Leica M8 with the vintage Nokton (for the Prominent)

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Amedeo sent me one of his new M adapters for the 50mm Prominent lenses, and I used it with the Nokton 50/1.5 on the M8. The images are low contrast when they are viewed before any PS at all. I added a small amount of contrast. but this is all. I find this lens to be very useful for portraits. I know that my wife likes her photos with his lens. Dana and Lina were my two models, as usual. I noticed also a color shift toward purple with this lens. With PS it is easy to slightly adjust.




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Here it was Lina's turn.


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Amedeo's adapter is very made and it is not heavy.
 
Here are some photos that were taken outdoors. I like them. I really do.

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I see a 3 D effect in the images that were taken with the vintage Nokton. The modern (new) version Nokton is also superb in other ways. I am glad that Amedeo decided to create such an adapter. I am being reminded of my old Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5.
 
Hi Brian,
You are correct. Lina has grown a lot from a "little kid" to a girl of average height.
See you soon!

Raid
 
The 50/1.5 Nokton for the Prominent: a Planar type lens, 7 elements in 5 groups, lower contrast and "low-key" swirly Bokeh. sharpness, on par with the 1950s Summicrons, sharper than the Summarit.
 
I will add that the lens is built very well. Many claim it s better than most 50mm lenses of its time. This may be a great lens for B&W images.
 
I am now trying out the lens for B&W images. I removed all colors, followed by adding some grain and softness.
All images were taken at aperture 1.5.

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This lens was designed for B&W images, and there is a color shift or cast in the indoors images. It gives me pleasing pastel colors outdoors.

Thanks.
 
Yesterday, I placed the vintage Nokton on the Olympus EP2 (4/3 camera) to see how this lens does as a portrait lens, with perspective of a 100mm lens.

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