Enjoying my Leica Elmarit-M 28mm F2.8 pre-ASPH ... test photos!

[bobby_novatron]

Hello everyone,

Just thought I'd share a few shots with my recently-acquired Elmarit-M 28mm F2.8 (version 4) pre-ASPH lens.

I just got back a roll of Portra 400 that I shot on my M6. I love the performance of this lens.

Here's a shot of a one-room schoolhouse.

A kitchen from the early 1900's...

Mediocre (but otherwise OK) sunset shot ... shot using generic drugstore ISO 200 fim, assumed to be a re-branded Fuji product:

Finally, a street-shot done at hyperfocal (F11, I think) using Fuji Superia 400.

I absolutely love this lens! It really sings and brings out the best of all the films I throw at it.

Thanks for looking at my posts.

 

[rgeorge911]

Agreed, lovely!

Agreed, lovely!

Those are a great demonstration of what your lens (and you, as the photographer) are capable of. The interior shots are mind-blowing.

Congrats.

Reed

 

[kosta_g]

wonderful work, it is a beauty and you have a good eye for it!

 

[Treb]

Great shots. The classroom shot is excellent!

 

[bobby_novatron]

Thank you, everyone -- those are very kind comments.

I continually feel like I have a lot of learning to do when it comes to photography. Although it's an exciting thing for me to add a new lens to my palette, I always feel like it takes me a while to learn the personality of a new lens.

The Elmarit-m 28/2.8 is a very nice lens, it has definitely exceeded my expectations. Super-sharp, nice contrast (but not as contrasty as the ASPH version) ... beautiful color rendition. I highly recommend it.

 

[edftwin]

very nice photos ! I'm so tempted to replace my cron 35 v2 with elmarit 28 v4 now !

 

[Haigh]

Nice shots; you and that lens are a great combo.

 

[MikeTinsley]

I really like my 28mm Elmarit too - fairly old and I don't know which version it is (but definitely not aspheric!), mostly like using it on my M3 with an external finder, but here are a couple shot with my M7 with either XP2 or Fuji BW400CN...

 

[Penzes]

Really nice shots presented here. I loved my old pre asp. Elmarit, but I sold it. No I have the asph. one and it is even better. A lovely tiny lens.

 

[huntjump]

Love this lens. What does a version 3 run (on avg) nowadays...for future reference?

 

[Vincent.G]

Congrats! You seem to be able to handle the lens well. It is hard not to fall in love with a wide angle. Unfortunately the 35mm framelines are the best I can see in a 0.72 VF so making a 28mm lens a little difficult to shoot with because I wear glasses.

 

[kbg32]

Love this lens as well. It is almost permanently affixed to my M9.

 

[35mmdelux]

Love this lens. What does a version 3 run (on avg) nowadays...for future reference?

Over the table V3 about $800 USD and the V4 approx $1200 depending on cond of course. The V4 will go toe-to-toe w/ the APSH except for its 1-stop slower. Nice shots.

 

[filmfan]

Over the table V3 about $800 USD and the V4 approx $1200 depending on cond of course. The V4 will go toe-to-toe w/ the APSH except for its 1-stop slower. Nice shots.

No. The Summicron ASPH is one stop faster... not the Elmarit

 

[PICHA]

Yes, but the Elmarit is 1 stop slower!

 

[Clancycoop]

Wow, that classroom shot is dynamic.

Did you stop down and shoot it with a tripod for more depth of field?

 

[filmtwit]

 

[maitani]

Of the 5 dozen of lenses i had over the last decade or so, the v4 elmarit makes it in my top 3

 

[John Bragg]

Nice lens. I love mine too. Very little distortion for a 28mm.

 

[Richard G]

Congrats! You seem to be able to handle the lens well. It is hard not to fall in love with a wide angle. Unfortunately the 35mm framelines are the best I can see in a 0.72 VF so making a 28mm lens a little difficult to shoot with because I wear glasses.

I thought this for a long time, struggling already with the 35 framelines. But on a whim I bought a 28, the 2.8 ASPH. I used my 25/28 finder with it just once I think. Since then I just put it on and forget about the framelines. Sometimes I want to be sure that something is within the frame for sure, and I can reorient my eye, obligatory glasses notwithstanding, and check. I really like it.