Crazy about the Planar 50mm - pics thread

M3 + 50mm f2 zm planar
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Erik van Straten said:
Brendan, I admire your work, it is great! You use different M-bodies. Wich one do you like best?

Erik.
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Thank you Erik, much appreciated and I always enjoy your work as well! As far as M bodies go, I currently own an M3, M4-P and a 0.72 M6. I enjoy all of them for different reasons, but if I could only pick one it would be the M3. It was my first Leica, so partly for sentimental reasons, but I also most frequently use 50mm lenses and you can't beat the M3's viewfinder for that. The M4-P has more accurate framelines than the M6, and my copy has the 75 and 135mm framelines removed, so I like it for the simplicity of it. And the meter in the M6 is excellent and often helpful for me when shooting indoors and generally in low light. Ultimately I am considering swapping the M6 for a 0.85 M7 though...
 
Very nice, Brendan! Very nice that you use a rangefinder camera. For this type of work usually SLR's are used, but you show that a rangefinder can do the job at least as good.

My favorite is the M3 too, but I also like the M2 and M5.

Erik.
 
Erik van Straten said:
Very nice, Brendan! Very nice that you use a rangefinder camera. For this type of work usually SLR's are used, but you show that a rangefinder can do the job at least as good.

My favorite is the M3 too, but I also like the M2 and M5.

Erik.
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sojournerphoto said:
Thank you Brendan, for such lovely pictures that remind me why I like the planar on my M4 so much.

Mike
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Thanks guys! I occasionally use my OM-1n for landscapes but still mostly prefer using a rangefinder, if I'm going to use an SLR I usually move up to my 6x6 Bronica. The M3 is definitely still my favourite, but my 0.85 M7 comes in at a close second.

M7, Zeiss 50/2 Planar, HP5, HC110:


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