Any interest in a new Leica M film camera?

[kevin m]

All this is doubled or trippled on medium format

Well, sure. But you said that there's no reason to choose 35mm film over digital capture, and those are the reasons I'm still doing it. 35mm film still has advantages over digital capture for wedding work, in particular skin tones.

Medium format is too f-ing slow for the available light pj-style stuff I do. Even if you get a Contax 645 with its 80mm/2.0 lens, you still have to contend with the reduced depth of field issues.

I can't imagine getting shots like this with medium format....
(BW400CN, M6TTL, Hexanon 35mm @f2.0)

 

[Harry Lime]

Medium format is too f-ing slow for the available light pj-style stuff I do. Even if you get a Contax 645 with its 80mm/2.0 lens, you still have to contend with the reduced depth of field issues.

I can't imagine getting shots like this with medium format....
(BW400CN, M6TTL, Hexanon 35mm @f2.0)

It ain't easy. 😉

I added a Rolleiflex 2.8/80 to my arsenal. It's much easier to hand hold at slow shutter speeds and focuses faster than my Hasselblads. Drop some Delta3200 in it and you're good to go, but you're right about the reduced DOF being a PIA. 😉 If Leica made a MF camera, it would be a Rolleiflex.

Rolleiflex 2.8GX in action:
http://www.elanphotos.com/ElanFotos/Portfolio/pages/slide_040.htm


HL

 

[kevin m]

Some nice shots, HL. I like the one of the girl with the Hibiscus flower on her, um, hip. 😉

 

[telenous]

Kevin and The Third Man, beautiful photos, both of you.

Kevin, may I ask, which focal lengths do you find most useful for your wedding stuff, PJ style?

Cheers,

 

[Harry Lime]

Some nice shots, HL. I like the one of the girl with the Hibiscus flower on her, um, hip. 😉

Thanks. Her husband was standing next to her...
You got to love the silent shutter of a well used M2. 🙄

 

[kevin m]

Kevin, may I ask, which focal lengths do you find most useful for your wedding stuff, PJ style?

Thanks! 35/50 for 90%, with a 21 and a 90 in the bag.

I'm thinking about switching to a two lens 40/75 combo for next season with the 21 in the bag. It's soooo hard to give up that 50 lux, though. I sold one, then bought another within 6 months, so maybe I should have learned my lesson by now. 😀

 

[Harry Lime]

It's soooo hard to give up that 50 lux, though. I sold one, then bought another within 6 months, so maybe I should have learned my lesson by now. 😀

Pre-ASPH or ASPH?

I made the same mistake.

Bought the pre-ASPH, shot it, decided I didn't like it, sold it, printed the negs, kicked myself and had to buy a replacement.

The good news was that the replacement was nicer (tighter focus), mint in the box and I came out $100 ahead.

HL

 

[kevin m]

HL, the pre-asph. I allowed internet 'experts' to convince me that the lens was no good. What was I thinking? 😕 😀

 

[Ronald M]

Only if it was dual use, film and digi and that ain`t gona happen.

 

[amateriat]

I'll assume you're playing devil's advocate here, but I'll answer anyway.

Skintones. Lattitude. Tonality. Depth.

That's all I can think of...😎

That, and the maneuverability a pair of 35 RFs offers when the wedding party (or any other event action) is really revving up. I don't wrestle with the cameras, I dance with them.


- Barrett

 

[Magus]

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[MikeL]

HL, the pre-asph. I allowed internet 'experts' to convince me that the lens was no good. What was I thinking? 😕 😀

Another impressed pre-asph lux user here. I'm glad the 'experts' don't have anything better to do, since it keeps the price down. Everyone should try one of these. From my limited use, it doesn't have that sharpness that is really noticeable like with the 50 cron or Nikkor 50 f1.4, but it has similar qualities as the noctilux (BOTH good and bad), just toned down a notch (e.g. less swirly OOF areas). It's my "Goldilocks 50", just right.🙂

 

[Harry Lime]

Another impressed pre-asph lux user here. I'm glad the 'experts' don't have anything better to do, since it keeps the price down. Everyone should try one of these.

Has anyone noticed how few of these lenses are actually for sale, when you consider that there is over 40 years worth of Lux production out there and it's not an exotic like the Noct? 🙄

HL

 

[amateriat]

Has anyone noticed how few of these lenses are actually for sale, when you consider that there is over 40 years worth of Lux production out there and it's not an exotic like the Noct? 🙄

HL

Which reminds me: is there a source for getting hard production numbers for the pre-ASPH stuff? I don't have any of the multitude of books on Leica stufff, but I have to think someone has published the data, which could help a little bit in sussing the "scarcity factor" of a particular lens. Might be a silly question since I'm mostly out of the Leica loop. 🙂


- Barrett

 

[Magus]

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[rodneyAB]

...as an outsider looking in..another excellent thread

 

[kevin m]

Has anyone noticed how few of these lenses are actually for sale, when you consider that there is over 40 years worth of Lux production out there and it's not an exotic like the Noct?

HL, that is odd, isn't it?

As I said, I had one and sold it, then bought another within a 6 months or so. To make a footwear analogy, the 50 'lux is like the perfect pair of shoes; not always the best for specialized use, but damned comfortable, and looks good with jeans or khakis. 😱 😀 😉

 

[telenous]

Has anyone noticed how few of these lenses are actually for sale, when you consider that there is over 40 years worth of Lux production out there and it's not an exotic like the Noct? 🙄

HL

According to Stephen Gandy, the Summilux 50 preasph. production run averaged 2,000 lenses per year, thus making it a rarer lens than one would expect. (see http://www.cameraquest.com/mlenses.htm)

 

[Robin Smith]

Well, I would indeed like a film Leica M with the M8 shutter. That would be perfect. As long as the shutter release was as instantaneous as the M7 and less.