Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted December 10, 2016 Share #81 Posted December 10, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) The second and third links to images taken with the Summilux-SL today. By the way, after walking around with it on the SL for hours using the Leica SL strap, I think the lens is neither too big nor too heavy. Despite being only a bit shorter than the 24-90, it makes the camera look less obtrusive and the user less pretentious, I think. These have been processed the way I like it but no sharpening beyond the default settings in LR was applied. https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-gp9RKx/ And here some of the same as above in B&W achieved by just desaturing the color in LR. https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-m5pD9W/ amazing 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MediaFotografie Posted December 11, 2016 Share #82 Posted December 11, 2016 ...here are some more different real world examples from Summilux-SL, most wide open (1,4) with little PP(sorry, no portraits; these are very awesome, but I have to ask before publish them): https://adobe.ly/2hcpLxx here you can find three of these (all @1,4) as DNG, you're free to use it (and play around): http://www.vesta.uni-tuebingen.de/l_forum/temp/Summilux_DNG.zip thomas 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted December 11, 2016 Share #83 Posted December 11, 2016 I tried opening them Tom but on iPhone cannot. Any chance of just uploading them to the forum?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted December 11, 2016 Share #84 Posted December 11, 2016 Never mind Tom I managed to open them in Lightroom mobile....... would like to see some portraits Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenw0lf Posted December 11, 2016 Share #85 Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) Take some "portraits" of cuddly toys or puppets (shop window decoration, mannequins, dummies). You don't need to ask their permission for publishing. The teddy bear is just waiting to be asked. Edited December 11, 2016 by steppenw0lf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted December 11, 2016 Share #86 Posted December 11, 2016 Thanks for putting up these various samples. The lens seems to have an attractive, gentle rendering. Illustrates the point that fast aperture is not always the right answer, as the depth of field is so narrow. One or two seem to be slightly out of focus. Hard to tell whether this is just the camera's focusing system, the need for better firmware, or just operator error (or degradation of the image as rendered through a browser). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brembeck43 Posted December 11, 2016 Share #87 Posted December 11, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) http://www.brembeck.de/kunden/SL_Summilux Some snaps from today. All wide open... Robert 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted December 11, 2016 Share #88 Posted December 11, 2016 http://www.brembeck.de/kunden/SL_Summilux Some snaps from today. All wide open... Robert Thanks Robert......I really like the 3D effect this lens renders............on a couple of the close up portraits it looks like you missed the eye being sharp sharp but thats just me nit picking..........all in all some lovely pictures you have there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbonetics Posted December 11, 2016 Share #89 Posted December 11, 2016 http://www.brembeck.de/kunden/SL_Summilux Some snaps from today. All wide open... Robert very nice and looks promising. The details are very natural yet sharp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted December 11, 2016 Share #90 Posted December 11, 2016 ...here are some more different real world examples from Summilux-SL, most wide open (1,4) with little PP (sorry, no portraits; these are very awesome, but I have to ask before publish them): https://adobe.ly/2hcpLxx here you can find three of these (all @1,4) as DNG, you're free to use it (and play around): http://www.vesta.uni-tuebingen.de/l_forum/temp/Summilux_DNG.zip thomas I hope you don't mind my processing your canal shot in Capture One, which let me see some things about the color rendering deep in the shadows. I brought up your shadow detail about 1-2 stops and held back the highlights (some strong light on two houses) by about half a stop. Even though you shot that at f/1.4 and 1/4000 (!!), the lens holds its detail well away from the zone of sharpest focus. Dezember 2016 by , on Flickr In C1 I can also see how much correction for distortion Leica puts into the .dng file for you. It's fairly modest, perhaps 1 or 2 % at the sides, and almost no correction at the top. scott 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted December 11, 2016 Share #91 Posted December 11, 2016 From the local Christmas Market today. This young lady gave me permission to post it if the traditional pastries she was selling, which are considered a local delicacy, and the name of the pastry shop are shown in the picture. The lighting in the booth was yellow and poor. This is a crop so you may not be able to tell much by it. https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-QwGHJ8/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaFotografie Posted December 11, 2016 Share #92 Posted December 11, 2016 Take some "portraits" of cuddly toys or puppets (shop window decoration, mannequins, dummies). You don't need to ask their permission for publishing. The teddy bear is just waiting to be asked. I've added some more portraits from the little bear and it's friends - but SL's face detection doesn't work with it... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaFotografie Posted December 11, 2016 Share #93 Posted December 11, 2016 I hope you don't mind my processing your canal shot in Capture One, which let me see some things about the color rendering deep in the shadows. I brought up your shadow detail about 1-2 stops and held back the highlights (some strong light on two houses) by about half a stop. Even though you shot that at f/1.4 and 1/4000 (!!), the lens holds its detail well away from the zone of sharpest focus. (...) In C1 I can also see how much correction for distortion Leica puts into the .dng file for you. It's fairly modest, perhaps 1 or 2 % at the sides, and almost no correction at the top. scott Hi Scott, thank you, nice PP and good informations, I only used LR; here I wanted to try f 1,4 and was surprised by the result, really thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helged Posted December 12, 2016 Share #94 Posted December 12, 2016 I guess this is not the main focus for most SL50/f1.4-shooters, but nevertheless: Could someone take a shot on tripod at night to check the lens' coma performance? Preferably at f1.4. Thanks in advance... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helged Posted December 12, 2016 Share #95 Posted December 12, 2016 Some additional 50/f1.4 images. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted December 12, 2016 Share #96 Posted December 12, 2016 These additional images give a good impression of the character (or lack of it) of the lens. Gentle contrast, subdued saturation. A good start for additional post-processing (or note). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted December 12, 2016 Share #97 Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) To my eye, both Thomas and Robert's pictures reveal a lens with a look similar to the M 50 APO. What is in focus is very, very sharp, and what isn't falls away in a lovely, fairly neutral manner. Thomas's picture of leaves isolated on a branch is nearly identical to a picture I took just a few weeks ago with my SL and Nocti - and as posted, looks so good, I absolutely could see going out without the Noctilux. I am guessing that, with an ND filter, shooting this lens wide open in daylight is going to be a joy. Any reports of it arriving in North America yet? I checked today (12/12) with the Leica Store where I had ordered it and they still say "January." Edited December 12, 2016 by johnbuckley 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted December 13, 2016 Share #98 Posted December 13, 2016 Any reports of it arriving in North America yet? I checked today (12/12) with the Leica Store where I had ordered it and they still say "January." Hopefully, everybody will be able to get a lens who's been waiting for one by then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted December 13, 2016 Share #99 Posted December 13, 2016 Despite what dealers report, today's press release announcing the 2.2 firmware also announces the official release of the Summilux 50mm. A (possibly test) batch has been made, but a production run presumably has to wait until the New Year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordonPhotography Posted December 14, 2016 Share #100 Posted December 14, 2016 Hopefully, everybody will be able to get a lens who's been waiting for one by then. I have been told by Leica Australia that my pre-order is January delivery. Gordon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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