My M Diary

[ferider]

My better half

My better half

(Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM; clearly, I have to stop exposing for the shadows ....)

 

[MikeL]

"My better half"

You ain't kiddin!

🙂

 

[ferider]

"My better half"

You ain't kiddin!

🙂

🙂

Happy holidays, Mike. We are long overdue for a beer with the crew ....

 

[Godfrey]

Congratulations Roland ... that's an impressive jump into the digital world.

I initially felt a little uncomfortable with my 240 because of it's cost and to be honest it's still a bit of a problem for me ... hopefully that will pass! ...

I remember when I first bought the M9. It is the most expensive camera I've ever purchased, and made me a little hesitant to put it to use for a bit for fear of damage or theft.

The silliness was broken when I took it to a photo group meeting I attend periodically. People there (several of whom use equipment costing far more than the M9 and a Nokton 50/1.5 lens...!) kept coming over to ogle it and give me that sly wink about how special it was that I had it now, to the point that I became exasperated. I finally said to a group of them: "Enough! It's just another freekin' camera. An expensive one, for sure, but two of you have one on your shoulder too, and half of you have medium format digital setups that cost four times as much as this. I didn't buy it as a talisman and ticket to a fancy club. I bought it to take pictures with! Can we get over it now?"

I think that got applause. 🙂 Since then, it's just another camera to me: special for what it does, not for its price. Yes, I do take care not to damage it or leave it about to incite theft, but I don't treat it any differently from my other cameras. I insured it, and I take it out and use it.

G
"Equipment is transitory, photographs endure."

 

[Godfrey]

That's a cool gizmo, Roland! First time I'd heard of it.

Rayqual mount adapters for SLR lenses to M-mount have a cruder means to gauge distance built-in that also works. Their adapters have a cam which sets the rangefinder to 2m focus distance. You look through the viewfinder to find where the 2m point is in the field of view and then adjust the focus setting by estimating where your subject is relative to that. It works best for lenses up to 50mm, and at more stopped down aperture settings of course.

The adjustable RF focusing mount adapter like you have is really quite a neat trick!

Enjoy your M typ 240! It looks lovely in that case. Go ahead and use it, a lot ... 🙂

G

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Thank you very much, Jon.

This is the first camera that I'm hesitant to use due to value. Then again, the wife would be upset if I didn't. She might just have found an expensive way to cure my GAS .... 🙂

A picture says more than thousand words ....

Mmmmmm.... "My Precious!"

Bring it to the next B&G, Roland, so we can all put a fingerprint or two on it. 😛

 

[ferider]

Mmmmmm.... "My Precious!"

Bring it to the next B&G, Roland, so we can all put a fingerprint or two on it. 😛

Hah, Jamie ! Come to my house, put a fingerprint on my "Precious", and I'll introduce you to this guy:

(Wotan / 11 years / 140 pounds)

J/K, he's become very gentle in his old age.

Last "family" photo for now ... next one will be a landscape, I hope.

Roland.

 

[furcafe]

Congrats & enjoy your new camera!

If you shoot in a lot of IR-heavy environments (e.g., tungsten & halogen lighting), I would recommend using an UV-IR filter (B+W 486 & similar). I'd guess that most of the perceived difference between the color rendition of the M 240 & the M9/M-E lies in the 240's greater sensitivity to IR.

Any tips you have for me, let me know.

To be continued ....

Roland.

 

[Pioneer]

(Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM; clearly, I have to stop exposing for the shadows ....)

I wouldn't worry about exposure too much Roland. It looks as if your instincts are working perfectly. That is a very nice photograph.

 

[Bingley]

As mentioned in the other thread, I got my first digital camera for Christmas, an M240, and we are slowly getting to know each other. Here is a thread on my progress with the new medium 🙂

Some Christmas "Family" Photos:

(Baldr/10 weeks/25 pounds and Frya/12 months/100 pounds, Jpeg's straight from the camera)

Any tips you have for me, let me know.

To be continued ....

Roland.

As Lord Grantham would say... "good God...!"

 

[ferider]

I wouldn't worry about exposure too much Roland. It looks as if your instincts are working perfectly. That is a very nice photograph.

Thanks, Pioneer !

What can I say Steve ....

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Spent the last two weeks picking lenses, testing calibration, etc. The first thing I have to get used to is the resolution of this beast ...

Early morning view from our deck (90/2.8 Tele Elmarit):

Do you see the plane at 11:45 o'clock ? The M does:

Roland.

 

[ferider]

More getting to know each other, shooting color again, learning how to exposure digitally, etc.

All with 28/2 Ultron, trying to pick tricky light, very minimal post-processing:

And finally a selfie for car fans:

Roland.

 

[Kwesi]

Thank you very much, Jon.

This is the first camera that I'm hesitant to use due to value. Then again, the wife would be upset if I didn't. She might just have found an expensive way to cure my GAS .... 🙂

A picture says more than thousand words ....

This photo reminds me of a fine armagnac😉
Enjoy!

 

[helen.HH]

More getting to know each other, shooting color again, learning how to exposure digitally, etc.

All with 28/2 Ultron, trying to pick tricky light, very minimal post-processing:

Roland.

Simply Adore the delicate color Palatte....vummy good perspective too, Beautifully Done Roland !
this is my FAV of the set

The 28 ultron did Great .... I guess no purple edges .... I tried the 21SA on the 240 and purple edges came up

 

[ferider]

Simply Adore the delicate color Palatte....vummy good perspective too, Beautifully Done Roland !
this is my FAV of the set

Thank you much, Helen.

The 28 ultron did Great .... I guess no purple edges .... I tried the 21SA on the 240 and purple edges came up

I really like the Ultron on the M. Don't have to worry about distortion, and the "focus shift" is no issue for me. If you think about it, the shift means the focus plane is curved, which is bad for test shots of flat resolution charts, but when you focus and recompose out of center, like I mostly do, it works in my favor. This is a full crop from the 3rd shot in my previous post:

Enough resolution, IMHO, and more limited by my hand-holding than by the lens in any case.

Still, the Ultron renders even walls nicely 🙂

A bigger issue to get used to, are the 28mm frame-lines of the M: they are larger than in my M6/M4-P (2m instead of 0.7m calibration) and basically invisible.

And 28mm is my favorite FOV. At least I thought so, I just might become a 35mm shooter 🙂

Roland.

 

[ferider]

And I can shoot the 28/2 Ultron into the sun, flare is no big deal:

I have the 28/1.9 Ultron too, but it would have been unusable for this one. Focus shift or not.

Cheers,

Roland.

PS: Steve, if you read this, thanks for selling me the lens 🙂

 

[semordnilap]

I agree with you about the 28mm lines being tough to see... But it looks like you're enjoying yourself and making nice images. Enjoy!

 

[WJJ3]

Thank you very much, Jon.

This is the first camera that I'm hesitant to use due to value. Then again, the wife would be upset if I didn't. She might just have found an expensive way to cure my GAS .... 🙂

A picture says more than thousand words ....

Sweet rig! Is that the screw mount rigid summicron?

 

[noimmunity]

Simply Adore the delicate color Palatte...

I agree, Helen. I think Roland has always had a good eye for nuanced color.

 

[ferider]

Thanks Helen and Jon.

Two new ones from the Golden Gate this morning:

Roland.