shortstop Posted August 9 Share #1 Posted August 9 Advertisement (gone after registration) I bought a 49 mm B+W ND 64x (6 stops); it fits perfectly in the 12504 lens shade This achieve me shooting in sunlight using a 1,4 aperture. results are lovely; dreamy and glowy, as expected. Night shots suffer coma if there are spot of light (tipically with artificial source of light). In diurnal photos you have glow without coma. I share this experience because series VII filters are not common and Leica never made a ND filter of this series. Hi, Antonio 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wontonny Posted August 11 Share #2 Posted August 11 I also love shooting with a ND to get wide open during the day. Except now I've nicknamed the filter "The Troublemaker" due to it uncovering RF and lens calibration issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstop Posted August 11 Author Share #3 Posted August 11 Hiwontonny, no problems in my short experience. Which kind of calibration issues did you find? What is the brand and the model of your ND filter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wontonny Posted August 12 Share #4 Posted August 12 11 hours ago, shortstop said: Hiwontonny, no problems in my short experience. Which kind of calibration issues did you find? What is the brand and the model of your ND filter? It’s a B+W ND64 giving me 6 stops. Can shoot at 1.4 in full sun on 400 speed film. Turns out a majority of techs only calibrate the RF to infinity and not the factory spec of min focus, 10 meters, and infinity. Up close photos are fine, but right at around 20-30 feet or 10m the focus is off by a few feet. Confirmed by another lens so the body’s RF is slightly off. In practice, the images are ever so slightly out of focus because depth of field at that distance is helping me out. Enough to see what’s going on but also enough to piss me off hahaha. I would send it off to Leica HQ to get it properly calibrated and squared away but I have a trip coming up. I’ve just been learning to compensate for the focus issues. 🤷♂️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstop Posted August 12 Author Share #5 Posted August 12 I understood. Good luck with your RF Antonio Scorletti 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/423583-nd-filter-on-summilux-35/?do=findComment&comment=5847105'>More sharing options...
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