Uncommon & Unconventional Lenses on the M9 & M 240?

[stitchohana]

Love this setup, my fav lens from Nikon


Fisheye Combo by Ricky Lai, on Flickr

 

[bobby_novatron]

Great to see so many interesting and ingenious lenses here on the M bodies.

Bob338 -- I don't think you'll be sorry about getting the Helios-103. It's a really cool little lens.

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[bobby_novatron]

Here's another for general interest -- Carl Zeiss Opton 50mm F1.5 (with Contax-to-M adapter) on Leica M 240. Great lens, beautiful rendering and colour. Shot this around F2.8 I think.

 

[uhoh7]

Nikkor 5cm f/1.5:

Hemingway in Fall by unoh7, on Flickr

Canon 85/1.8:

L1024204 by unoh7, on Flickr


Canon ltm by unoh7, on Flickr


Canon Superspeed 85 by unoh7, on Flickr

CZJ 1937, 50/1.5:

L1023008-2 by unoh7, on Flickr

Like RFF, M9 is doorway to history of 20th century photography 🙂

 

[bobby_novatron]

I love the look of that Nikon 5cm F1.5, I suppose focusing with the Nikon mount lenses isn't as problematic as I had once read.

 

[Calzone]

I have used the following LTM lenses on my MM9: Canon 28/3.5 (rarer black version with alleged improved coatings); 35/1.8 LTM Nikkor; 45/2.8 Super Rokkor (Minolta); 43/1.9 Pentax-L Special (the only Pentax LTM lens ever made, rarer chrome version).

All are single coated glass except for the Pentax-L, but realize that the Thoriated glass in the 35/1.8 Nikkor gives a built in yellow filter offset of about half a stop due to nuclear hardening.

The Pentax-L is a very modern lens with a fast focus of only 90 degrees. I'm thinking this might be an ASPH lens. Mucho sharp.

The Canon 28/3.5 and 45/2.8 Super Rokkor are tiny lenses, low contrast, and with a retro look of soft corners wide open with remarkable center sharpness. The highlights are excentuated, displaying less shadow detail than a modern lens, but the highlights render a very soft textured detail that is wonderful.

My favorite is the 35/1.8 Nikkor in LTM. Perfect contrast on a MM9 that produces broad histograms that look like 120 film tonality. Simply a magic lens. The only thing bad about the 35/1.8 Nikkor is the limit on the close focus.

Cal

 

[uhoh7]

I love the look of that Nikon 5cm F1.5, I suppose focusing with the Nikon mount lenses isn't as problematic as I had once read.

I use Amedeo Adapter.

When I first got the M9, my heart would sink if I found a lens not calibrating. But then I learned a bit of practice with the culprit will bring hit rates to near normal. You learn the "english". 🙂

 

[furcafe]

M9 + Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm/1.5 Sonnar (LTM, experimental, c.1933) loaned by dexdog.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/9511701807/in/album-72157635057001021/

 

[Doug]

I have used the following LTM lenses on my MM9: Canon 28/3.5 (rarer black version with alleged improved coatings); 35/1.8 LTM Nikkor; 45/2.8 Super Rokkor (Minolta); 43/1.9 Pentax-L Special (the only Pentax LTM lens ever made, rarer chrome version).

All are single coated glass except for the Pentax-L...

Cal, indeed that Pentax-L is a modern uncommon lens, yours even more uncommon. Mine is the black finish one...

Barber on a break, M240, 43mm Pentax

The graduate, M9, 43mm Pentax

 

[furcafe]

I have the regular black version, too.

On an M9:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/9590122779/

Cal, indeed that Pentax-L is a modern uncommon lens, yours even more uncommon. Mine is the black finish one...

 

[bobby_novatron]

Glad to see there's some legs to this thread. Very interesting body + lens combinations so far.

That Pentax LTM lens does great on the M9!

 

[bobby_novatron]

Shot this one today while out running errands.

Lens: Industar 50 LTM, 50mm F3.5, manufactured in Ukraine at the Arsenal Plant. Borrowed it from a "Fed 3" camera I had on the shelf.

It's not a fast lens, and kind of an ugly and squat thing, but it works reasonably well on the digital M.

 

[bobby_novatron]

Another contribution: Helios-103 53mm F1.8 in Contax / Kiev mount. Amedeo adapter on M 240.

 

[bobby_novatron]

Here's what it looks like on the body. A strange pairing but the Helios-103 has its own charm.

And here's the Carl Zeiss Opton Sonnar 5cm F1.5

And finally, the very odd (to me) Jupiter-12 35mm F2.8. I haven't used this on the M 240 yet, but I'll probably give it a trial run this week.

 

[furcafe]

M 240 + Voigtlander 50/1.5 Nokton (LTM, c.1952-60, same as unoh7's but more commonly-seen version w/black bezel):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/17008010575/

 

[Calzone]

Here's what it looks like on the body. A strange pairing but the Helios-103 has its own charm.

And here's the Carl Zeiss Opton Sonnar 5cm F1.5

And finally, the very odd (to me) Jupiter-12 35mm F2.8. I haven't used this on the M 240 yet, but I'll probably give it a trial run this week.

What a good looking rig. Plenty of style.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

That Pentax LTM lens does great on the M9!

And the Pentax VF'er I found to be a marvel with the built in diopter, 50mm frames, and I can use the entire frame with my 35/1.8 Nikkor in LTM on my IIIG.

Also know that the Pentax-L loves my 0.85 VF'er on my black paint MP. I use a 35mm LTM adapter, the 135mm frames creates the middle rectangle for using "rule of thirds," and the entire VF'er is utilized for framing. It is a match made in heaven. A very fast street shooter due to the aid of bonus magnification and enlarged supersized VF'er with the hyper short focus throw of the Pentax-L.

Also know it was some of the postings from Doug and others that made me seek out this lens.

Cal

 

[micromontenegro]

Jupiter 9 via Amedeo's adapter:

L1002333 by Aguaitacaminos, on Flickr

Sonnar 135/4.5:

L1002319 by Aguaitacaminos, on Flickr

Nikkor 50/1.4:

Verano2013 183 by Aguaitacaminos, on Flickr

Nikonos 35/2.5 hacked into M mount

Come to think about it, I have never mounted a Leica lens in my M8, LOL!

 

[bobby_novatron]

Cal -- thanks for the kind words. The Luigi case adds a nice bit of old world colour to the M 240.

Here's another photo with the M 240 and the Industar 50, took at around F8 I think. BTW the original pic actually is much sharper and less mushy on my own screen, the photo-hosting service downgrades the quality of the jpeg considerably.

 

[bobby_novatron]

micromontenegro

I have a Jupiter-9 and a Jupiter-3 ordered from eBay, on their way from Ukraine right now. I'm looking forward to trying out that J-9 lens. BTW is yours the multi-coated version? The one I bought has the red "P" symbol, supposedly the multi-coated one. I'm just wondering how well it withstands flare.