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Anyone noticing any improvement with the new FW in terms of dynamic range or noise performance of 36MP and 18MP DNGs compared to 60MP ones, which supposedly should be the benefits of pixel binning?

Maybe it's just me but I'm not quite clear from the descriptions what the issue seems to be. Perhaps a video of the operation of the lens might help illustrate the point. That said, from what I could gather, it doesn't seem to have any issues. The DR without the close-focus goggle will lock when the ring is pulled and switched to the close-focus side. The goggle when mounted presses in the little ball on top of the lens and releases the focus ring for focus movement on the close-focus side. And the focus ring will should not be able to be pulled back from the close-focus side to the 1m-infinity side when the goggle is still attached. Taking it off allows the ball to spring back up a little, thereby allowing the focus ring to be pull back to the 1m-infinity side. On the 1m-infinity side: to focus towards infinity, clockwise. To focus nearer, counterclockwise. On the close-focus side: to focus from minimum focus distance towards 1m, clockwise. To focus towards minimum focus distance, counterclockwise. BTW, you don't have to attach the goggle to release the focus ring on the close-focus side. You can simply use a finger to push down the little ball on top while turning the focuse ring, and it releases and allows turning all the way towards minimum focus distance, until you turn it back towards its starting position at/near the 0.9m/1m area, where the ball spring back and locks the focus ring again. I have both versions of the DR (although I only have the goggle for one ver.), but both versions operate the same way.

M10p + Lux 50 ASPH

M10P Summilux 50mm F1.4 ASPH

Arundel Castle

VM 50/1.5 II

Summilux 50mm ASPH

If only it'd give me a bag of magic beans!

A few banal test shots with the Ultron 35mm f/2 Type II. All at F2. Just to clarify, the last photo was shot through a double-glazed window at a bit of an angle. Normally I don't seem to notice as much vignetting with this lease.

It was a shaded path leading into an open space. When I took the photo I was facing the path, with the sun shining brightly behind me and reflecting strongly on the deers against a much dimmer background. This is further amplified by the Jupiter 3, which tends to render strong highlights with a pronounced veiling haze. I had another ask me if I was using a flash

Sevenoaks, Surrey. w/ Jupiter-3

Knole Deer Park, Sevenoaks, Surrey. w/ Jupiter-3

summicron-c 40/2

Hastings. Summicron 40/2

summilux 50/1.4 ASPH