Leica M-D: Pure for the sake of . . . purity?

[Vince Lupo]

The beautiful Brooks B66 on my classic Peugeot.

ISO 800, 50/1.4 Summilux @ f/2.


Brooks B66 Peugeot by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

A morning walk yesterday.


A Walk in the Park by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[cz23]

Very nice, Vince. I admit to believing M-D owners would eventually miss their screens and go back to LCD bodies. I sure was wrong.

John

 

[Vince Lupo]

Many thanks - like you say John, I was wondering if I'd made a mistake by purchasing the M-D instead of the SL. But working with it and seeing the results confirms that I made the right choice.

 

[Vince Lupo]

More early morning birdwatching. This time from a local parking lot 🙂


Birdwatching Riley2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Testing out a new (to me) lens that I just got -- Nikkor-S 50/1.4 (Japan).

Shot wide open -- pretty crazy background!


Nikkor M-D1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Liking this Nikkor-S. At f/2.


Nikkor Buddha by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[benlees]

Can't help but notice there are no ass marks on that Brooks!😀

 

[Vince Lupo]

Can't help but notice there are no ass marks on that Brooks!😀

Ha! Yeah maybe! It's certainly had a lot of leather treatment applied to it.

I think when I bought it earlier this year it was old store stock, so it probably hadn't even been used before I got it. I think I've ridden this bike about 10 times since I finished it. I have 4 other bikes so I have to spread the 'love' around 🙂

 

[Vince Lupo]

A morning walk in the woods with our Wellies....


A Walk in the Woods by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Many thanks Helen - I tell you, I am just so taken with this camera (even a year later) that I almost don't feel the need for my Monochrom. Almost 🙂

 

[Godfrey]

I should have upped the ISO setting for indoors, but I was too blown away gaga over this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning to think clearly about what I was doing with the camera ...

Leica M-D typ 262, Summicron-M 50mm f/2​

Gods, what a beautiful machine!

G

 

[Vince Lupo]

More of that crazy out of focus background from the Nikkor-S:


Patuxent M-D by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Doug]

A few selected photos of my recent trip to Cuba with a small U of Wash Alumni Assn group. This gets us to about the halfway point as we traveled into central Cuba for a couple of days. M-D and 28 Summicron (with UV/IR Cut filter!) for all...

Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana Cuba for a look at some restored US cars

Downtown old town, Havana

Showing approval for the M-D at the booksellers market, Havana

Happy, not so happy...

Christopher Columbus cemetery, Havana

Acrobat school, Havana: "Bringing light into the dark."

Hemingway Memorial, Cojimar Cuba "Goodbye tourists, music over"

Lunch view on the bay at Cienfuegos Cuba

 

[Vince Lupo]

Pretty amazing colours! They really don't need all that much work afterwards do they?

 

[Doug]

That's right! If I had a concern with M-D color it would be a tendency toward orange in skin tones. Not sure just what to do about that...

Some years ago I headed off to a similar group trip to an off-the-beaten-path island (Malta) with a new digital RF (an M8 then), reminiscent of this trip. That time I was not yet a believer in the utility of the UV/IR Cut filter, didn't even have one. But that experience demonstrated the necessity!

So now I may be a bit superstitious about IR contamination in later Leica dRF cameras which, while better at blocking IR than the M8, still allow more through than a Cut filter does. So I like to use a UV/IR Cut filter too... And I suspect this may clean up the colors a little on my photos. Sound reasonable?

 

[Vince Lupo]

Day Lilies in the Sprinkler M-D by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Kitchen Radishes M-D by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

That's right! If I had a concern with M-D color it would be a tendency toward orange in skin tones. Not sure just what to do about that...

Some years ago I headed off to a similar group trip to an off-the-beaten-path island (Malta) with a new digital RF (an M8 then), reminiscent of this trip. That time I was not yet a believer in the utility of the UV/IR Cut filter, didn't even have one. But that experience demonstrated the necessity!

So now I may be a bit superstitious about IR contamination in later Leica dRF cameras which, while better at blocking IR than the M8, still allow more through than a Cut filter does. So I like to use a UV/IR Cut filter too... And I suspect this may clean up the colors a little on my photos. Sound reasonable?

Doug I just picked up a UV/IR cut filter for my Nikkor-S lens. I think I'm going to do a with/without test to see the colour differences.

 

[Vince Lupo]

A really quick test with and without the UV/IR cut filter.

Without the filter:


Riley Without UV IR by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

With the filter:


Riley With UV IR by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

Both shots were equally adjusted in PhotoShop RAW. Interesting that the AWB reading in the 'with' photo was 5800K with a -11 tint, whereas the 'without' shot had and AWB of 5600K with a -12 tint. So evidently the camera chose to give the shot with the filter a warmer white balance. What I did was to bias on the side of the 'without' photo and I made both 5600K with a -12 tint.

Not sure if it's just my eye, but I think the skin tone in the 'with' filter photo seems a bit less red. They were both shot within about two minutes of each other in late day open shade.

Thoughts?

 

[bhop73]

I should have upped the ISO setting for indoors, but I was too blown away gaga over this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning to think clearly about what I was doing with the camera ...


Gods, what a beautiful machine!

G

I have some pics of the same car (I assume, based on the number on it) from when it was in the Petersen museum. I agree it's a beauty. Nice shots of it.