ampguy
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good info.
good info.
You're possibly right about it being a better lens with film than for digital, but with the M8, I get great b/w images (have only printed to 8x10 though).
Not sure about the changes, but my 2,38x,xxx with no infinity lock doesn't have the veiling flare that I've seen in others that seem to always have this flare. I can't help but wonder if the older lenses have haze. It does have lower contrast at 1.4 than a modern lens like the CV 35.
I do have the semi circular flare, like a hood reflection, when bright lights are shining towards the lens wide open. I've found the distortion is nil, less than the 35 asph lux, and much less than the Hexar AF and CV 35s, and stopped down to f2 and smaller, resolution and contrast similar to v3 and v4 Summicrons, but less contrast than the cron asph.
I use a variety of no filters, no hoods, to UV/IR in a 12504, R72 in 12504, and no filter but 12526 rect cron asph hood.
With the M8, and b/w, the lower contrast wide open, can be beneficial when shooting in the dark at high ISOs, the noise you'd normally have at 2500 with the M8 is not an issue with b/w and lower contrast in the dark, I have found.
The only lens that has let me shoot in the dark hand held better than this lens, is the noct E60 F1, but when using that lens, I never went above ISO 800 and the grain started showing worse than digi noise of the M8 at 2500.
Here is an old set that I've shown in a few threads here with ISO 2500, 1.4 shots in very dark light here
good info.
You're possibly right about it being a better lens with film than for digital, but with the M8, I get great b/w images (have only printed to 8x10 though).
Not sure about the changes, but my 2,38x,xxx with no infinity lock doesn't have the veiling flare that I've seen in others that seem to always have this flare. I can't help but wonder if the older lenses have haze. It does have lower contrast at 1.4 than a modern lens like the CV 35.
I do have the semi circular flare, like a hood reflection, when bright lights are shining towards the lens wide open. I've found the distortion is nil, less than the 35 asph lux, and much less than the Hexar AF and CV 35s, and stopped down to f2 and smaller, resolution and contrast similar to v3 and v4 Summicrons, but less contrast than the cron asph.
I use a variety of no filters, no hoods, to UV/IR in a 12504, R72 in 12504, and no filter but 12526 rect cron asph hood.
With the M8, and b/w, the lower contrast wide open, can be beneficial when shooting in the dark at high ISOs, the noise you'd normally have at 2500 with the M8 is not an issue with b/w and lower contrast in the dark, I have found.
The only lens that has let me shoot in the dark hand held better than this lens, is the noct E60 F1, but when using that lens, I never went above ISO 800 and the grain started showing worse than digi noise of the M8 at 2500.
Here is an old set that I've shown in a few threads here with ISO 2500, 1.4 shots in very dark light here
