A7 with Some LTM, M mount lens

Tim Gray said:
Thanks. That looks fine to me. This is on the A7, not the A7r, right?
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Yes, the A7.

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The lens in action @f1.4 and iso 8000. School memorial for Nelson Mandela...
 
cityusam01 said:
want to foucs at eyes, but not fast enough,
i love the mood of this pic, thz for your reply
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I totally understand -- with kids, if you wait for all the technical elements to align perfectly, the moment is often gone. I was just curious if the equipment was the limiting factor here. It's a wonderfully sweet picture, regardless.
 
kermaier said:
I totally understand -- with kids, if you wait for all the technical elements to align perfectly, the moment is often gone. I was just curious if the equipment was the limiting factor here. It's a wonderfully sweet picture, regardless.
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Compared with M9, X-E1, GXR/M, A7 is good enough for shooting kids with EVF;)
 
Have you guys noticed any vignetting with Nokton 35mm 1.4 using helicoid (Hawk's 1st version) adapter? Mine is showing a pretty strong vignette.
 
ciyusam01, I see your Flickr stream has some Rollei 40mm ltm sonnar shots, but for some reason most seem overexposed. Would there be any chance of some more please, and is there a reason for the overexposure? This is my primary lens.

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And while I'm at it, has anyone tried a Jupiter 12? Is anyone game? It seems to have worked surprisingly well on the various digital M bodies to date.
 
Scrambler said:
ciyusam01, I see your Flickr stream has some Rollei 40mm ltm sonnar shots, but for some reason most seem overexposed. Would there be any chance of some more please, and is there a reason for the overexposure? This is my primary lens.

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And while I'm at it, has anyone tried a Jupiter 12? Is anyone game? It seems to have worked surprisingly well on the various digital M bodies to date.
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Sorry, the lens is not in LTM mount XD
The lens is mofity from Rollei SE Sonnar 40mm F2.8
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I forgot the set the ISO, so the iso is 6400, that why u see a little bit over. If i have time i will try the lens more
 
cityusam01 said:
Sorry, the lens is not in LTM mount XD
The lens is mofity from Rollei SE Sonnar 40mm F2.8

I forgot the set the ISO, so the iso is 6400, that why u see a little bit over. If i have time i will try the lens more
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Thanks so much. Same lens formula and coating so should render the same. Might have been cheaper as a conversion! The LTM version was the "kit" lens for the Rollei 35 RF of about 10 years ago.
 
Scrambler said:
Thanks so much. Same lens formula and coating so should render the same. Might have been cheaper as a conversion! The LTM version was the "kit" lens for the Rollei 35 RF of about 10 years ago.
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i sold my Rollei 35 RF ver Sonnar 40mm F2.8 LTM few year ago, it is really good lens, great in size and performance.
however, the lens is very easy to get haze or lens coating problems.

I would like to try Rollei 80mm F2.8 LTM, it now very hard to find and very expensive. ;)
 
YYV_146 said:
Yes, the A7.

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The lens in action @f1.4 and iso 8000. School memorial for Nelson Mandela...
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Very nice. Sadly the 21 Summilux + A7 is cheaper than a M 240 + 21 SEM. And I'd get to shoot the 21 Summilux on my film cameras :)

I love my Zeiss 21/4.5, but the only digital it really seems to work on is the Monochrom, which isn't much cheaper than the A7/21 Summilux combo.

I really hope Zeiss comes out with a nice line of manual focus FE lenses that aren't gigantic.
 
I got a call yesterday from my local camera store (Leica dealer) with which I had put down a small ($50) deposit for an M240... back in APRIL of this year... they JUST received the body and it was available for me... because I was "next" on the list.

I passed on it.

Too little.. too late for me... I think the A7 (and I guess the A7r... I just don't have that camera :) ) is a great digital platform with a sensor that has proven performance (same sensor as D600.. and I will assume D610) and awesome ergonomics for me.

Cheers,
Dave
 
Today received Hawk's Factory Leica M to Nex Helicoid adapter V3

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There are several parts of this improved version,
1,Stroke remains to 5mm,
2, RF lens can be up to 135 mm focal length,
3, Infinity can be adjusted according to the lens,
4, the installation of fixed infinity button,
5, no longer see oil inside of the hole,
6, the contacts completely out of the way,
7, the lens release button narrow than V2.5,

28mm with minimum focus distance of 0.7m was able to focus at 0.2m -------- > ELMARIT 28/2.8 ASPH
35mm with minimum focus distance of 1m was able to focus at 0.28m -------- > SUMMILUX 35/1.4 V1
50mm with minimum focus distance of 1m was able to focus at 0.43m -------- > SUMMILUX 50/1.4 V1,NOCTILUX 50/1 V2,
50mm with minimum focus distance of 0.75m was able to focus at 0.38m ----- > SUMICRON 50/2 V5
75mm with minimum focus distance 1.2m was able to focus at 0.73m ----------- > HEKTOR 73/1.9
90mm with minimum focus distance 1m was able to focus at 0.73m -------------- > SUMMICRON 90/2 V3

Here are some sharing about the adapter , but in chinese
http://cityusam01.blogspot.hk/2013/12/hawks-factory-leica-m-to-nex-helicoid.html
 
Michael Reichman has just added an A7R with M lens report to his site - link.

He mentions a purple/magenta cast with lenses wider than 35mm, and how to use the Adobe DNG Flat Field Plug-In tool to overcome it.
 
venchka said:
Are there any Leica User Group (LUG) members here?
A member of the LUG posted several B&W images made with a 19mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R and an A7R recently. As one would expect from one of the best 19mm lenses ever made and potentially one of the best digital cameras on the market today, the images were superb. Corner to corner. Naturally, any anomalies in color were absent. Smearing in the corners was NOT present.
Find the LUG archives. Search for Elmarit R in the last 2-3 days.
Granted, not an M/LTM/Rangefinder lens. Stunning none the less. Makes me want to find a Canon 20mm lens from the Dark Ages.

Wayne
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This should come as no surprise...
The same photographer posted photos taken with the always stunning Summilux 75/1.4 lens mounted on the same A7R. You gussed it. Stunning! ;) :cool:

Wayne
 
kermaier said:
Yeah, once kids start running around by themselves, manual focus with any system is any iffy proposition. :)
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Just my two cents, but when I must shoot moving object on manual, I stop the lens down until two focus positions can cover the entire desired range. I then mark the two positions (3 and 10 meters, for example) with tack or a small piece of duct tape. Then, depending on where the object is, I use one of the two positions.

With this technique I can shoot basketball games from the court floor with 35mm and 50mm lenses on manual and get plenty of keepers. I use f2.8 for the 35, f4 for the 50mm :D
 
Zeiss 21mm ZM, 12,800 ISO, converted to B&W via Nik SilverEfex and a wee bit of cropping.



Cheers,
Dave
 
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