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06-26-2019, 02:53 PM - 2 Likes   #481
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The Happy Tree Trimmer - 30 foot above the ground! Used my Leica 135/2.8 lens






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Lac des Bouillouses, Pentax K-1 (II) Leica Elmarit-R 28/2.8 E55 f:6.3. 100Iso.









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Lac des Bouillouses, Pentax K-1 (II) Leica Elmarit-R 28/2.8 E55 f:6.3. 100Iso.






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Gorges de Calança, Pentax K-1 (II) Leica Elmarit-R 28/2.8. Square Format.

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Leica 35-70/4 @ f4 & 50mm:

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Bird on a wire . . . not exactly in focus so not sure why I like it, but I do. Leica 90/2 @ f2:

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The "bird on a wire" picture above was the last shot I took with my Leica 90 f2. That the bird is slightly out of focus is actually why I don't own the lens anymore.

I loved the lens more than just about any lens I've ever owned, but it had a very strange focusing issue. It would focus just fine for a few shots, and then could not achieve focus at any f stop. The focus assist light indicated things were in focus but in reality wasn't even close. I shot literally hundreds of pictures trying to find something that would result in some sort of consistency and never did find it. I sent the lens to Don Goldberg at DAG and it similarly stumped him (he had me send it back for a second try, I even sent a K5 along so he could test it, but no success). I suspected my camera, except I had two K-1 cameras at the time and it behaved the same with both, plus every other lens I had (including Leica lenses) worked with the K-1. I consulted with David Llado at Leitax and he was stumped (and I tried two different adapters). I liked the lens so much I bought a second one, hoping I just had a bad lens. Nope, same exact behavior. If you read this thread from start to finish you will see other users struggling to focus this lens, doubting their camera, etc. Finally, after seeing a Chinese seller of Leica-Pentax adapters on Ebay exclude the R 90/2 I decided the most likely answer was that the R 90/2 only works inconsistently when adapted to K mount.

I had a brainstorm of trying the 90 Elmarit f2.8, but my first reading of its specs told me it had the same element/group arrangement (5/4) as the 90/2; I worried it would have the same problem. But a few weeks later I discovered the later version of the Elmarit has a 4.4 element/group construction so I gave it a try . . . and it works! I'm still testing it to see if it the same qualities as the Summicron (albeit 2/3 stop slower).

Update: I ended up returning this lens. It is a beautiful lens by any standard, but seemed to lack the magical glow of the Leica 90 Summicron. In fact, I spent time comparing it to my Voigtländer 90 f3.5 and liked the Voigtlander better despite being a bit slower. The CV was as sharp (sharper actually), a lot smaller, and rendered color virtually the same.

Test shot of fern in partial sun after adapting the Elmarit with a Leitax, @ f2.8:




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Taken this afternoon alongside a country road that winds through a forest here in northern Wisconsin USA. I used my Leitax adapted Leica Telyt-R 350mm f/4.8 lens on my K-1. Aperture was wide open.


The dusty car is mine (wife's inside doing Suduko). This lens is so sharp that when viewed at 100% I can see individual grains of dust on the back window.


I'm impressed with the creaminess of the bokeh! I did not do any post processing on the blur, right out of camera.

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I am not sure your protocole can be validated. I think your scene is subject to motion blur. I can confirm the Leica Summicron-R 35/2 is the weakest lens of my Leica-R collection but I still use it, I love it. And I can confirm that the last version of Leica Vario-Elmar 35-70/4 (with asph element) is a very good lens indeed. Of the last rendering generation (Leica Apo-Summicron-R Asph 90/2, Leica Apo-Summicron-R 180/2, Leica Apo-Elmarit-R 180/28, Leica Elmarit-R 28/2.8 E55...). C.A. is very well controlled by Leica, and was known for that! Just the distorsion can create some problems with Leica Vario-Elmar 35-70/4 ROM at 35mm... and vignetting at f:4. And very well-known as well for micro and macro-contrast with pop-ud "3D" rendering...
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I just love how Leica R glass produces "rich" colors. It's freezing here today. I just went outside into my cold garage and shot a bunch of TEST PHOTOS of garage junk. No fancy post processing - right of of my K-1 camera (jpg's in the "natural" color mode).

I just bought 4 Leica "Colorplan" projector lenses. I've already adapted one of them for Fuji X body; and one for use on my Pentax K-1 body. I have Sony NEX, Nikon F. and Canon FE mounts - maybe I'll have to adapt the last two to these mounts?

Anyway, the Colorplan projector lens version that I favor is the original made-in-Germany silver version. It is a Mandler design that has virtually identical optics to the Leica Summicron 90mm f/2 pre-ASPH lens. Below are my quick garage photos I took with the Colorplan on my K-1.

With the helicoils I use, on DSLR bodies, the Colorplans can only focus on close subjects. However I have found that with my helicoils, on a mirrorless body, I can get just about infinity focus.

Nice colors for an old, $75 USD slide projector lens!
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Summicron 50 f2 on the K-1 SOOC



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