kim yee Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Just bought a good condition Summilux 50mm/f1.4 Titanium for 1150USD postage included. can't wait to get my hands on it and put it together with my M6 Classic Titanium. Anyway, would love to see some of you post images taken with a 50mm Summilux. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoebox Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 50 summilux is a great lens, one of my favorite.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoebox Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 lux2<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoebox Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 this one was not really in focus, but i like it<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anhtu Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 <img src="http://www.allthedays.com/francis.jpg" vspace=10/><br> <small style="color:#999">50Lux (1st version) Wide Open, HP5+, M6</small><br/><br/> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_hoffman Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Enjoy that lens! It is a little heavy but very nice. Takes great shots, creamy yet detailed. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_graham3 Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Amazing! Nobody's come around yet to brag how their ASPH is so much better :*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_hoffman Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I love the non-ASPH Summilux 50 and I think that the few NOS examples out there should be snapped up without delay. Tony Rose has a few Chrome versions still new in the box.. Thomas Pastorello wrote this about the old non-ASPH 50mm 'Lux: "I believe the (non-ASPH) Summilux-M 50 IS the best lens Leica (or for that matter anyone) ever made. In addition to its two main attributes of near absolute freedom from flare and a signature bokeh of subtle beauty, it is characterized by an artistic balance of high resolution and realistic contrast -- even wide open. It is perfectly balanced on the M body, such that hand-holding is easy at 1/4 -- which makes it very fast indeed at f1.4 (more so than the less well balanced and holdable Noctilux at f1.0). Will the new Summilux-M 50 ASPH have higher contrast and resolution than the current? Of course -- no need to wait for the Puts report! If all I wanted was the highest possible (and most useless) resolution and contrast, all I'd have to do is slap an adapter and a process lens on any camera body. If the new Summilux-M 50 ASPH has the look and feel of most other new Leica ASPH lenses, with harsh bokeh and flare proneness, I will not buy." And Feli on the LUG wrote: "I've had mine for almost a year now and it's really grown on me. Not as sharp as the current Cron, which I also have, but plenty sharp. By f8 the Lux is very sharp, all the way into the corners. I love the extra stop and the ability to focus as close as 70 cm. My biggest complaint is the collapsible hood, which can't be locked into place. I solved that problem with a metal screw-in hood from Contax. But what I really like about this lens is the fingerprint. It's magic in black and white. People talk about the Leica glow, and this one has it in spades. Buttersmooth tones with the smoothest bokeh and actually quite sharp. It has a very classic look, hires and medium contrast, which isn't surprising given it's lineage, the Xenon, Summarit and first gen. Lux. I've made some 11x14 prints on Agfa FB Classic from APX100 negs (Rodinal) and there is something about the look that even laymen notice. The Lux gets knocked a lot because it was in production for about 40 years, and remained unchanged, but it's much better than people think. Absolute sharpness isn't everything. Plenty of people made better shots than any of us could manage with the 1.5/50 Sonnar and the Lux blows that lens away. In any case, it's another brush in the shooters arsenal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Amazing! Nobody's come around yet to brag how their ASPH is so much better :*) I can, because it is. Dream on. This photo has been specially requested by mate Kevin to prove a point to you all. He thinks it's a masterpiece and worth at least 150 US dollers.Taken with the sum of all lenses the 35mm ASPH.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Hmm a bit rich in colour.....<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 non-ASPH) Summilux-M 50 IS the best lens Leica (or for that matter anyone) ever made Show, and i'll show you. Love a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Hmm a bit rich in colour..... You just have to suppress it's abilities otherwise it will tear a monitor screen to pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Tick tick goes the clock : impress me. Waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 50 summilux is a great lens, one of my favorite. Pushing curves too far gives you that soft grey effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Takes out the contrast and the bite in the image.....left with a slurry grey effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 The bokem is merging with the babies head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 The bok looks awful. Look at it with your eyes and brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoebox Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Allen, whatever you said, it won't bother me a bit. Don't know if this will make you feel better or worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 . Don't know if this will make you feel better or worse... Neither, nice of you to be concerned. I just like to offer a few thoughts when a gear frothing starts. Amusement really when folks are talking BS with nothing to back it up. BS spray i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 <p> Good luck with the Summilux Yee. Wish I had one on my M6 right now. I could do a lot better than this if I had... </p> <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/26/91377363_1c8737e06d_o.jpg" width="800" height="536" alt="Chinatown8" /></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 How simple is this to understand. You tell me your lens or camera is better... I say show me. Then we both post some photos to prove our point of view. Cuts out all the armchair stuff,don't you think? Nothing to do with being nasty just highlights the BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristian dowling Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 While in some ways the newer ASPH is a 'more improved' lens technically, one cannot ignore the amount of amaazing images that have come from it over the history of the Leica M, and the 'so long' unchanged optical formula has lasted so long due to it's fantastic ability. I'd say it was only updated due to marketing reasons, and not reasons related to a 'need upgrade in quality'. But I certainly appreciate it, John :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Jeff . , In the distant past there used to be genuine critique on this forum from published pro photographers. Robert Applebury,and Mike Dixon spring to mind. Unfortunatily due to the pompous....don't tell me!....like yourself, who does not understand curves; they were flamed off this forum as far as genuine crit goes. Sad loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 'need upgrade in quality' Really, silly billy Leica...they must be all a bit silly. I wonder what Leica would say to the internet masters of the universe....any photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristian dowling Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I have no idea what you're getting at Allen.....ASPH a waste of time, not a good lens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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