Leica lens quality/resolution vs MP count...Is this really a "thing?"

[sometimesmaybe]

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On 4/14/2023 at 10:52 PM, Mikep996 said:

I'm still wanting the sharpest images I can get

in that case i can suggest the GFX100s 😉

all jokes aside, sharpness is just 1 element of an image. depending on the type of photography you do, it might matter more or it might matter less. only you can say 🙂

for me it's less, i just need a lens to be 'sharp enough'. if i had to order things in terms of importance (for the stuff i do), i'll give 30% to light, 30% to subject/space, 25% to composition, 15% to camera and lens

i shot and processed these yesterday

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you may like the images or you may not... i just hope the 1st thing that crossed your mind wasn't 'what camera or lenses etc did this guy use'. if that was the case, then i need to try harder.

dont get me wrong, i LOVE 'nerding out' about camera and lenses (that's why im here 🤓 to discuss and debate the inconsequential things), but gear is just a small part of photography

 

 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, sometimesmaybe said:

i just hope the 1st thing that crossed your mind wasn't 'what camera or lenses etc did this guy use'. if that was the case, then i need to try harder.

nice b&w

but i only locked onto the Absinthe poster [delicious], and the wind chimes 😇

[Mikep996]

I think I'll attempt a trade with one of the Leica shops when we're in the UK (leaving for there on Wed - be there 6 months), trading in a Leica M10 body and three Leica lenses - 50 Cron, 90 tele-elmarit, 28/35/50 Tri Elmar and see what I can do re the 50 'Cron APO/my bank account. 😱

[dugby]

Mike.

The 50APO images from my M10-R are mind-blowing (just absolutely gorgeous) over both the 35FLE and 50FLE that I also have. For particular reasons I won't sell off the two FLEs.

 

The 50APO just stays glued to the M10-R, as it's the "complete" package for me.

 

When I need to shoot repetitive "wide",  I'll slap on the 35FLE, however for adhoc "wide" I'm now starting to experiment with stitching DNGs,

two portrait 50mm shots stitched = one 35mm landscape

Edited April 17, 2023 by dugby

[newtoleica]

Rendering is the thing with lenses…. Sharpness can be a part of that, but it is by no means the only thing.

choosing a lens is like picking a brush, you pick the tool you want to interpret your vision of the scene….

[RS-Colo]

The 50APO actually got me back into Leica after decades since my film days. I had been over ten years into 4x5 and then moved to micro4/3 digital. I could do all kind of stuff I couldn't with 4x5 film, not least take more than a dozen sheets of film with me for the day. But the 12Mpixels of the day were very sad doing anything beyond an 8x10 print. I longed for more sharp resolution. Then I read about the new 50APO and how it was designed from the start as the sharpest lens in the world. Going from 4x5 to digital had softened me up for something (anything) better. The icing on the cake was the new Leica Monochrom (CCD) camera without the RGB filter. The combination of lens and sensor gave me the "best" image of the day.

I still have the 50APO. And I pair it with my M10-R or M-10M. Of the four Leica lenses I have, the 50 stays on the camera I am using as much or more than the other three combined. My goals are not everyone's. But the 50APO is my perfect lens.

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[Mikep996]

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As I said earlier - I have always wanted the sharpest image I can get from my cameras, film or digital.  It's easy to adjust an image in processing - whether digital or darkroom - to obtain a less sharp print if that's the "vision" of the photographer.  But I have never wanted a "less sharp" photograph out of the camera.    

 

[sometimesmaybe]

13 hours ago, Mikep996 said:

As I said earlier - I have always wanted the sharpest image I can get from my cameras, film or digital.  It's easy to adjust an image in processing - whether digital or darkroom - to obtain a less sharp print if that's the "vision" of the photographer.  But I have never wanted a "less sharp" photograph out of the camera.    

 

in that case the 50 APO sounds perfect for your needs! also dont forget the 90mm macro elmar 

if you're willing to move systems then the GFX100s + any of the GF lenses (save for the 80mm) is just on a whole different level

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Am 17.4.2023 um 19:18 schrieb Mikep996:

I have always wanted the sharpest image I can get from my cameras, film or digital.

Then you will love the Apo-Summicron-M 50 mm Asph (and the Apo-Summicron-M 35 mm Asph as well).

The point is—the Apo-Summicrons will give you the sharpest images you can get from any camera, film or digital. You don't need 60 MP to appreciate the virtues of an Apo-Summicron ... but then, 60 MP won't hurt, either.