Cool...what are you using it on?
f.hayek
Well-known
28 Summilux
Had a 75 Summicron that never spoke to me, so bundled it off with a 28 Elmarit ASPH, threw in a few $$ and picked up a 28 Summilux recently serviced by Leica.
Fantastic lens! One of Leica's best, ever. The new version or the old?
Had a 75 Summicron that never spoke to me, so bundled it off with a 28 Elmarit ASPH, threw in a few $$ and picked up a 28 Summilux recently serviced by Leica.
Fantastic lens! One of Leica's best, ever. The new version or the old?
mothertrucker
Well-known
Gorgeous camera, Vince. What's it like to hand hold that beast?
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Hand-holding is actually fine, thanks for asking. It's ergonomically better than you'd think. i've only been using it around the backyard, hoping to take it on a day excursion later this week.
mothertrucker
Well-known
I didn't have any lenses beyond 135mm and the SFTOO finder always intrigued me - got this full set with the TZFOO and 200mm f4.5 Telyt for a good price.
Now I can live my dreams of being in the Swedish military (I have a Leica If to slap this on too). No Meyer Görlitz Tele-Megor 5.5/250mm for me, though, no idea what that thing costs.
Maybe I'll get a visoflex of some kind for close focusing but using this for distant photos in daylight at the moment - first roll to be developed tonight.
Now I can live my dreams of being in the Swedish military (I have a Leica If to slap this on too). No Meyer Görlitz Tele-Megor 5.5/250mm for me, though, no idea what that thing costs.
Maybe I'll get a visoflex of some kind for close focusing but using this for distant photos in daylight at the moment - first roll to be developed tonight.
Ricoh
Well-known
Sprocket-Rocket.
chipgreenberg
Well-known
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
Can you still buy batteries for it? I gave mine away a few months ago because all three “fresh” batteries died within months of each other.
moggi1964
Established
This! It needs a clean and the sticky blades a little a Ronsonol but otherwise very nice condition.
seany65
Well-known
I bought a 2nd neewer tripod ball head with two bubble levels. This one is for my mini tripod.
Malcolm M
Well-known
Most egregious case of GAS known to man? Just lashed out £!?% (you can all check what sort of price these go for- and it’s more than I’ve spent on any single of photographic equipment in my life) on a 50mm lens that focusses down to 18 inches- exactly like the standard lens on just about any 35mm SLR, without hesitation, repetition or deviating from the subject- and without faffing about with a separate set of specs. I’ve lusted after one of these ever since I didn’t buy one for £85*. Most ridiculous part- I don’t even have a camera to put it on, so that’s even more expense coming up. And if I’m going M, where does that leave my Barnacks?
Also photographed with the box it came in. Couldn’t you have found anything bigger, lads?
*That included M3. Choice of 2. £85 was a lot of money in 1974 when you’re still at school.
Also photographed with the box it came in. Couldn’t you have found anything bigger, lads?
*That included M3. Choice of 2. £85 was a lot of money in 1974 when you’re still at school.
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robert blu
quiet photographer
Being in a vountary semi lockdown I just had delivered at home a few cartridges ink and some more paper for my Epson printer...and a battery vacuum cleaner for my wife, sometimes she has GAS as well 
analoged
Well-known
Picked up a bottle of HC110 from the last batch before switching to the new formula for $30
kuvvy
Well-known
Just got the Leica T 11-23 for the CL
Horatio
Masked photographer
100' of Ultrafine Finesse 135 film, indicator stop bath, D76 and Dektol.
al1966
Feed Your Head
2 mono-lights and stands, flashmeter, and various other bits for the cost of two stands (that I was looking for) some long meters of material for backgrounds and a 35cmx165cm strip/soft box. Am looking to learn more of this using flash skill.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Nothing photography related...
Phil Forrest
Phil Forrest
jarski
Veteran
thanks to YouTuber Analog Insights, I succumbed to my first camera gear purchase of this pandemic year. "Japanese Summilux" came from mail today from Japan. paid perhaps 50eur/usd over the average price, to get mint version. to my surprise, it seems to be also the rarer first version of the two (not that either version is particularly rare).
nice and informative blog post about the Japanese Summilux: https://jasonhowe.blog/aperture-priority/2013/05/28/the-japanese-summilux-canon-50mm-f1-4-ltm
my first impression is: wow how great condition the lens is. even being 50-60year old, it still looks like new!
Quick snap of Bangkok skyline from my balcony at f11. seems pretty resistant to flare, which is good as I belong to "lens caps rather than hoods" - camp
nice and informative blog post about the Japanese Summilux: https://jasonhowe.blog/aperture-priority/2013/05/28/the-japanese-summilux-canon-50mm-f1-4-ltm
my first impression is: wow how great condition the lens is. even being 50-60year old, it still looks like new!
Quick snap of Bangkok skyline from my balcony at f11. seems pretty resistant to flare, which is good as I belong to "lens caps rather than hoods" - camp
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Fuji X-E3 (purchased here) and 7Artisans 35/1.2 (ebay)... my new kit for B&W carry-around.
jordan.dickinson
Jordan Dickinson
Leica M-D 262
I thought it might be difficult to get used to due to the lack of screen, but this might be the coolest digital camera I've ever owned, even more so than the M9 Monochrom, which I absolutely love.
I thought it might be difficult to get used to due to the lack of screen, but this might be the coolest digital camera I've ever owned, even more so than the M9 Monochrom, which I absolutely love.