CL Lens Test

[wlewisiii]

I have recently gotten my paws on a 40/2 Summicron-C for my CL. This is a terribly nice lens and I'm really quite happy with it. Sunday afternoon my son, our babysitter & I went to a nearby park for the afternoon to give the Boss a rest. I had 2 rolls of Reala CS along. It was a mostly cloudy day with sun breaking through occasionally, but otherwise nice while we were there. Since I was trying to keep up with a 4 year old and a 14 year old, this was a hyperfocal exercise - I set the aperture to f16, the hyperfocal distance, and adjusted the shutter speed as appropriate to the changing light. Being ISO100 film, this occasionally left me a bit short on shutter speed... 😉

I also had the 90/4 Elmar along. It's a prewar uncoated example and I was mainly interested in seeing how well the brightlines portrayed what the lens saw. So far, so good... 🙂

Anyway, here are the best of them. A couple are actually pretty good, the rest are simply to show what these lenses can do in a daytoday situation.

William

 

[KoNickon]

Ah, bailing out of a swing! (The last picture) That takes me back. I bet I'd hurt something if I tried that now. Nice pictures! Not bad for a 65+ year old lens, is it?

 

[wlewisiii]

Oh, I hear you. Made me kind of ache just seeing her jump like that. Hopefully she'll enjoy the picture when she get's a chance to see it.

William

 

[JoeFriday]

wow.. great shots!

that lens definitely works.. and I can see why you like Reala so much

 

[Les Lammers]

The 40 Cron and Rokkor for the CLE are the best bargains in Leicaland. The CLE version uses 40.5 filters instead of the series 5.5 of the Cron. The 90 f4.0 of the same series are stellar too.

 

[wlewisiii]

Brett - thanks for the kind words. Yes, these are a good sample of what it can do. Nice punch without blowing the varied skintones in the subjects.

Les - I certainly agree that it's a screaming bargain. I'm really happy to have this lens.

William

 

[vrgard]

Gotta second the motion for this lens. I have the 40mm Rokkor version and really like it. Not only does it perform well, but it's a wonderfully small lens. Due to its size, it's the lens I use when I want to travel light with my M6. As for its performance, all of the PCC Railcars shots in my gallery were taken with this lens. I think it's a winner and a relative bargain.

-Randy

 

[back alley]

stop with all the 40 talk!!
you all make me want one🙂

and i want to use my 35/2.8 canon on the cl...😉

 

[JoeFriday]

joe, you know you'll thank us later after you buy one for yourself

 

[back alley]

i am weak...