Post Your Elmar Love... All versions

helenhill said:
Thank You 'WJ33' ...
Yes, It was the turning of the aperture / focus I heard about

Anyway, Just Did it ... Ordered One
Should have late next week
Look forward to shooting a Classic retro style leica

A small club here of v1 elmar f2.8 ...Beautiful Shots EVERYONE !
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Nice choice Ms helenhill! Looking forward to seeing some shots from you.

There have been a few threads recently about lens suggestions and for an authentic Leica lens I really can't recommend this lens enough. I think it has all the classic Leica lens qualities in *****s: great build, classic collapsible design that really is compact (unlike other collapsibles), awesome imaging abilities with interesting character at larger apertures and excellent performance stopped down...
I do think a hood really helps the flare, and fortunately this lens has a really cool hood!
 
the Elmar 5cm f2.8, wide open

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I'm a big fan of anything Elmar, and the 50/2.8 v1 is no exception. Mine is M mount but, as noted already, is identical to the LTM optically. I finally took this gem for a digital spin last week by way of the Sony A7ii:

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All shooting was wide open in available light with incamera stabilization at elevated ISO settings. Images are uncropped, and received some processing: color balance, curves, mild sharpening, no noise reduction. The optical performance across the frame is frankly awesome but requires critical subject focus (none too easy in dynamic situations). The Elmar/A7ii pairing feels great in the hand, and I prefer tabbed focus, but aperture setting is a royal pain with the single helical. Keeping the lens wide open solved that problem! No guarantees about flare control: I avoided extreme light sources, and used SBOOI.

Edit: ITOOY, not SBOOI.
 
Rico said:
I'm a big fan of anything Elmar, and the 50/2.8 v1 is no exception. Mine is M mount but, as noted already, is identical to the LTM optically. I finally took this gem for a digital spin last week by way of the Sony A7ii:

All shooting was wide open in available light with incamera stabilization at elevated ISO settings. Images are uncropped, and received some processing: color balance, curves, mild sharpening, no noise reduction. The optical performance across the frame is frankly awesome but requires critical subject focus (none too easy in dynamic situations). The Elmar/A7ii pairing feels great in the hand, and I prefer tabbed focus, but aperture setting is a royal pain with the single helical. Keeping the lens wide open solved that problem! No guarantees about flare control: I avoided extreme light sources, and used SBOOI.
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Cool! Thanks for sharing your Elmar's digital adventure. Great examples of this lenses character. Did you really shoot this with the SBOOI? Did you mean the hood ITOOY?
 
WJJ3 said:
Cool! Thanks for sharing your Elmar's digital adventure. Great examples of this lenses character. Did you really shoot this with the SBOOI? Did you mean the hood ITOOY?
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Heh, of course I meant ITOOY. I could have attached my SBOOI to the A7ii for an even more authentic analog experience, but focus by scale would be, ah, challenging. :)
 
Post Your Elmar Love...

Post Your Elmar Love...

I for One Love the various Versions of the 50 Elmar
be it the 3.5, 2.8 version 1 and 2


Cheating is Allowed :eek:... for the LTM version or the 35mm
Please Post your Photos and which Elmar
 
Some may Balk. Some may Laugh
BUT
For me the Elmars are Perfect... Rich Inky Blacks, Subtle gradation in Tones, Wonderfully Sharp .... though it's Slow
 
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