[New test photos released] Leica Summicron 35/2 Eight Element copy made in China

[Crazy Leica Fox]

Yeah I know. I’ve seen you mentioned it before. One day... One day I will get myself a copy of 50 1.2 AA.

Haha, you sound like Wayne coveting the guitar in Wayne's World (7-second clip):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7jJnwEeiU0

Which is actually part of the famous Bohemian Rhapsody sequence, if you have a few minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thyJOnasHVE

 

[KEVIN-XU 愛 forever]

Haha, you sound like Wayne coveting the guitar in Wayne's World (7-second clip):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7jJnwEeiU0

Which is actually part of the famous Bohemian Rhapsody sequence, if you have a few minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thyJOnasHVE

Hahahaha. That's totally me!

That lens is my final goal. My holy grail.

Kevin

 

[Erik van Straten]

Here's another holy grail.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Leica-M-1-2-50mm-Noctilux-O-Series-Lens-No-4-of-total-production

/264784377012?hash=item3da660f4b4:g:RWwAAOSwBRde~3ud

Erik.

 

[raid]

Is this the same model AA 50/1.2 Noctilux? Now it is for EURO 60,000.

Leica M 1.2/50mm Noctilux O Series Lens No. 4 of total production.

N0. 4 is associated with DEATH. This will have an effect on the auction. Had it been No. 8, it would be better.

 

[raid]

Here are a few new images taken with the 35mm Cron replica.

M9 ; ISO 160; aperture f/8.

Additional images are here: https://raid.smugmug.com/ReplicaSummicronfirstimagesM9/

 

[mothertrucker]

N0. 4 is associated with DEATH. This will have an effect on the auction. Had it been No. 8, it would be better.

I think I would rather like to have the DEATH noctilux! Even better if it's on sale!

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Gorgeous Raid!

 

[raid]

I was just joking!

 

[raid]

Gorgeous Raid!

Thank you so much. I deliberately did not do any enhancing of any image here. The colors seem to tilt to blue, but I may be wrong.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Lovely shots, Raid, somehow they bring to me the the tv-series Flipper to mind.

Great lens.

Erik.

 

[raid]

Thank you Erik.
I just got back from downtown Pensacola where in one street there is a mural painted on the street for Black Lives Matter. I used the replica there 🙂

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you Erik.
I just got back from downtown Pensacola where in one street there is a mural painted on the street for Black Lives Matter. I used the replica there 🙂

Great, show them in this thread!

I'm hoping to go out tomorrow to do some shooting with the replica. Weather permitting.

Erik.

 

[raid]

I did not notice that the M9 was set to underexpose by 2 stops.

link: https://raid.smugmug.com/ReplicaSummicronfirstimagesM9/


Oh well.

Each letter has a flag on it for some country. It is a neighborhood of mainly African Americans.

 

[D&A]

Great images Raid!!!! The underexposure explains the "cool" color temp. Images show the strength of the replica. Well done!

Dave (D&A)

 

[raid]

I very rarely make such an error in exposure.
Thank you Dave.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP/Summicron 35mm f/2 8el replica/TMY400-2/IlfordMGFB

Excellent lens. No flare from the air, great sharpness, nice contrast. Great lens for black and white.

I just need to find another lens hood. The lens hood I used was just a little too long.

Erik.

 

[raid]

A wonderful image by you, Erik.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Leica MP/Summicron 35mm f/2 8el replica/TMY400-2/IlfordMGFB

Excellent lens. No flare from the air, great sharpness, nice contrast. Great lens for black and white.

I just need to find another lens hood. The lens hood I used was just a little too long.

Erik.

Erik, How do you think the 12504 would work?

 

[raid]

I use a 12504 lens hood. It works well with this lens. I don’t think it vignettes. It is small and light. It is too costly though. B&H have a used one for $290.

 

[Erik van Straten]

I've used a generic 39mm screw in lens hood of the 12504 model. I also have two original 12504 ones. I think the 12504 will not vignet, but I find the 12504 too wide, to large. What I want, is a 12550 shade, but then shorter, because the 12550 itself is too long. I will ask my bicycle repairman to cut off 5mm from it. I like the 12550 very much because I can put a lens cap on it. And it is small.


Erik.