rangefound
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I know you guys hate them, but i have a question that i think is quite relevant.
I recently bought a Bessa R, such a fun user friendly camera to use. Yes the shutter is a bit clunky, but for the ease of usability i am more than happy to make the trade off.
Maybe ill post a review if you guys would like it, although the review that is pinned helped me make the decision.
Ok enough about the lightbox i care about making images so hence my discussion about optics. The Bessa R originally came with Jupiter-8, which is a very good version and the optics seem quite good. There is only one huge problem for me at least, the lack of click stops. I hate the fact that i physically have to remove my eye from the VF to get a specific aperture. So i am on the look for another lens. I think i am going to stick with a 50. Now i bought a rangefinder for two reasons the first being the focusing the second is the compactness. I think the second criteria rules out the nokton and although there is the color skopar, i think i am more partial to the older looking rendering of lenses.
In my mind i have narrrowed it down to 3 possible lenses, the collapsible summicron, the summitar, and the summarit. Now the summarit two things concern me the first being weight the second being the usability of f/1.5 and the worth of of the extra stop gain. When looking at flickr images i seem to enjoy the rendering at f/1.5, but hey i cant really tell from looking at pixels that take up less than half a screen.
Now the summitar seems nice but i think it is a pretty low contrast lens and that kind of bugs me.
Thus i am left with the collapsible summicron, looking through flickr is like running through a maze, you just loose track of the goal and get frustrated, as i never know what version of the summicron i am looking at. From a couple of "verifiable" images i enjoy the rendering wide open both in color and black and white. Can you guys just give me an opinion on this lens overall.
If you don't feel like reading my essay in short i am looking for:
Users opinions about the rendering the main points of interest for me being sharpness, contrast, weight, click stops i think is a new must for me and the "look" for both the collapsible summicron and the summarit. I dont want a lens that lacks contrast but i do want a lens with medium to high contrast that won't risk blowing out hilights. In terms of weight, the lightest possible. Sharpness i am looking for only in aperture greater than f/8 otherwise smooth leica glow sounds great.The look i am looking for is any real old style rendering which i think are both check in these two lenses.
P.S. Sorry for posting in the VC forum but you guys seem really helpful.
I recently bought a Bessa R, such a fun user friendly camera to use. Yes the shutter is a bit clunky, but for the ease of usability i am more than happy to make the trade off.
Maybe ill post a review if you guys would like it, although the review that is pinned helped me make the decision.
Ok enough about the lightbox i care about making images so hence my discussion about optics. The Bessa R originally came with Jupiter-8, which is a very good version and the optics seem quite good. There is only one huge problem for me at least, the lack of click stops. I hate the fact that i physically have to remove my eye from the VF to get a specific aperture. So i am on the look for another lens. I think i am going to stick with a 50. Now i bought a rangefinder for two reasons the first being the focusing the second is the compactness. I think the second criteria rules out the nokton and although there is the color skopar, i think i am more partial to the older looking rendering of lenses.
In my mind i have narrrowed it down to 3 possible lenses, the collapsible summicron, the summitar, and the summarit. Now the summarit two things concern me the first being weight the second being the usability of f/1.5 and the worth of of the extra stop gain. When looking at flickr images i seem to enjoy the rendering at f/1.5, but hey i cant really tell from looking at pixels that take up less than half a screen.
Now the summitar seems nice but i think it is a pretty low contrast lens and that kind of bugs me.
Thus i am left with the collapsible summicron, looking through flickr is like running through a maze, you just loose track of the goal and get frustrated, as i never know what version of the summicron i am looking at. From a couple of "verifiable" images i enjoy the rendering wide open both in color and black and white. Can you guys just give me an opinion on this lens overall.
If you don't feel like reading my essay in short i am looking for:
Users opinions about the rendering the main points of interest for me being sharpness, contrast, weight, click stops i think is a new must for me and the "look" for both the collapsible summicron and the summarit. I dont want a lens that lacks contrast but i do want a lens with medium to high contrast that won't risk blowing out hilights. In terms of weight, the lightest possible. Sharpness i am looking for only in aperture greater than f/8 otherwise smooth leica glow sounds great.The look i am looking for is any real old style rendering which i think are both check in these two lenses.
P.S. Sorry for posting in the VC forum but you guys seem really helpful.
