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M10 with 50 Summilux pre-ASPH (E46) @ f/2.8.

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2 hours ago, grahamc said:

Generally speaking I'm not certain the stocks 'look' exactly like what they are emulating , it's more a case of finding one that you like on the particular image or conditions the shot was taken in - do you find that ? 

100%. I bought the pack for the Portra simulations, and they're the ones I never use the least now. 

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I don't try to make my images look like any particular film stock. I just browse through different profiles until I find one I like, and that I think fits the image. I like the "matte" effect (faded blacks) that often appears on many types of film, that's why I often end up using film emulations. 

I would be just as happy if I found other types of profiles that don't try to emulate anything, but RNI is still the best I have tried so far.

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1 hour ago, evikne said:

I don't try to make my images look like any particular film stock. I just browse through different profiles until I find one I like, and that I think fits the image. I like the "matte" effect (faded blacks) that often appears on many types of film, that's why I often end up using film emulations. 

I would be just as happy if I found other types of profiles that don't try to emulate anything, but RNI is still the best I have tried so far.

Yes, completely agree ! 

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A nice memory.

E46 version at f1.4.

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13 hours ago, poli said:

Anybody know if the e43 summilux is 6bit codable?

Unfortunately I don’t think so. It is not on the list of discontinued lenses that can be updated:

https://m.dpreview.com/articles/0669712115/leicamdlenses

You can still manually choose "Summilux-M 1:1.4/50 11114" in the camera menu, but I don't know if this is possible with an M10-D.

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53 minutes ago, poli said:

Thanks. Already started to doubt. And indeed with the m10-d you cannot choose a lens in the camera menu.

Very strange indeed, that you cannot manually choose a lens for the M10-D via the Fotos app or somewhere else. But I've heard of this problem before. I hope a future update will make it possible.

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I like how this lens renders landscapes as well as portraits.

50 lux (e43), m10-d

 

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M10-d, lux e43

 

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3 hours ago, poli said:

I like how this lens renders landscapes as well as portraits.

50 lux (e43), m10-d

 

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So lovely. Would you show us a photo of you copy of the lens itself ? 

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11 hours ago, Artin said:

It looks like my GAS is deflating more and more every day I can't find a copy of this lens for under 3000,00 dollars US Locally .. The prices are just going through the roof. 

If used Noctilux V4 prices stay constant (no guarantee of that of course!), probably worth going the whole hog for that instead. After all, one of the reasons for plumping for the Type 2 Summilux is that is renders similar to the Noct. Maybe better to get the real thing?

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Ray, I agree to get the real thing 😉.

 

For me, each Noctilux or Summilux which I use in many units ARE the real thing.

In my use, each Leitz/Leica lens IS the real thing.

I just learn to know that when I carry Noctilux E58, I don't expect to 'have' the 'same rendering' of Summilux (E43 or E46), and vice-versa.

Each one has something else to offer, so not learning to know each IS the culprit.

 

From memory, I have  (and learned to use over years ! ) in 50mm for M : Summar, Elmar, Summarit (1.5/-M 2.5), Summicron, Summilux,

and many more in third parties lenses.

 

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5 hours ago, a.noctilux said:

Ray, I agree to get the real thing 😉.

 

For me, each Noctilux or Summilux which I use in many units ARE the real thing.

In my use, each Leitz/Leica lens IS the real thing.

I just learn to know that when I carry Noctilux E58, I don't expect to 'have' the 'same rendering' of Summilux (E43 or E46), and vice-versa.

Each one has something else to offer, so not learning to know each IS the culprit.

 

From memory, I have  (and learned to use over years ! ) in 50mm for M : Summar, Elmar, Summarit (1.5/-M 2.5), Summicron, Summilux,

and many more in third parties lenses.

 

Ah, made a mistake didn't I, implying a Summilux as not being the real thing, on this forum of all places.  Nevertheless, hopefully the point was made in relation to the current respective values of the lenses.  

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Ray,

I have to admit that Leitz/Leica (not only, of course) "offered" choices in different 50mm lenses since many decades,

that for me IS the good thing so I profit from those offerings to learn and see how different they can be.

So I have almost all Leitz/Leica offerings over time (from 1930's to recent days) and never been able to choose only one of them.

Elmar that I use many types may be the first old-success-story, but I'm happy to use wider open lenses when needed.

Nowadays, Summarit-M IS the successor (not a success anymore, users move to other lenses, so does Leica with Asph.Apo-etc. offerings).

 

Coming to Summilux-M 50mm, pre-asph. this is lovely lens which can enhance photographer's skills (not replacing skills lacks though) 😉

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One day of transport strike,

March 2008

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I had the Summilux-M 50 pre-asph.

on M8 to snap some frames (b&w jpeg from camera, so not margin to PP ! )

 

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M10 with 50 Lux E46 @ f/2.8

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