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Just a casual shot of the trumpeter for The Shanghai Woolies at their Portland, OR, 5 April concert. A local group and good.

That's a nice series. You're pissing me off. ;o) I had hoped I was done with lenses. Nice color and definition and composition. Very nice.

Winter is a variable. Some see sub-zero regularly as I did when I lived in Montreal. Now in the Pacific Northwest on the coast it rarely dips to freezing, but is windy and rainy. Shooting? I stay in the damned car! ;o) I just keep the heat on and roll down the window, shoot, and roll up...

I'm voting with you, buddy. This lens was a bug put in my ear by a friend and he was right. It is a lens that is worth having. So many lenses, so little time. Advice is welcome and look what it did for me on this. Advice and then some. I have all four lenses but will use the CV LTM f/1.7...

It is a nice lens. Sharp but not an eyebleeder. Good color. On balance a very good lens. Recommended by him what knows. This night shot was with it at f/5.6, ISO 2500, M9 max: L1003237 It is a welcome addition and will remain in the starting lineup. ;o)

I recently received a CV 35mm LTM f/1.7 and the advice that it is a good lens. I have been using an old Canon 35mm LTM f/2.0 (Black) with pretty good results. And I have the CV 35mm f/1.4 Nokton II. So why not compare them? I threw in an old '51 Jupiter-12. They are in order Canon, CV...

OK, I have been puttering with the PIxii again. I took a trip to Nevada to shoot US 50 but found the aprons are about six feet too narrow for my car. So hang that one up. I came prepared with the X2D, the M9 and the Pixii and a bunch of LTM lenses with M39 > M42 adapters and the UV/IR...

That dashes any fantasies of buying an M9-P. Good. The M-9 still works fine.

Sisu, baby. You'll figure something out.

I like the Pixii, it is a quirky little devil but I am now in a beta just to use the Auto ISO. I may go back to the last stable release as I have a trip planned out to the desert. Pixii is starting from scratch, with no camera experience other than what may be grafted from GoPro. And Barth...

FWIW, I asked at the the FB Pixii group about the beta underexposure and was told that changing the metering to spot will knock out the underexposure problem in low light. I will be testing it. I am told I can go back to the last stable release but will dink around with the beta some more...

Out and about with Pixii today. I have the new beta with auto ISO installed. I like it but it may still need to shake out some more. My first two shots were wildly overexposed and after that underexposed. This could be for two reasons: 1) EC -0.5 and, 2) AVG metering. I have set the EC to...

OK, awakening from a long Pixii slumber. I had a real nosebleed of a time to get the latest developer release of the camera firmware, one which has AUTO ISO, just like the big guys and one less thing to keep track of. I have set the ISO on my camera to AUTO, set the highest ISO setting I want...

Since this post I have the Cooke Amotal, a sweet CZJ 5cm f/1.5 in the prized 272nnnn series and, of course the Skyllaney Bertele. Additionally the XCD 55V which attaches to the X2D. So I am really am all lens'ed and camera'ed out and way beyond my depth. But pleased to be there.

I ran a comparison test of my Soviet, Skyllaney and German Sonnars this afternoon. This is not a great test but it will give you an idea of the differences. Sonnar Lens Tests Ooops, they were in reverse order. Curses, Red Baron! I have sorted them into the proper order. Apologies. I...

FWIW to the tech-savvy crowd, the lens has the six digit Leica lens ID coding of black and white dabs on the back of the lens where it attaches to the camera. I checked the coding (black-white-white-white-white-black, 100001 for nerds) and it is the coding for the Leica Summicron-M, versions IV...

Life has been good out here on the far western edge of the US & A. Monday the lens fairy dropped off a primo CZJ 5cm f/1.5 272nnn .Today the lens fairy dropped off a Bertele. My luck is getting so good I am going to buy a batch of one hundred lottery tickets and win on all of them. ;o) OK...

Nighttime in the same harbor. This fishing boat has been tied up for a few days. Amotal again, f/4.0, X2D.

I was interested in seeing just how sharp the Cooke Amotal is so I took it out for a spin tonight on the X2D. The X2D has a great sensor with superb color and definition. And Hasselblad just updated the camera firmware so that I can slap on a LTM lens without vignetting as I have the option of...

Have you tried his website? Google is your friend. ;o)

Here is a folder of pics I took with the Pixii alongside the X2D. Problem is that the X2D was in JPG and the Pixii in DNG. I converted the PIxii DNG's but I think I will redo this test with both shooting JPG at EC -0.5 a low ISO and see what happens. In the meantime see how the two compare...

Also, the firmware on mine was screwed up - I did it - so it came back clean and acting as M. Pixii should. I really like the color and do think it more like the X2D than the Leicas. And here is a little propaganda from a reviewer on YT. He has come to love it as have I and he lists the...

OK, I had to break out today. I made a run around the harbor and took some more photos of the Iona. The owner just bought it and is ready to get it fitted out and shipshape, sail across the Columbia Bar and do a circumnavigation. It's a pretty boat. Here she is in the late afternoon light...

Lenses for Leica, there's a can of worms! LOL I like the old CCD Leicas which means I use the M9 and M8.2. But the lens favorites are Canon 50mm LTM f/1.8, KMZ Jupiter 8 (it's a crap shoot) and the Cooke Amotal in ascending order of preference. I have two J8's both good and they are Zeiss...

True, too true. And if a large corporation makes a legal challenge they will bankrupt you with legal motions. I know a fellow who was beaten out of his patent on phantom power this way. "Fame's a fickle slut and whory . . . and he's a fool who strives to swive her."

Hey, I am a history major. Do you want fries with that? ;o) I do not understand the tech end of how Barth has trained his camera to "see" B&W in native DNG. It must be a good trick as he is seeking a patent on it. But what I have read says it has a 16 bit range in B&W and loses something...

That is an interesting observation as I was unaware of any upgrades to the Pixii color engine. The factory upgrade was for an upgrade to the 64bit chip. I have seen no chatter over at the Pixii group on FB about color changes or at any other place. I'll keep an eye peeled. Jim Chung did the...

Well, that is a startling catch on your part and required some real sleuthing. I will check the sensor and the lens. Now, to the subject of the post, how do you think the Pixii resolves compared to the X2D?

Shot at either f/4.0, most likely, or f/5.6. What pieces of gunk?

Yes, you are right. I should have been clearer that I was looking for a definition comparison. And for 26MP vs 100MP I think the Pixii does well.

OK, two Ionas, one with the X2D and the other with the A2572, in that order. The lighting is different. The X2D is with the XCD 55V lens and the A2572 with the Canon 35mm f/2.0 LTM (black) lens. I will try for a better "at the same tine" comparison later. If you want to see them on Flickr...

Went out with the new A2572 Pixii the other day. These were shot with a 35mm F/2.0 LTM Canon (black) which is a pretty good lens. This first one is in a local pinball and game arcade famed for lousy hot dogs. Color and detail are fine. I do not believe that the color engine was manipulated...

OK, minuscule information on the Pixii. The color engine is still great. I would post some photos but we are having some Clatsop County sunshine today which means it is grey and overcast and drizzling. The color photos of my kitchen are just great but it is so messy you will have to take my...

OK, M. Pixii came back home tonight. I did a quick couple of pics and it works. An initial impression is that the DNG has stronger color than the JPG but I have to test that. It is good to have it back. I will see if it is faster and more economical of energy use. The color is good and that...

This is a half-assed test but check it out as a first attempt. I have been told that a UV filter would be advised. These were shot without the UV. There are two, one on the M9 and a repeat on the X2D. So just peep at these and know there will be a better one coming. M9...

You are probably right. This was just a quick test. I will do a better one. The '51 KMZ was baptized and blessed by Sonnar Brian so it will be in the best condition and may well have Zeiss glass and guts in it. I am grateful to have found it and grateful to have it made whole after some...

"In response to an ever-diminishing number of requests, . . . " I am posting a quick, seat-of-the pants test I ran just now of the Cooke Amotal, the '51 J8 and the '57 J8. I will get out another day but am tied up at home today so there will just be this three image test. All shots were on an...

Because I just love the little camera and am attracted to bright shiny things and exceedingly expensive cameras, here is s Pixii - Phase One test: Pixii Camera – true monochrome performance with a Bayer layer?

OK, this same '51 KMZ Jupiter 8 has just returned from the hands of the Jupiter Master. It is better. I have shot a couple of around the house pics and the lens is nice and sharp with good color. It functions smoothly and is way better than before the Jupiter Master got it. These two are...

The Pixii is in Bensancon at Pixii France undergoing the metamorphasis to change from an A1571 to an A2572 with the 64 bit SoC processor. I glommed this off their page: NEW The most powerful processor ever in a camera. New 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 architecture. Dual-core OpenCL 2.0...

Here is a recent review of the new A2572 Pixii, an upgrade from the A1571: https://www.35mmc.com/14/12/2022/news-2023-pixii-camera-with-worlds-first-64-bit-processor-and-true-monochrome/

Getting ready to send the Pixii back for an upgrade to the new, faster, SOIC 64 bit processor. So I thought to go out and click a few pics. Both with my usual Canon 28mm f/2.8 LTM. Both shot at F/8.0 IIRC. Because they display better on Flickr I am just embedding the links...

Further on the Cooke lenses, I am rewatching Doc Martin. Season 5 seems to have been shot with Cooke lenses but it might just me getting dottier, too. But there is that glow in S5 E1. I really like some other camera - lens combos but there are instances where that Amotal is just stellar and...

The Speed Panchro is a slightly different lens. I have read one YT review. It claims the "Cooke Look" wide open. The Amotal has the "Cooke Look" through a number of stops. This takes little from the Panchro. Both the original Panchro and the original Amotal are getting pricey. I really...

I am happy with what I have now, two by your recommendation, the Canon f/1.8 and the Jupiter 8. I think I am all camera'ed out. The most recent purchase has settled me. But I will keep the offer in mind. ;o)

I did not pay nearly that much and Skylanney had one they CLA'ed and for sale at US$1,300. They are expensive, yes. But when you get one you can pretty much stop shopping for 50's. There is a fellow in Hong Kong selling them but they all look ratty and are pricey. I got lucky with mine...

I have diddled around a bit with LTM lenses and rambled about boards and listened to the propeller heads who know lenses. One recommended is the Jupiter 8, KMZ the best bet and early if possible, like early 50's. I have a '57 which is very kind. I have two or three others including a '51. I...

Brian, I do not know. I am really just at the consumer end of this. You can swing by the Pixii page on FB and ask Mattias Burling who is the moderator and would possibly know. He has close contact with Pixii and its head, Barth. He and a couple others are using the new SoC A2572 Pixii and...

Here is a conversion from DNG to JPG with no other changes. Canon 28mm f/2.8. It appears better on Flickr: P0000255e1

Just so you know the Pixii still works, here is an older pic of a sunset over the Columbia River. This was taken with the Cooke Amotal slapped on the front, a favorite lens. I am looking forward to the factory hardware update to the 64 bit SoC with faster processing speeds and lower battery usage.