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Maybe we should re-title this thread Canon 5cm f1.5 LTM sonnar pics of our daughters and friends on swings.:) L1007594 by Brusby, on Flickr

Thanks for the heads up about your previous thread. I was surprised at the significantly different levels of coma among the three lenses, with Canon having the least by a good margin.

Very interesting Brian. What immediately stood out to me was the difference in coma among the three lenses. From your first photo, I did a quick screenshot in the same order you presented. Jupiter first, Nikkor second and Canon last. The Canon seems to have the least by a good margin...

Thanks Brian! When I first got the lens I tested it to check focus accuracy and it was spot on at f1.5. I'm not the original owner so I don't know whether it was set from the factory this way or adjusted by a previous owner. I did these shots at f2 only because I was concerned it might be a...

Took the combo out this weekend to check out the Canon lens for some people shots in all natural light. All shot at f2. Shooting with the sun just outside the frame -- no hood. L1007591 1 by Brusby, on Flickr Moving the sun just a bit farther out of the frame to remove the natural flare...

Focus on a single small dot rather than a line. If you always get 2 images of the dot, even at the best focus, your vertical alignment is probably off. And if it is off, focusing on a vertical line probably won't let you know it. Good luck.

Very nice shots. The SWC is such a beautiful camera with a superb lens. It was my favorite when I was shooting film. ps, where's the vignetting in the last photo coming from? I don't recall seeing any when I was using mine. But then I probably always stopped down at least a stop or two, if...

M240 with 28mm Summicron white canoe by brusbybrusby, on Flickr

M240 with 35mm Summicron L1003206-1 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr

50mm lux asph for best combination of useful field of view, image quality and particularly beautiful bokeh. But for portability 35mm summicron v4 (v4 just happens to be what I have but any version would be great).

Well, that history has already been written and denying it won't change it. I find the whole story incredibly interesting -- the photographic innovation part, not the tragic loss of life -- and I'd really like to know more. Winnek sounds like a fascinating character.

I wonder where the information came from. If Winnek's son was referring to documentation created by his dad, that source is probably historically significant and should be preserved before it is lost or destroyed both to establish the provenance of your camera and for general historical principles.

Fascinating. It would be historically important if the original footage taken by this camera could be found and made available to the public. If I understand correctly, your camera was used on reconnaissance flights, including one by the Enola Gay over Hiroshima prior to the bombing and then...

Nice Raid. What's the story of your association with this camera?

The M9 and M240 are capable of stunning photos in the right hands.

New style, dark looks good here. Thanks!

Robin, I like the golden glow and languid feel of Raid's shots. Pensacola is a few hours from New Orleans but the rozos and the general feeling of the scenes are very similar to what we have in some areas around here.

There's something nice and reassuring about old things, including lenses. Doesn't Joe Patti's have stone crabs? I think I'd have to pop inside after my evening photo session and scarf down a few.

Last one I think. Mixed daylight and incandescent here was a little problematic. _DSC1267 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr

And one more with this lovely lens. Hand held, all existing light. _DSC1203 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr

Here's one shot at f2 to preserve a bit of the dreamy effect of this lens while sharpening it up just a tad from wide open. _DSC1225 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr

Mijo, I had the same dilemma 'cause I've got the 35mm lux FLE too, but for compactness and portability I can't think of another Leica lens that's better than this lens except maybe the 35mm lux pre-asph. But the pre-asph lux is a little soft until it's stopped down a bit; great for portraits...

Testing Sony A7II and Leica 35mm Summicron v4. This is a hand held shot at f4, taken while walking to a local coffee shop. For the lovely blend of compactness and speed I find I'm grabbing the 35mm Summicron v4 most often. It's tiny and still useably sharp wide open. Here in New Orleans there...

That really sucks. Did you pay via Paypal? If so, you should be able to return it pursuant to their "not as described" purchaser protection and to get a complete refund. After all, you gave explicit instructions which Luigi didn't follow. The cost to correct it or of a full refund should be...

Nice pics. My fav camera of all time.

Very nice photos. Your exif info shows 1/60 sec exposure. I'm wondering if the low shutter speed is one of the reasons you're having difficulty getting sharp images.

I love Zeiss lenses, but the Leica 21mm SEM is a beautiful and amazing lens. It's very sharp, has great contrast and best of all it's really small and compact. I just fixed some broken links to a few images made with the Leica 21 that I posted a while back...

The proof will be in the shadows and highlights -- if you can eke out more detail or a more complex gradation than is possible with curves in PS or LR, without screwing up the mid tones, you'd be on to something.

Can you actually change the response of the sensor? It would be wonderful if that were possible, but I was under the impression sensor response to light levels was solely a function of its physical build characteristics. This is not my field and I don't profess to be very knowledgeable about it...

I had the same experience of things getting fuzzy through the Leica 1.4x magnifier. However, unlike you Raid, I am a little nearsighted and am starting to need just a slight correction (+1) for distance. I'm pretty sure it's just the magnifier making any focus problems or unsharpness more...

You make very good points about the 12 bit limitation and its effect on reducing grey tones the camera is capable of reproducing. I'd be very interested to see some controlled testing.

Are you referring to the splotchy sky above the tree tops? It looks like someone burned it in.

It's almost certainly on your sensor Raid. I'd try blowing it off with one of those squeezy bulb thingies first. If that doesn't work I'd look closely at the sensor under bright light to see if you can detect the spot. Since your spot is top right in the photo, on the sensor it should be...

Yes, I really like that it's so versatile and permits changing the mood of the shot or session just by changing aperture. No need to swap lenses.

Great lens with a dual personality -- pretty sharp stopped down and dreamy wide open. This shot is stopped down to about f2.8 or f4. It's also a tiny lens, about the same size and weight as the 35mm Summicron v1 or 35mm Summaron. L1001379_v1 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr I've posted a few photos...

I don't like lousy compression either.:cool: But seriously, love this post and ones like it where someone is thinking about things on more than a superficial level. Nice Brian!!!

Thanks for your reply Brian. I understand what you're saying about the thinner glass and less IR absorption, but I'm still a little unclear about exactly what benefits that is supposed to bring -- truer colors? sharper image? better saturation? less dispersion of light from not having to...

For the lovely blend of compactness and speed I find I'm grabbing the 35mm Summicron v4 most often. It's tiny and still useably sharp wide open. This is a hand held shot at f4, taken while walking to a local coffee shop. BTW, here in New Orleans there are almost no straight lines and nothing...

What's the proposed benefit? It seems moving the sensor closer toward the lens would exacerbate the problems of color shifts and smeary details in the corners caused by sub-optimal angles of incidence.

Thanks Mijo. This was taken in the Tulane University student lounge (unfortunately I haven't been a student since last century). I thought it was gonna be a nightmare trying to use the interior light (tungsten? fluorescent? led?) with daylight, but after balancing for the warm direct light...

I haven't used this lens in a while so I took it out for a spin. This is a friend who graciously agreed to hold still while I fiddled around. Mixture of existing interior light with sunlight bleeding in from the large plate glass windows in the background. (note: edit because flickr keeps...

If you need vision correction the Leica magnifiers are just gonna give you a bigger blurrier image. I'm farsighted and I thought the Leica 1.4 would be helpful. It wasn't. Nothing wrong with their product, it's just that without a diopter or glasses for correction the image was fuzzy and I...

I like the first image a lot. She has a bit of a Mona Lisa-esque expression, and the sepia tone works very well. Even the light on her face, particularly the rim light, is interesting and not too flat. The only thing that detracts just a bit is the background and the very light area behind...

There's no accounting for taste -- I like the photos. If the first few were done with only colored disco lights, I'm amazed you got anywhere close to a natural color balance. Plus she's a moving subject in very low light so blur is almost impossible to avoid. Are they grainy? Of course...

Great articles, thanks!

Spoken like a happily married man. :cool:

Haha, thanks Brian . . . that's exactly what I thought when I saw those lovely legs.

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35mm Summilux FLE in the French Quarter, New Orleans A friend set up a photo shoot here in the French Quarter and he invited me to tag along. Here are a few with the 35mm Summilux FLE on M240. [/url]L1001087-445-1 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]L1001091-444-1 by brusbybrusby, on...

Haha, thanks a lot, now I'm gonna need latex gloves to handle it. But seriously, this lens is a true tele design and so it's shorter than the non-tele version of the same vintage. It's small and light enough to put in a shirt pocket. I haven't compared mine to the other vintage Elmarit...