johne
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Why not appoint a panel from the de Sade fan club to do the judging? Just a thought.
Johne
Johne
(Vanity post) The most kick-ass-looking chrome lens for my M7?
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cmogi10
Bodhisattva
I think the 90mm Cron is the winner!
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aizan
Veteran
my vote goes for the 35mm summicron asph from the lhsa hammertone mp kit, along with the chrome round vented hood from the hermes mp kit.
akptc
Shoot first, think later
Do you mean something like this ? (substitute M7 for the MP shown)aizan said:
(from: http://www.rglewis.co.uk/leica/m/hermes/hermes.htm)
J. Borger
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Sorry guys i can't agree with any of you..... the hottest looking chrome lens by far is stilll the 50mm type I rigid summicron ..... or the 50 year edition of the current 50 summicron with that same design. Dr summicron makes a good second....!
Artorius
Caribbean Traveler
Although not an M7
Although not an M7
On the M8, I get some strange/sexy/great looks from the people I point it at. The Elmar 90mm f/4 collapsible. A really true "extension". lol
Although not an M7
On the M8, I get some strange/sexy/great looks from the people I point it at. The Elmar 90mm f/4 collapsible. A really true "extension". lol
cmogi10
Bodhisattva
Artorius said:On the M8, I get some strange/sexy/great looks from the people I point it at. The Elmar 90mm f/4 collapsible. A really true "extension". lol
I get the "Wait, so that's digital? No way!" comment all the time when I have a older lens on my M8.
Actually I get it regardless of any Lens on my M8
amateriat
We're all light!
You probably get a few "is that an Elmar 90mm f/4 collapsible, or are you just happy to see me?" jokes with this setup. 😉Artorius said:On the M8, I get some strange/sexy/great looks from the people I point it at. The Elmar 90mm f/4 collapsible. A really true "extension". lol
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aizan
Veteran
akptc said:Do you mean something like this ? (substitute M7 for the MP shown)
(from: http://www.rglewis.co.uk/leica/m/hermes/hermes.htm)
that's the hood, alright. this is what the lens looks like:
the 60th jubilee independence is the same, except black chrome.
Artorius
Caribbean Traveler
amateriat said:
Actually, the best reaction for a chrome lens was when I was in Aruba, behind the scenes, photographing during a SI swimsuit shoot. I had a Nikon D2x with a chrome 45P that raised many interesting facial expressions.
But none of the 'happy to see me jokes'(remember the lens is flatter than a pancake lens). But, if it had been a chrome 300mm, who knows?
Mazurka
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akptc said:
Just get an old Zeiss 80mm (or 150mm even) in Hassey mount, a Hassey-to-35mmSLR adapter plus a matching SLR-to-Leica-M adapter.
Forget about the stinkin' RF or even VF. With such a huge tool, you can just point-and-shoot anything you want. 🙄
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alan davus
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Artorius said:
Yes, but remember the old saying, "big lens, small d**k". So the reverse being true, with the 45P, it's a wonder all those swimsuit models weren't smoozing up to you. Or aren't you letting on??
Rico
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If you want class, only Wetzlar satin chrome from the sixties will serve. I think this 15-bladed, dual-scale Elmar 50/2.8 fits the bill 🙂akptc said:
I understand that the C/V chrome finish is paint. Is the same true of the ZM line? Chrome plating requires a brass barrel.
akptc
Shoot first, think later
And the winner is...
And the winner is...
Well, my head was spinning from all the possibilities and I'd finally decided on either the 50mm Summilux pre-asph or the 35mm summicron asph, in chrome, of course. As luck would have it, a minty 35 asph cron was on sale on pnet last night. So my chrome M7 will soon be wearing this:
Thanks everyone for your advice, this was a lot of fun!
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(Added later) - here is the end result, i.e. total gear happiness 🙂
And the winner is...
Well, my head was spinning from all the possibilities and I'd finally decided on either the 50mm Summilux pre-asph or the 35mm summicron asph, in chrome, of course. As luck would have it, a minty 35 asph cron was on sale on pnet last night. So my chrome M7 will soon be wearing this:
Thanks everyone for your advice, this was a lot of fun!
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(Added later) - here is the end result, i.e. total gear happiness 🙂
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