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I had very good luck with 50/1.5 Nokton -- in fact I never had any flare from it (but it probably can be done). Here are few shots wide open:
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<i>Marc; is this filter expensive?; My Noct is a 58mm</i>
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That's a funny question from a Noctilux owner. :-)
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<i>I'll be sold on digital when I see digital stuff that not only is "Digital" (with a capital D) and is (to my eye) new and interesting.</i>
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Take a look at these:
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<a href="http://www.kleptography.com/">http://www.kleptography.com/</a>
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It's not about the camera...
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If you're paid to shoot something you're better have more then one body. Otherwise I feel pretty comfortable with one body / one lens approach.
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My vote goes for 21mm. 28 is just too close to 35 and I need an external viewfinder to use it. 25 is not RF coupled, so it is out for me. I have 21/35/50/90 kit and (you probably won't believe that) I have no desire to buy any other lenses. ;-)
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The worst lens, my friend, is the one you have but do not shoot with.
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The new 50/2.5 just became available through Stephen Gandy. There was
no user reports on the optical performance on CVUG yet. 28/3.5 is
expected to become available in late summer / early fall.
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Yes it does. You need a realy heavy lens like 28/1.9, 50/1.5 or
90/3.5 to get the "right" balance.
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As far as I can tell the LEDs are as bright.
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Olympus S-20. That's the same unit that comes in Hexar RF kit and is
sold under Leica name for Minilux. Nice small unit with 35mm/24mm
coverage, runs on 2 AA batteries, has 2 auto settings (f/2.8, f/5.6
with ISO 100 film). Costs under $50.
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<i>If your not buying Leica lenses why bother buying Leica bodies,
as they are only for holding the film? </i>
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You're right, sort of -- I just sold my M6 to buy R2. Leica bodies
are sure nice and provide more focusing accuracy (in case you need
it). But for my shooting R2 is enough and I have more CV lenses then
Leica ones anyway.
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It all depends what you're after. If you want the very best -- go
for Leica. If you want fast 28, but can't swallow Leica price -- go
for Ultron. If you want a compact 28 -- there's new CV 28/3.5 to be
available in a couple of months. I have the Ultron and its a grat
lens, but big and heavy. If that 28/3.5 was available at the time of
my purchase I'd most likely go for it.
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Keep in mind that shape of the aperture blades does matter too. I.e.
say 8-blade diaphragm with curved aperture blades can givr more
pleasant highlight rendition then 10-blade with straight blades.
Placement of the diaphragm relatively to the film plane also matters.
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B&H and Adorama have the Hexar RF body for sale. But the difference
from the kit cost is so rediculously small, that you probably are
better off buying the kit and selling the items you don't need.
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<i>I question your statement that Cosina is a niche market. Among
other things Cosina makes bodies for Nikon (FM10/FE10), Olympus,
Vivitar and a number of others. </i>
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I should have made it clear that I meant Voightlander line of Cosina
products -- their RF line, Voigtlander SLR lenses (not the generic
plastic junk) and Hasselblad accessories.
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<i>They are (IMO) a big company that is far more interested
in 'numbers', than providing a product to keep a few rangefinder
zealots ;-) happy.</i>
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I think the "numbers" come from the sales of their generic cheapo
stuff -- enough to put some cash in the pocket AND pay for R&D for
new lenses. Also I think they have a nice profit per lens or RF body
sold (I'm talking about Voigtlander line here).
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I have the current black Elmar-M which I am very happy with. Bought
new from Delta International for ~$470 on sale (not $600 you quote).
I like it for ergonomical reasons. I don't have to fuss with folding
hood of current Summicron or detacheable hood of previous version.
Also I don't like tabs. And I don't use filters. And you have to
admit, when collapsed it is smaller then Summicron, which was the
main reason for me to buy this lens. Speed is not an issue as I also
have a faster 50. As one and only 50mm lens I would certainly
recommend Summicron, but do not knock the Elmar because it does not
make sense to *you*.
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I think Cosina does not feel like putting much money into marketing.
They are niche market and they want ot keep it that way. THK never
did much to promote CV line and Schneider does absolutely nothing.
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On the bright side there are grey-market dealers like Stephen Gandy
and Delta International who bring CV products at good prices. And in
the case of Stepen there's a lot of information offered for a
prospective buyer.
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As far as "grand scheme of things" goes I highly doubt that Leica
sells much more more items quantity-wise then Cosina does with
Voigtlander line. And probably Cosina is more profitable then Leica
in the grand scheme of things since they can afford R&D to come up
with new products every six months or so. No offence, just a
thought...
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Also Kobalux comes to mind. They make lenses, not a bad 21/2.8 for
one, and they have no distributor, and we still can buy them if we
feel like it. So what's the problem?
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Victor wrote:<br>
<i>So, in other words, if I shoot dance with the R2 under
performance settings, I shouldn't use the R2 for a 90mm summicron,
but it should be fine with my 35 and 50 summicrons? </i>
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Correct.
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Andrew wrote:
<i>Cosina offers a 3.5/90 for the Bessas and it's only 2/3 stop
slower than a 90mm Elmarit. Is the R/R2's rangefinder really not
able to cope with that difference?</i>
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I never uset 90/2.8 and made my comment on the "safe" side. The
possible insufficience of Bessa's RF base length may show up at
minimal focusing distance. I woud suspect 90/2.8 to focus as
accurate as 90/3.5 at "normal" shooting distances.
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<i> No offence, but have you tried using a 90mm Elmarit on the Bessa
R? </i>
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None taken. This is technically impossible, because Bessa-R is an
LSM body. R2 is another story, but I don't have it yet. Anyone wants
black M6 "Classic"?
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<i>The rangefinder base is kind of short for using fast lenses wide
open at near range distances.</i>
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This is not entirely true. It is long enough to focus 50/1.4
accurately (and 35/1.4 of course), but this is as good as this RF can
do. I used 50/1.5 Nokton on Bessa-R body near min. focus distance
without any problems. However 75/1.4, 90/2.8 and 90/2 and anything
longer are out of question.
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Too sad that it seems Schneider is doing even worse job then THK did.
So far it seems that grey market is the only game in town. Stephen
Gandy has black R2s in stock and they are selling as hot cakes.
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You mention "lightweight quality of Leica" and say that you'll use
your setup for travel. The problem with your first setup that 75 and
21 are by no means small or lightweight -- if you go with Leica, that
is. You can get smaller/lighter CV lenses (21/4 and 75/2.5) if you
want. The second setup is what I use (but not all lenses are Leica),
but my 28 is on a heavy side. Cosina is about to release new small
28/3.5 -- that should be a great travel lens.
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The 35/50/90 is a classic Leica combo, which can be small and
compact -- pre-asph 35/2, 50/2 (versions before current) and Tele-
Elmarit. Most of the time I can do just fine with 50 and 90.
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Good luck with your choices!
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Go to Google, go to "Advanced Search", specify "greenspun.com" in the
domain name field, put in your keywords. That's it. The only drawback
is that it will search in all forums on LUSENET, but this is the only
"advanced" way to search this site I am aware of.
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Godfrey particlualrly says:<br>
<i>...centerweighted match-needle exposure system</i>
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I did not have a chance to handle R2 personally, but I tend to
believe that R2 has the same exposure system and display as R, which
is LED-based, not match-needle.
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As for the camera itself the viewfinder offers ~x0.60 magnification,
which is nice for 35mm users. 90mm framelines, however, are similar
to 75mm framelines on M-bodies: just tiny angles of the frame. Should
be a nice shooter body. Oh, and it also takes same trigger-winder as
Bessa-T.
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Jeff, if I were in your shoes and had 50/2 Summicron I would look no
further. I don't think Elmar or Nokton are as good as Summicron
optically. But they are great lenses on their own merits. In fact I
have both of them. Nokton was my first RF lens, it is big, heavyish
and fast. Handles very nicely, very flare-resistant. The biggest
grawback of this lens is that it does not have "Leica" written on
it. <g> I also wanted to have lighter and more 50mm to carry, so I
bought 50/2.8 Elmar-M. Bokeh is nice, and overall performance is
pretty much in line with Nokton (just IMHO, I'm no expert). Tonality
on Elmar images is a touch smoother, but not by much.
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As far as Elmar's workmanship goes -- I have black version, which I
like a lot, but I imagine that the silver one must be much, much
nicer.
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...but as far as advice goes -- I'd say stay with 50/2, unless you
really need faster lens or have an itch for that collapsible beauty.
My wife wants to take pictures ....
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