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3 more shots with the 200mm manual focus lens to show it wasn't a fluke , shot no.4 shows up its superiority over a A/F lens in that its not affected by the background . so far quite pleased with the results
So yesterday I took out my new Sony A7 Mark II, with another film era lens, the Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f4.5 lens in L39 Leica screw mount.
I had read on the interweb how awful this lens was on digital, so I wasn't expecting much! The problem is that the rear lens element is just millimetres from the sensor. This caused light to hit the sensor at highly oblique angles. This causes no problem with film but it causes strange magenta colour casts towards the periphery of the frame on digital. Vignetting is also strong on this lens when used on digital.
But since I already had the Sony A7, the lens, and a suitable adapter I though it couldn't do any harm to try it out for myself. So it's a complete non-starter, right? Hell no!
I had a blast with this lens which I found to be surprisingly effective. In many situations the peripheral magenta colour cast can be dealt with effectively simply by selectively reducing the saturation of the magenta colour channel, and/or my adding a little green tint to the periphery of the frame. And in situations where that doesn't work you can just convert to mono. Since about 2/3rds of my photos get converted to mono anyway this isn't a big problem for me.
And of course the big advantage of this lens is it's size: even with the adapter it only weighs around 140 grams! Unlike pretty much any other ultra wide-angle lens you really can just slip it into a corner of your camera bag and not notice it at all until you need it. This makes it well worth dealing with it's limitations. Would I buy this lens specifically for use on digital? Perhaps not. But is it worth adapting if you already own one...? Hell yes!
The manual focus lenses on the top and right are all adapted to EOS and achieve infinity focus without optical conversion using my self developed series of EdMika adapters/conversion kits (TS 35 2.8 prototype EOS conversion kit not pictured) retaining original IQ and without the typical stop of light seen with standard FD to EOS adapters.
Nikon N2000 SLR mounted with 135mm f/2 Nikkor
18mm f/3.5 Nikkor
Leica M6 rangefinder mounted with 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss
90mm f/2 Summicron
My manual focus 35mm Nikon N2000 and my manual focus, 35mm Leica M6 make a good working pair. The Leica rangefinder works well with focal lengths between 21mm and 90mm. The Nikon SLR works well with focal lengths shorter than 21mm and longer than 90mm.
I use my Leica with a 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss, a 21mm f/1.4 Summilux, and a 90mm f/2 Summicron.
I especially like to use my Leica rangefinder with 21mm and 35mm wide angle lenses paired with a Nikon SLR with 85mm and 180mm telephoto lenses.
One minor feature the two cameras have in common is the location of the tripod socket. Neither has a tripod socket located in the center of the base plate. The N2000 socket is located on the left side of the base plate (side with film rewind crank). The M6 socket is located on the right end of the base plate (side with film wind lever).
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4th September, 2020
Leica M-P [Typ 240]
Leica Apo-Summicron-M 50mm 1:2/50 ASPH.
I decided to bouce my pop up flash on full power off the ceiling, wall, and a reflector above the camera, although I blocked the flash from firing directly onto the camera. Very happy this this, for a spur of the moment photograph.
Going for an old Film look. Dig it :)
(kinda cross porcessed, high contrast look)
This is the first Velvia-emulated test shot of the X-E1 that I gifted myself for Christmas (was delivered late). I used it with a Super Takumar 35mm/3.5 manual focus lens and M42-FX adapter, and the in-camera "Velvia emulation" effect.
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