Digital Black and White.

My case for fast glass on the M9, the 7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 and the Cosina Voigtlander 35mm f/1.2. While out to dinner last December, I chanced upon a wedding reception parade to our restaurant. With a camera, I'm a photog, without, simply a spectator . . . .

This first image is with a M9 and my long time favored 35 Summicron v. IV which is nearly always paired with my Tele-Elmarit, both acquired in 1979.

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The limitations of the M9 are obvious, high ISO is certainly limited. Any lens on a 35mm film format at f/1.2 is going to be limited to DoF, it is what it is. There is more color separation in the shadows, but I prefer B & W for this. These from the wedding reception are all with the 35mm f/1.2.
 
Leon C said:
Took the Zuiko 28/2.8 out today for a test run. Olympus E-420 > Rambex OM~4/3 Adapter.

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To be clear, this is the original OM 28/2.8 such as for the OM 1, 2, 3, & 4? Have you ever tried it on a full frame such as an OM1 or adapted to FF digital? I have the 28/2.0 which now wears an adapter for a Canon EOS 5D mk 3. I love my Oly OM glass, thank goodness they all mount fine to my Canons. It's an old witticism now, but I am a Zuikoholic.

Nice tonal range, are they straight out of the camera or have they been run through something like Nik EFX?
 
phojsu said:
To be clear, this is the original OM 28/2.8 such as for the OM 1, 2, 3, & 4? Have you ever tried it on a full frame such as an OM1 or adapted to FF digital? I have the 28/2.0 which now wears an adapter for a Canon EOS 5D mk 3. I love my Oly OM glass, thank goodness they all mount fine to my Canons. It's an old witticism now, but I am a Zuikoholic.

Nice tonal range, are they straight out of the camera or have they been run through something like Nik EFX?
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Yes it's the original one, I've only just put it back together so thought I'd better try it. [See the 'What Have I Bought' thread.]

No I don't own a FF DSLR so all adapted at the moment, if I want to test for FF I'll put it on a OM1/2....Yep I like Olympus too! ;)

They are transfered to a 2011 iMac and run through the Apple Photos SW just for a little clean up as the E-420 is used in its default state for testing.
 
portrait of a stranger
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Fujifilm GFX50R camera
Fujinon GF 50mm f3.5 lens
Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
June 2025​
 
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