Crazy about the Planar 50mm - pics thread

planar t* 50/2 zm, kodak 200

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Wonderful composition. I keep looking at it. Thinking how that wave on the right is crucial to the balance I notice the gull, and then the bollard way left.
 
I've always liked the Zeiss optics better for color, but prefer Leica for B&W. One of the coolest rendering lenses I ever used was a 50 Planar for a Contarex Bullseye. I'll give one guess why I didn't keep it -- the camera was a beast -- but that lens was really good.
 
The Planar is now my only 50mm M-mount lens, so I think I'll be very active in this thread from now on :)

Here is it, on TX400, developed on Xtol 1:1

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Shortly before a concert of John Adams' works, this man in the nearby coffeehouse was intensely conducting a silent conversation with himself. Perhaps an interior score--the gestures were conductor-like. I've seen him elsewhere in similar conversations, but he was dressed for the concert here. I love the great black hat, and the red braid harmonizing with the wall. Here are 2 of the 4 shots--it's the 45 Planar (G1) mounted on a Lumix G1 (sorry, I have no ZI, and no ZM Planar yet....)

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