Lomo LCA 32/2.8 art lens for Leica M's

[Ko.Fe.]

Have you checked original site, with availability status and prices?
I did... Slow pancakes with insane prices. I wouldn't call them funky either. Just primitive.

 

[Huss]

That on my CLE would be such a small package.

I dunno, I think it would be fun.

 

[Huss]

Hmm, multi coated optics, range finder coupled, brings up 35mm frames, much more useful and half the price of a Petzval...

 

[David Hughes]

At times like this I'm glad I still have my USSR made Lomo Cosmic Symbol...

Regards, David

 

[Fuchs]

Nice and fun lens, I'm using a Lomo LCA wide and would like to see its 17mm in M mount also.

 

[jsrockit]

And I must confess to an inbuilt suspicion of any Lomo pricing.

That's fair...

 

[nongfuspring]

Hold on. Half of $349 is $175 or about £115 or 150€. Is this entirely credible?

I was more speaking from the perspective of my motivation to buy it, it's hard to say without seeing just how well made it is. The actual lens probably costs next to nothing to make, the cost of production would mainly be in the machining of the lens body.

 

[filmtwit]

Leica M Mount Lomo 32mm f2.8 Pancake

Leica M Mount Lomo 32mm f2.8 Pancake

From
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/30/8519893/lomography-lomo-lc-a-minitar-1-lens-announced

All I can think of I hate to say is what do or would I want a 32mm f2.8 pancake?

 

[Huss]

Placed an order for a silver one.
This looks like it's gonna be a whole lot of fun on one of my CLEs or the MDa w/ 35mm finder. Or on my M240!
And honestly, the price is not wacky. Look at how much new lenses cost today, let alone one made for the M mount with this unique feature set.
Plus I already have plenty of 'perfect' lenses.

 

[Ranchu]

Good job man, congratulations! It looks like a lot of fun, and slides into a pocket. Also, the focus settings are helpfully color coded!

🙂

 

[Godfrey]

Certainly inexpensive. I wonder how it will image to a digital sensor. Very shallow triplets often have issues with color smearing and corner shading, even if that is part of the aesthetic bundle you're buying into.

G

 

[Monochrom]

Wow!

Is it coupled????

 

[Roger Hicks]

I was more speaking from the perspective of my motivation to buy it, it's hard to say without seeing just how well made it is. The actual lens probably costs next to nothing to make, the cost of production would mainly be in the machining of the lens body.

Indeed, and I agree. It was just that your perceptive comment prompted me to think a little deeper than I had before.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Huss]

Wow!

Is it coupled????

Yep.

I also checked out the Lomography website, and love em or hate em, they really support film photography.
They have created a community unlike that from any of the other mfgs.

 

[Huss]

Certainly inexpensive. I wonder how it will image to a digital sensor. Very shallow triplets often have issues with color smearing and corner shading, even if that is part of the aesthetic bundle you're buying into.

G

I hope so! None of my other lenses do that, so why not play with something different?
I do think it will most prob be attached to a film camera most of the time.

 

[teleparallel]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/leicarumors/sets/72157652283645375/

There are normal samples here. Look good, considering the desing. Ususally there is a price to pay for small packages.

 

[daveleo]

Wait a minute.
Last year we were all poking fun at Instagrams and toy camera filters on our cell phones and the "toy mode" on our cameras.
Weren't we ?

Now someone kicks the price of a fun lens up by a few hundred dollars because it has an M-mount, and suddenly we get all buzzy buzzy for it.

"Boys just wanna have fun" (sorry Ms. Lauper).

 

[Roger Hicks]

Wait a minute.
Last year we were all poking fun at Instagrams and toy camera filters on our cell phones and the "toy mode" on our cameras.
Weren't we ?

Now someone kicks the price of a fun lens up by a few hundred dollars because it has an M-mount, and suddenly we get all buzzy buzzy for it.

"Boys just wanna have fun" (sorry Ms. Lauper).

Dear Dave,

Ah... You weren't supposed to notice that...

Cheers,

R.

 

[Huss]

I never had a toy mode on my MDa before...

How much do you think a new rangefinder coupled M mount lens should cost? (made out of jen-you-whine brass and molten sand!)
And aren't you glad that it is NOT like all the CVs, ZMs, Summicroluxes already out there?

(shaking imaginary stick while sitting on my rocker on the porch)

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Here is my minor report to allwhee gang. I explored lomography with Holga 135pan, checked toy cameras with Agat 18K. Did my first cross process at home with expired slide. Using Smena 8m and Lubitel 2. Posting here and on Flickr, not IGM. I use filters and PP to post iPhone pictures on FB.
I see nothing wrong about this lens to be on M-mount cameras 🙂