Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Don for the information, my friend who has bought this lens live in Belgium, I will meet him next April and ask, also I will see and test the lens, we keep in touch. Cheers Lluis > El 22 febr 2020, a les 0:08, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va > escriure: > > Thank you for your comments. There are some blown highlights on the > projected man, the glare on his glasses. The top of his pate is just > under blown as it reads about 98, 98, 98 on the histogram. > > I have had this lens for a few years, I bought it with my Noctilux and a > 57mm F1.2 Konica. I have compared it to two generations of the Canon 50 > 1.2. There old double gauss designs get very interesting when pushed to > F1.2 and beyond. > > If your friend has a converted mount version it will be very enjoyable. > If still the old external bayonet then using it on a Canon 7(s) is not > fast from an M experience. My version is a converted TV lens: it is > easier to convert a C mount to M. > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 4:58 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Great Don! I like very much this style of shots, another friend of mine >> has just bought one and I find it is a very interesting lens and less >> expensive than a Noctilux, the highlights on the two first pictures look >> overexposed on my monitor, it is a shame?, I?m sure you will do a great >> use >> of this lens and I?m very interested tpo follow your experience with it, >> congrats! >> Lluis >> >> >>> El 17 febr 2020, a les 14:03, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> va >> escriure: >>> >>> Greetings to all. This weeks images are mostly to display how the Canon >>> 0.95 lens displays images. So first up is a more typical rendering from >>> this 60's lens. If you miss focus at all then you get haloing and >> softness: >>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/perplexed+man.jpg.html >>> >>> However, if you nail the focus you get a pretty good image, finer detail >>> isn't there as on modern lenses but still quite acceptable: >>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/different+reactions+to+Cybermen+lecture.jpg.html >>> >>> Even near edge regions of focus render pretty well; there is some field >>> curvature but on cameras that let you focus off center that doesn't >>> present any problems: >>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/torn+jeans.jpg.html >>> >>> all the best. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don >>> don.dory at gmail.com >>> -- >>> Don >>> don.dory at gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information