-dark subject situation my concern was with blown highlights. If I had any concern after examining the histogram, I repeated the shot reducing the exposure. During post processing I generally found this precaution was not necessary. The exposure range of the sensor is quite remarkable. However given the simplicity of the precaution I doubt I will give up of making a second shot generally at a faster shutter speed.. Over all I give the lens high marks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted August 1, 2007 Share #27 Posted August 1, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes--I have Guy's original 24mm, and I can't thank-you enough, Guy, for parting with it! It's not a formal portrait lens, though... but it is a great wide. I'm sure it's great on a full-frame camera too, but on the M8 you're getting the best of the best! May I pass you the salt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted August 1, 2007 Share #28 Posted August 1, 2007 May I pass you the salt? Hey -- I was being sincere in my thanks; not trying to rub it in. He has the 21mm I want--and the 28 too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted August 1, 2007 Share #29 Posted August 1, 2007 I *thot* he had everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightpainter Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share #30 Posted August 1, 2007 thanks for your interesting contributions and sharing your experiences; on tonight's walk I took two more examples of my, at least for the moment, favourite lens 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! 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/30008-m8-and-elmarit-2824-asph/?do=findComment&comment=318561'>More sharing options...
arthury Posted August 1, 2007 Share #31 Posted August 1, 2007 but the thread, and lens, loves you Guy. ;>) Guy, Even the thread on the 24mm Elmarit loves you ... and it's waiting for a mating 55mm UV/IR filter. Just buy it ... lust is meant to be fulfilled ... How could one call oneself a true Leicaphile without owning one of the finest aspherical lenses in the world? Have I lit a fire ... yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 1, 2007 Share #32 Posted August 1, 2007 I *thot* he had everything. Almost 12CV, WATE. 28 and 35 cron. 50 and 75 lux. 90 macro . 90 cron. 135 apo. 24mm shift lens. I could slip a 24mm in there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted August 1, 2007 Share #33 Posted August 1, 2007 Almost 12CV, WATE. 28 and 35 cron. 50 and 75 lux. 90 macro . 90 cron. 135 apo. 24mm shift lens. I could slip a 24mm in there I could have sworn you had the 21 Elmarit as well--though with the WATE you don't really need it, now do you? And the Nocti's coming one day too, right? Soon we'll all have to start tracking down older stuff too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 1, 2007 Share #34 Posted August 1, 2007 Forgot about my Nocti , I never did get confirmation on that. Hmmm and i thought they loved me. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted August 1, 2007 Share #35 Posted August 1, 2007 Almost 12CV, WATE. 28 and 35 cron. 50 and 75 lux. 90 macro . 90 cron. 135 apo. 24mm shift lens. I could slip a 24mm in there It's easy, dump the 28. 12 plus 12 is 24, plus 12 is just about 35. PLus 12 is just about 50 -- oops, running out of room here. 2 12's to the 75 and 12-plus to the 90, and 3 12's to the 135. To be honest, I'm in the fan club anyway: your pix and lighting look great no matter what the lens. It can't just be that you own all the lenses.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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