Michael I.
Well-known
Hi,All!
I currently have a m3 with summaron(goggled). I am contemplating selling the summaron(which gives wonderfull results,specially after cla by Sherry Krauter but I hate the goggles with a vengance) and getting a 40 summicron.
Will it give as plesant a look to my Black and Whites?How is it in color?
Will it give worse distortions then a 50?
What say you?How usable is it with the 50 framelines of the M3? Will it make any other ones pop? Is it a good substitute or should I get a nokton 40/1.4 and thats it?:bang:
I currently have a m3 with summaron(goggled). I am contemplating selling the summaron(which gives wonderfull results,specially after cla by Sherry Krauter but I hate the goggles with a vengance) and getting a 40 summicron.
Will it give as plesant a look to my Black and Whites?How is it in color?
Will it give worse distortions then a 50?
What say you?How usable is it with the 50 framelines of the M3? Will it make any other ones pop? Is it a good substitute or should I get a nokton 40/1.4 and thats it?:bang:
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
I can't offer comparisons to the 50, but I can say that I find my 40 works well on my M3 - I use the entire VF including outside the 50 framelines for composing.
maddoc
... likes film again.
I had two Summarons (googled) to go with my M3 but the googles made the camera a little to heavy and bulky for my taste. Now I use my Summilux 35mm pre with an external VF on the M3 and everything is fine.
richard_l
Well-known
Same here. I use the entire viewfinder for composing with the 40mm M-Rokkor on the M3. It works fine.Ken Ford said:
I haven't noticed any distortion with the Rokkor (which has the same optical formula as the Summicron-C), but actually I haven't looked for it. Neither the 50mm Summicron-M nor the 50mm/2.8 Elmar-M has any noticeable distortion.
Richard
Paul T.
Veteran
Again, I use the 40mm Summicron C with the full VF and it worls well. I've compared the full frame to the 40mm frame on the CL and they're almost identical.
I think the Summicron C renders wonderful black and whites; it's the perfect compromise between an old flarey lens and a modern contrasty lens for me. It's also wonderfully compact on the M3, specially if you use the rubber shade that was designed for it.
I think the Summicron C renders wonderful black and whites; it's the perfect compromise between an old flarey lens and a modern contrasty lens for me. It's also wonderfully compact on the M3, specially if you use the rubber shade that was designed for it.
roguewave
Ben Lieberman
"I hate the goggles with a vengance) and getting a 40 summicron.
Will it give as plesant a look to my Black and Whites?How is it in color?" I don't think so!! These lenses are worlds apart.
Will it give as plesant a look to my Black and Whites?How is it in color?" I don't think so!! These lenses are worlds apart.
Michael I.
Well-known
roguewave said:
could you elaborate?
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
He may be referencing that a 40 Cron draws more like a modern lens... which in his opinion seems to be a bad thing.